Late in 2025, LEGO released 40776 Hot Chocolate Stand as a seasonal Gift With Purchase, a 256-piece mug-shaped stall complete with a removable roof, outdoor seating, and two minifigures for that perfect Winter Village vignette. As with most GWPs, availability was limited—and if you blinked, you may have missed it.
If this build looks familiar, there’s a good reason. Two years ago, we published instructions to build your own hot drinks stand for your winter villages. If you didn’t manage to snag the official set, or you simply want more than one hot drinks stand in your snowy town (yes, minifigs need coffee too!), this build is an easy way to fill that gap.
Best of all, this version comes with no purchase required and the instructions are our free gift to you!
Building A Mug of Happiness
The winter season brings lots of joy to young and old through various forms: the warmth of a roaring fire in the fireplace, the festive holiday seasons, playing in the snow, or sipping a hot drinks purchased from a mug-shaped beverage stand! Wait, what?
That’s right, a delightful mug-shaped beverage stand in Santa colors of red, white, and black that I call Cup-o-Jolly Java. I created this little festive beverage stand as a new addition to my LEGO Winter Village. I imagine the LEGO townspeople stopping by for a hot beverage to keep them warm.
Although this build is a relatively recent build of mine, it was actually not my first version of the drink stand. Back in 2016, I built one in a Starbucks-like dark green and silver color scheme, but the silver pieces were very expensive as they were only available for a brief period in 2012.
You can see that the design has changed slightly since then, making the steam a bit steamier, and the mug a bit muggier.
For this newer more festive recolored version, I surrounded it with a snowscape and a path, a few snow-covered pine trees, and couple of little critters (a red cardinal and a squirrel). Plus we can’t forget the hardworking barista!
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The instructions and parts list are below in the gallery or available via a pdf download.
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I hope you enjoy building and perhaps even integrating this little build into your LEGO Winter Village or as a stand-alone decoration this holiday season. Make sure to keep warm and sip a cozy hot drink this season!
Will you add this cute stand to your Winter Village? What else do you think the LEGO Winter Village is missing? Let us know in the comments below.
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