Hot Chocolate Heats Up The Holidays At Dunkin' Donuts

This December, Dunkin' Donuts is helping busy, on-the-go people treat themselves throughout the holiday hustle and bustle with a warm favorite, hot chocolate. Dunkin' Donuts, America's all-day, everyday stop for coffee and baked goods, is offering a full lineup of smooth and creamy hot chocolate varieties, including the brand's newest hot chocolate flavor, Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate, featuring a blend of sweet and salty flavors in every sip. Dunkin' Donuts' also offers Mint Hot Chocolate, White Hot Chocolate, classic Hot Chocolate and Dunkaccino coffee flavor at participating restaurants throughout the country.

In honor of Dunkin' Donuts' Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate and all of the brand's varieties of hot chocolate, this entire week Dunkin' Donuts is celebrating with a special Hot Chocolate Twitter sweepstakes offering fans the chance to warm their wallets with $25 mGifts. Beginning today and continuing through Friday, December 6, followers of @DunkinDonuts can answer a new question each day around the many ways people treat themselves to hot chocolate this holiday season,using the official hashtag #DDHotChoc. Each day, four participants selected at random will each receive a $25 Dunkin' Donuts mGift to help enjoy all of Dunkin' Donuts' hot chocolates throughout the winter months ahead. No purchase necessary, must be 18+ to enter. Void where prohibited. For additional terms and conditions related to Dunkin' Donuts' Hot Chocolate Twitter sweepstakes, visit http://www.dunkindonuts.com/content/dunkindonuts/en/promotions/DunkinDonutsHotChocolateSweepstakes.html

In addition to hot chocolate, Dunkin' Donuts' holiday menu, available now through the end of the year at participating Dunkin' Donuts restaurants nationwide, includes the new Red Velvet Latte, featuring the rich flavor of red velvet cake and topped with a festive red swirl, as well as classic holiday favorites Peppermint Mocha and White Chocolate. All of Dunkin' Donuts' coffee and lattes are available hot or iced. For a sweet treat in December, Dunkin' Donuts' Red Velvet Drizzle Donut is a glazed red velvet cake donut with cream cheese icing drizzle, while the Holiday Star Donut is a star-shaped, Bavarian Kreme-filled donut topped with green icing and white star sprinkles.

When there is no place like home for the holidays, Dunkin' Donuts' Peppermint Mocha K-Cuppacks make this favorite holiday flavored coffee available for use with Keurig K-Cup Brewing System. Guests can also enjoyPeppermint Mocha packaged coffeein a special, limited time only 8 oz. size.

Finally, Dunkin' Donuts also is helping people keep running throughout the busy weeks ahead with special value offers to enjoy Dunkin' Donuts' famous coffee at home for the holidays. Now through December 29, guests can purchase Dunkin' Donuts' packaged coffee for the special price of three pounds for $19.99, available online and in participating restaurants. Also throughout the holiday season, guests can purchase Dunkin' Donuts' K-Cup packs, for use with the Keurig K-Cup Brewing System, for the special price of two boxes for $19.99. Both offers are available while supplies last at participating Dunkin' Donuts restaurants nationwide.

To learn more about Dunkin' Donuts, visit www.DunkinDonuts.com or follow us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/DunkinDonuts) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/DunkinDonuts).

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About Dunkin' Donuts
Founded in 1950, Dunkin' Donuts is America's favorite all-day, everyday stop for coffee and baked goods. Dunkin' Donuts is a market leader in the hot regular/decaf/flavored coffee, iced coffee, donut, bagel and muffin categories. Dunkin' Donuts has earned the No. 1 ranking for customer loyalty in the coffee category by Brand Keys for seven years running. The company has nearly 10,800 restaurants in 31 countries worldwide. For the full-year 2012, Dunkin' Donuts' restaurants had global franchisee-reported sales of approximately $6.9 billion. Based in Canton, Mass., Dunkin' Donuts is part of the Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. (DNKN) family of companies. For more information, visitwww.DunkinDonuts.com.