2024 Festival of the Holidays Food Guide: Everything You Can Try
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Hey Disney Vacationers, rejoice! EPCOT’s International Festival of the Holidays is almost here, and the 2024 food guide has dropped. With over 15 Holiday Kitchens featuring festive treats, drinks, and culinary delights from around the world, this guide is your go-to resource for planning your foodie adventure. The festival runs from November 29th through December 30th, and trust me, you won’t want to miss a bite. Let’s dig into the 2024 Festival of the Holidays food guide!
World Celebration
Experimental Prototype Cookies of Tomorrow – NEW!
Location: CommuniCore Hall Food Items:
Spaceship Earth Tile Gingerbread Triangle (New)
Beverages:
Hot Cocoa by Joffrey’s Coffee (Non-alcoholic)
Gingerbread Milk Shake (Non-alcoholic)
Gingerbread Milk Shake with whipped cream vodka
Seasonal Wine
Ivanhoe Park Brewing Co. Gingerbread White Stout
81Bay Brewing Co. Gingerbread Coffee Porter
Favorites of Festivals Past – NEW!
Location: CommuniCore Plaza Food Items:
Reuben Croquettes: pastrami, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, and thousand island dipping sauce
Brown Sugar and Mustard-glazed Ham Sliders: cranberry and apple coleslaw on a Hawaiian roll
Bauducco Panettone Holiday Trifle: eggnog custard and cranberry cherry compote
Beverages:
Southern Tier Brewing Co. Tiramisu Imperial Stout
Keel Farms Pecan Pie Hard Cider
Point Snow Pilot Pistachio Nut Brown Ale
Beer Flight
World Discovery
Connections Café
Location: In World Discovery Food Item:
Holiday Sugar Cookie
Connections Eatery
Location: In World Discovery Food Item:
Holiday Sweater Liege Waffle: Chocolate-coated brioche waffle with festive sprinkles and white chocolate garnish
Beverage:
Coquito Milk Shake: French vanilla gelato, cream of coconut, nutmeg, and cinnamon (Non-alcoholic; spirited version available with Bacardí Superior Rum)
Holiday Hearth Desserts
Location: The Odyssey Food Items:
Red Velvet Mini Bundt Cake: with cream cheese icing
Salted Caramel Spaceship Earth Cookie
Mouse Crunch made with Red & Green M&M’S Milk Chocolate Candies
Mint Chocolate Mousse Wreath
Apple Caramel Crumb Cake
Chocolate-covered Toffee Brittle
Beverages:
Hot Cocoa by Joffrey’s Coffee (Non-alcoholic)
Frozen Caramel Hot Cocoa: Hot cocoa with whipped cream and TWIX cookie bar pieces (Non-alcoholic)
Wicked Weed Brewing Jack Frost IPA
BrewDog Winter Staycation Pecan & Toffee Stout
Wicked Weed Brewing Milk & Cookies Imperial Milk Stout
Cocoa Candy Cane: Hot Cocoa with Peppermint Schnapps
Beer Flight
World Showcase
Las Posadas Holiday Kitchen
Location: Mexico Food Items:
Empanada de Pollo: Fried corn tortilla filled with chipotle chicken and potatoes topped with chile rojo salsa, crema Mexicana, and queso fresco (New)
Tamal de Puerco con Mole: Shredded pork in corn masa topped with mole negro, queso fresco, crema Mexicana, slivered almonds, and sesame seeds (New)
Dulce de Leche Churro sprinkled with cinnamon sugar
Beverages:
Holiday Margarita: Dos Hombres Mezcal, tequila, cranberry lime juice, allspice, and orange blackcurrant liqueurs (New)
Coconut Guavarita: Tromba Blanco Tequila, coconut water, guava cream, lime rum, and orange liqueur with a toasted coconut rim (New)
Holiday Cerveza: Mexican Artisanal Craft Lager with black currant liqueur
Shanghai Holiday Kitchen
Location: China Food Items:
XO Fried Rice: Chinese sausage, onion, green onion, mushroom, egg, and house-made Hong Kong XO Chili Sauce (New)
Beef Noodle Soup Bowl with slow-braised beef shank, green onion, and house-made chili oil
Vegetable Spring Rolls with citrus sauce
Beverages:
Taro Bubble Milk Tea: Green tea and boba (Non-alcoholic; New)
Brew Hub Year of the Dragon: Dragon Fruit Lager
Butterfly Lantern: Butterfly pea blossom gin, vodka, prickly pear, lychee syrup, soda water, and white boba
Lychee Martini: Vodka, lychee syrup, and vermouth (New)
Peach of Longevity: Peach Schnapps, citrus vodka, piña colada mix, and orange juice (New)
Refreshment Outpost
Food Items:
Peanut Stew with sweet potatoes, mustard greens, and roasted peanuts (Plant-based)
DOLE Whip Raspberry (Plant-based)
Beverages:
Ciderboys Caramel Apple Hard Cider
81Bay Brewing Co. Cinnamon Orange Cranberry Wheat Ale
Crooked Can Brewing Company Crème Brûlée Lager
Boyd & Blair Chai Tea Mule
Bavaria Holiday Kitchen
Location: Germany Food Items:
Cheese Fondue in a bread bowl with steamed baby vegetables and marble potatoes
Pork Schnitzel with mushroom sauce, spätzle, and braised red cabbage
Hazelnut Linzer Cookie
Beverages:
Possmann Pure Hard Cider
von Trapp Brewing Trösten Smoked Dark Lager
Köstritzer Schwarzbier
Regional Riesling
Glühwein: House-made hot spiced wine (Served warm)
Beer Flight
Tuscany Holiday Kitchen
Location: Italy Food Items:
Montanara: Fried house-made pizza dough with pomodoro sauce, parmesan, and fresh basil
Dolce Pizza: Fried house-made pizza dough with sugar and cinnamon
Panettone: Panettone bread pudding and vanilla cream (New)
Beverages:
Bombardino Freddo: Creamy eggnog and Italian brandy
Prosecco
Moscato
Chianti
Italian Red Sangria
Italian-inspired Margarita: Tequila, triple sec, and limoncello
Peroni Pilsner
American Holiday Table
Location: The American Adventure Food Items:
Slow-roasted Turkey with stuffing, mashed potatoes, green beans, and cranberry sauce
Blackened Catfish with Hoppin’ John and Comeback Sauce
SNICKERS-Doodle Cookie made with SNICKERS bar pieces
Beverages:
Crooked Can Brewing Company Bah HOPbug IPA
3 Daughters Brewing Eggnog White Porter
Playalinda Brewing Co. Peppermint Chocolate Stout
Beer Flight
Funnel Cake
Location: The American Adventure Food Item:
Gingerbread Funnel Cake: Vanilla ice cream, gingerbread crumbs, whipped cream, and red and green sprinkles (New)
Shi Wasu Holiday Kitchen
Location: Japan
Food Items
Sushi Tree Roll: Christmas tree-shaped sushi roll with krab meat and cream cheese, topped with ikura salmon roe and spicy mayo.
Toshikoshi Soba: Buckwheat soba noodles in hot dashi soup topped with shrimp tempura and chopped green onion.
Mochi Donut Wrap: A soft, chewy fusion pastry served with strawberry, whipped cream, strawberry sauce, and sweet red beans wrapped with “gyuhi” rice cake sheet (New).
Beverages
Ichigo Boba: Cranberry and yuzu cream drink with calpico and popping strawberry boba pearls (Non-alcoholic).
Japanese Punch: Shōchū, plum wine, cranberry, and lemon juice.
Chocolate Nigori: Creamy Nigori sake with rich sweetness and gentle bitterness from chocolate (New).
Sapporo Premium Black Beer.
Tangierine Café: Flavors of the Medina
Location: Morocco
Food Items
Grilled Kebabs: Carrot-chickpea salad and garlic aïoli with your choice of:
Chermoula chicken.
Moroccan-spiced lamb.
Stone-baked Moroccan Bread with Dips (Plant-based).
Beverages
Ciderboys Cranberry Razz Hard Cider (New).
Bold Rock Apple Crumble Hard Cider.
Gulf Stream Brewing Holiday Snakebite.
Holiday Fig Cocktail: Kleiner Feigling fig liqueur and white cranberry juice.
Hard Cider Flight.
L’Chaim! Holiday Kitchen
Location: Between Morocco and France
Food Items
Pastrami on Rye: Served with house-made pickles and deli mustard.
Smoked Salmon Potato Latke.
Potato Latkes (Plant-based).
Rugelach: Pastry filled with raspberry jam, walnuts, and cinnamon.
Black and White Cookie (Plant-based).
Beverages
Brooklyn Brewery Black Chocolate Stout (New).
Frozen New York Whiskey Sour: Manifest Whiskey and Manischewitz Blackberry Wine.
Le Marché de Noël Holiday Kitchen
Location: France
Food Items
Crème De Saumon Fumé: Smoked salmon spread on a sesame brioche roll with cucumber and radishes.
Rôti de Jambon Sauce Moutarde: Roasted ham with mushrooms, pearl onions, bacon, white wine mustard sauce, and darphin roasted herb potatoes (New).
Bûche de Noël au Chocolat et Caramel: Chocolate fudge Christmas log with caramel cream center (New).
Beverages
Frozen Hot Chocolate Martini: Vodka, chocolate milk, and whipped cream.
Spiced Cranberry Punch: Pol Rémy Sparkling Wine, cranberry juice, orange juice, and spiced brown sugar (New).
Chateau Haut Beaumard Cabernet Sauvignon (New).
UK Beer Cart
Location: United Kingdom
Beverage
Frozen Chocolate Orange Cocktail: Hot chocolate, orange syrup, and blood orange liqueur.
Canada Popcorn Cart
Location: Canada
Beverage
Canadian Hot Toddy: Maple syrup, honey, black tea, lemon juice, cinnamon, and Tap 357 Canadian Maple Rye Whisky served warm.
Yukon Holiday Kitchen
Location: Canada
Food Items
Seared Salmon: Butternut squash purée, maple-bourbon glaze, and fennel-arugula salad.
Beef Bourguignon: Crushed potatoes.
Peppermint Pinwheel Cookie.
Beverages
Frozen Joffrey’s Coffee (Non-alcoholic).
81Bay Brewing Co. Peanut Butter Banana Porter.
Playalinda Brewing Co. Maple Cookie Blonde Ale.
Collective Arts Coffee Maple Porter.
Regional Icewine.
Regional Red Wine.
Frozen Joffrey’s Coffee with Tap 357 Canadian Maple Rye Whisky.
Beer Flight.
Refreshment Port
Location: Near Canada
Food Item
Turkey Poutine: Sweet potato fries with turkey gravy, cranberry relish, and crispy onions.
Beverages
Keel Farms Pumpkin Hard Cider.
Pasek Cellars Cranberry Wine.
Swirled Showcase
Location: Near Port of Entry
Food Items
Holiday Mickey-shaped Liquid Nitrogen Pop: Chocolate cake dipped in ganache made with Red & Green M&M’S Milk Chocolate Minis.
Soft-serve in a Cone:
Vanilla.
Apple-cinnamon.
Dark chocolate.
Beverages
Floats: Barq’s Red Crème Soda or Barq’s Root Beer with Vanilla Soft-serve (Non-alcoholic).
Lexington Brewing & Distilling Co. Bourbonola and Cherry Cola.
Alcoholic Floats:
Bourbonola with dark chocolate soft-serve.
Fireball Cinnamon Whisky and Barq’s Red Crème Soda with apple cinnamon soft-serve.
Coffee Float: Dark chocolate soft-serve with iced coffee and choice of Mozart Liqueur.
Holiday Sweets & Treats
Location: Near Port of Entry
Food Item
Peppermint Sundae: Chocolate ice cream, whipped cream, and peppermint candy.
Location: Between World Showcase and the Imagination! Pavilion
Food Items:
Cinnamon-glazed Almonds
Cinnamon-glazed Cashews
Cinnamon-glazed Pecans
Fire-roasted Chestnuts
Beverages:
Eggnog (Non-alcoholic beverage)
Eggnog with choice of cordial:
Fireball Cinnamon Whisky
Mozart Chocolate Liqueur
Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey
Southern Tier Brewing Co. Chestnut Praline Imperial Ale
World Nature
Sunshine Seasons Menu
Location: The Land Pavilion
Sunshine Seasons brings festive simplicity to the holidays with a nostalgic treat that’s perfect for both kids and adults.
Food Items:
Peanut Butter Cookie made with Red & Green M&M’S Milk Chocolate Minis
Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Company
Location: Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Company kiosks throughout EPCOT
Beverages:
Merry Mint Cookie Latte (New)
A festive blend of espresso, toasted marshmallow syrup, peppermint syrup, dark chocolate sauce, and milk
Topped with peppermint whipped cream and chocolate cookie crumbs
Non-alcoholic beverage
Spirited version available with Baileys Original Irish Cream
Tips for Navigating the Festival
Start Early: Beat the crowds by arriving early. The Holiday Kitchens open at 11 am.
Make a Plan: Prioritize your must-try dishes and beverages to make the most of your visit.
Share and Conquer: Bring a friend and split portions to sample more options.
Stay Hydrated: With all the festive drinks, remember to sip water throughout the day.
Final Thoughts
The 2024 Festival of the Holidays is shaping up to be an unmissable event for foodies and Disney fans alike. From classic holiday treats to innovative new offerings, there’s something for everyone. Grab your stretchy pants, and let the culinary adventure begin!
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