McDonald’s Adds Red Bull Energy Drinks to Its U.S. Menu

McDonald’s USA has added Red Bull to its specialty drink menu. The headline item is the Red Bull Dragonberry Energizer, a prepared McCafé drink that uses Red Bull as the base and adds fruit flavors and inclusions.

Participating restaurants also sell a standalone 8.4-ounce can of Red Bull, so you can get the mixed drink or a regular can.

What is the Red Bull Dragonberry Energizer?

In a McDonald’s USA announcement published on PR Newswire, the chain says the Dragonberry Energizer combines Red Bull’s signature flavor with blue raspberry syrup and freeze-dried dragonfruit. It is a fruit-forward specialty drink.

You can also order it with Red Bull Zero as the base for a reduced-sugar version.

McDonald’s has not published a full nutrition panel for the finished mixed drink in that announcement. Energeia is therefore not listing sugar or calorie totals for the prepared beverage.

Delish reports that McDonald’s lists the Dragonberry Energizer at 80 milligrams of caffeine, which matches a standard 8.4-ounce Red Bull can. If you want a rough picture of how long that amount may stick around, you can run 80 mg through Energeia’s caffeine half-life calculator.

Can you buy regular Red Bull at McDonald’s?

Yes—at participating locations. McDonald’s says you can get an 8.4-ounce can of Red Bull. The announcement does not say whether every Red Bull variety will be offered or whether the mix will differ by restaurant.

For canned Red Bull nutrition on Energeia, see Red Bull Sugarfree and Red Bull Pink Edition Wild Berries.

Where and when is it available?

McDonald’s said the U.S. launch started August 17, 2026, after an earlier test. Availability is still limited to participating restaurants.

No verified store list, price, or end date was included in the source material reviewed by Energeia. The most practical check is the McDonald’s app or asking at a local restaurant.

How to order it

Ask for the Red Bull Dragonberry Energizer, or look for it with the specialty drinks in the McDonald’s app. If you want less sugar in the mixed drink, ask for Red Bull Zero as the base. If you want Red Bull without the syrup and dragonfruit, order the 8.4-ounce can instead.

Energeia take

This is notable because it puts a major energy-drink brand into a mainstream quick-service ordering experience in two forms: an original mixed beverage and a standard can. For energy-drink fans, the Dragonberry format is the more unusual part—it treats Red Bull as the base of a customizable restaurant drink rather than only a packaged product.

That observation is Energeia commentary. The confirmed news is narrower: McDonald’s has announced the Dragonberry Energizer and 8.4-ounce Red Bull cans at participating U.S. restaurants, beginning August 17, 2026.