{"id":2891,"date":"2026-04-19T16:51:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T15:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/?p=2891"},"modified":"2026-04-19T16:51:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T15:51:41","slug":"mcdonalds-is-launching-dirty-sodas-refreshers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/?p=2891","title":{"rendered":"McDonald\u2019s Is Launching Dirty Sodas &#038; Refreshers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-journey-body=\"standard-article\">\n<div class=\"css-hl6xtf e1wzc3k51\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.delish.com\/_assets\/design-tokens\/fre\/static\/icons\/clock-regular.4ddebeb.svg\" alt=\"Estimated read time\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><span class=\"css-1rzbsk9 e1wzc3k50\">2 min read<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1jx1kps etlajd3\">\n<div data-theme-key=\"collapsible-section\" class=\"css-p1fz9n e1q3dcg6\">\n<h3 data-theme-key=\"collapsible-header\" class=\"css-1fv4nwp e1q3dcg5\"><button aria-label=\"Hide Key Points section\" aria-expanded=\"true\" data-theme-key=\"collapsible-header-button\" class=\"css-ec8vqf e1q3dcg4\"><\/p>\n<div data-theme-key=\"collapsible-icon-wrapper\" data-collapsible-open=\"true\" class=\"css-lhm19 e1q3dcg0\"><span data-testid=\"iconRight\" data-theme-key=\"collapsible-icon-right\" class=\"css-1ep4808 e1q3dcg1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.delish.com\/_assets\/design-tokens\/fre\/static\/icons\/caret-right-regular.a6ec664.svg\" alt=\"Caret Right\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/h3>\n<div aria-hidden=\"false\" data-theme-key=\"collapsible-section-text\" class=\"css-nzvxqj e1q3dcg3\">\n<div class=\"css-ex91la etlajd2\">\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>McDonald\u2019s is launching a new nationwide beverage push in May with refreshers and crafted sodas.<\/li>\n<li><em>The Wall Street Journal<\/em> reports the lineup will include a Dirty Dr Pepper and Mango Pineapple Refresher.<\/li>\n<li>Energy drinks are expected later this year as McDonald\u2019s pushes harder into the trendy drinks space.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"0\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Dirty sodas are obviously a whole thing now. Good for them, genuinely. Me? Personally, just give me a Baja Blast and let me go about my business. Still, McDonald\u2019s clearly sees where the trend is headed, and it wants a piece of it.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"1\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">According to reporting <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/business\/hospitality\/mcdonalds-to-add-energy-drinks-crafted-sodas-to-menus-6ea7c304\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/business\/hospitality\/mcdonalds-to-add-energy-drinks-crafted-sodas-to-menus-6ea7c304\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"from The Wall Street Journal\" data-node-id=\"1.1\" class=\"body-link css-8bav6j emevuu60\">from <em data-node-id=\"1.1.1\">The Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/a>, the chain is getting ready to introduce drinks like a Dirty Dr Pepper and a Mango Pineapple Refresher as part of a broader overhaul of its beverage lineup.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"2\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">McDonald\u2019s also confirmed <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mcdonalds-refreshers-crafted-soda-beverage-menu\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mcdonalds-refreshers-crafted-soda-beverage-menu\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"to CBS News\" data-node-id=\"2.1\" class=\"body-link css-8bav6j emevuu60\">to CBS News<\/a> that a whole \u201cnew era of beverages\u201d is arriving in May, with various refreshers and crafted sodas heading to menus nationwide. The company said that more details are on the way and added that energy drinks are expected to follow later this year.<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"watch-next\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-22\" data-node-id=\"3\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"4\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">That move makes plenty of sense, even if I personally find dirty soda culture a little intense (read: kinda gross). McDonald\u2019s has been looking for ways to stretch beyond its usual soda-and-coffee lane, especially after shutting down CosMc\u2019s, its beverage-focused spinoff, last year. These new drinks seem like the company\u2019s way of bringing some of that experimentation back to the main menu, only this time on a much bigger stage.<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"editorial-link\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-23\" data-node-id=\"5\" class=\"embed\">\n<aside class=\"css-1fm2v8u e94w1mj13\">\n<h2 class=\"css-1xumt3f e94w1mj11\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-theme-key=\"title-design-element-before\" class=\"css-0 e68yk9k0\"\/><span class=\"css-0 e94w1mj10\">Related Story<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-theme-key=\"title-design-element-after\" class=\"css-0 e68yk9k1\"\/><\/h2>\n<\/aside>\n<\/section>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"6\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">The upcoming lineup is also expected to include a Red Bull Dragonberry Energizer later this year, with the <em data-node-id=\"6.1\">WSJ<\/em> reporting that McDonald\u2019s plans to go after competitors like Starbucks, Dutch Bros, and Sonic on price. Internal documents also suggest franchisees have been putting money into equipment to make the drinks easier to execute in-store.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"7\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">McDonald\u2019s is very clearly trying to claim more space in the booming specialty-drinks world (smart, TBH) at a time when younger customers are clearly willing to spend on refreshers, energy drinks, and sodas that feel a little less basic. Whether that means their Dirty Dr Pepper becomes the next huge thing or just a curiosity people order once, post on their Instagram, and chuck in the trash remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"editorial-link\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-24\" data-node-id=\"8\" class=\"embed\">\n<aside class=\"css-u95ltk e94w1mj3\"\/><\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 min read McDonald\u2019s is launching a new nationwide beverage push in May with refreshers and crafted sodas. The Wall Street Journal reports the lineup will include a Dirty Dr Pepper and Mango Pineapple Refresher. Energy drinks are expected later this year as McDonald\u2019s pushes harder into the trendy drinks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}