--- title: KFC Plans to Debut Edible Coffee Cups in the U.K. description: The cups will be made out of wafer lined with white chocolate and wrapped in sugar paper canonical: https://time.com/3723399/kfc-uk-edible-cups/ author: Rishi Iyengar article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-26T03:12:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:17:12.880Z og:title: KFC Plans Edible Coffee Cups og:description: Made out of wafer lined with white chocolate and wrapped in sugar paper. og:url: https://time.com/3723399/kfc-uk-edible-cups/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: KFC Plans Edible Coffee Cups twitter:description: Made out of wafer lined with white chocolate and wrapped in sugar paper. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # KFC Plans to Roll Out Edible Coffee Cups in the U.K. ## Video: Family Finds 7ft KFC Bucket In Yard [Watch (HLS stream): Family Finds 7ft KFC Bucket In Yard](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/dl885UWH.m3u8) (1:37)  _Published 2013-07-31. A Gerorgia woman discovers a 7ft sign for Kentucky Fried Chicken sitting in her yard._ by [Rishi Iyengar](https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Feb 26, 2015 3:12 AM UTC by [Rishi Iyengar](https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Feb 26, 2015 3:12 AM UTC KFC is planning to serve its customers coffee in a [cup they can eat](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/26/business/the-chicken-at-kfc-is-ok-but-the-cups-are-delicious.html). The fast food chain will soon debut edible cups at all its U.K. franchises, the New York _Times_ reported. The cups will be made from wafers lined with heat-resistant white chocolate and wrapped in sugar paper, and will be introduced to KFC along with Starbucks brand Seattle’s Best Coffee. “This type of edible packaging is definitely aligned with the global consumer mind-set in terms of sustainability and simplifying their life,” Shilpa Rosenberry, a senior director for global consumer strategy at consulting firm Daymon Worldwide, told the _Times._ \[[_NYT_](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/26/business/the-chicken-at-kfc-is-ok-but-the-cups-are-delicious.html)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3723399/kfc-uk-edible-cups/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3723399/kfc-uk-edible-cups/"},"headline":"KFC Plans to Roll Out Edible Coffee Cups in the U.K.","datePublished":"2015-02-26T03:12:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:17:12.880Z","description":"The cups will be made out of wafer lined with white chocolate and wrapped in sugar paper","url":"https://time.com/3723399/kfc-uk-edible-cups/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink","Britain","KFC"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3723399/kfc-uk-edible-cups/","name":"KFC Plans to Roll Out Edible Coffee Cups in the U.K."}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Family Finds 7ft KFC Bucket In Yard","description":"A Gerorgia woman discovers a 7ft sign for Kentucky Fried Chicken sitting in her yard.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/dl885UWH/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2013-07-31T18:23:40.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/dl885UWH.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3723399/kfc-uk-edible-cups/","duration":"PT1M37S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3723399/kfc-uk-edible-cups/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```