Honeycomb in Melbourne

Crunchy honeycomb toffee crumbled over or stirred into lattes, iced coffees and shakes: sweet, like burnt caramel. In all our data to 13 Nov 2026, The Froth has seen it at 7 Melbourne cafes across 26 suburbs, in posts, customer reviews and menus. The 24 in "Where to get one" are the cafes with it on their current menu.

It is on 24 Melbourne cafe menus right now, including Degani Caroline Springs in Caroline Springs, Degani in Glen Waverley, Birdie Cup Eatery in Scoresby and Degani in Broadmeadows. The "Where to get one" list on this page has every one, with the price where the menu gives one, links to the menu or post, and directions. Menus change, so check with the cafe before you go.

Melbourne cafes also sell honeycomb as "Honeycomb Mocha", "Honeycomb Frappe", "Honeycomb Espresso", "Honeycomb Latte", "Honeycomb Milkshake" and "Honeycomb Shake". The Froth counts every one of these names as the same trend, from cafes' own posts and menus.

It is on a bigger share of Adelaide cafes: 0.8% against Melbourne's 0.3%, over the last 90 days.

It is early days. The Froth rates honeycomb as Emerging as of 13 Nov 2026: the earliest cafe post or review we have is from 6 Sep 2026, less than four months ago. In the 90 days to 13 Nov 2026, 0.3% of the Melbourne cafes we see well (an Instagram post or a current menu in that time) had it. Among the 1,204 cafes we have followed through both periods, 1 of the same cafes had it, against none in the 90 days before. Melbourne searches for it were down 14% in Aug to Oct 2026 compared with Aug to Oct 2025.

There were 20 searches for honeycomb in Melbourne in Oct 2026, with all its names added up. Across the 23 months we have, from Dec 2024 to Oct 2026, it ranged from 10 searches (Jul 2025) to 30 (Oct 2025). These are monthly estimates of search demand in Melbourne.

The earliest Melbourne cafe post or customer review about honeycomb that The Froth has is from 6 Sep 2026. We only see what we collect, so that is when we first saw it, not when it started: it may have been sold earlier, here or elsewhere.

A typical honeycomb latte, drawn from Melbourne cafes' own posts, is built from the top down with honeycomb chunk (one big piece on top), crushed honeycomb (it starts to melt into the foam straight away), cold foam (about 2 cm, to hold the honeycomb up), honey (run around the inside of the cup), espresso (a double shot, poured last so it sits on top), ice (fills the cup before anything is poured) and cold milk (about 180 ml, sweetened with honeycomb syrup). Each cafe makes its own version, so this is a typical build, not one cafe's recipe.

A cafe counts for honeycomb from the first public post or customer review we found about it, the cafe's own post or a customer's, and while it is on the cafe's current menu. Shares are of the cafes we see well: those with an Instagram post or a current menu in the same 90 days, a chain counting once. A change compares the same cafes in the last 90 days with the 90 before, only among cafes we have followed through both, so newly added cafes never look like growth. The 90 days end on the latest day with cafe posts or reviews (13 Nov 2026), not today. Searches are monthly search demand in Melbourne with all of a trend's names added up. Captions stay private; we only link to public posts. The full method is on our "How we track cafe trends" page.