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Walt Disney World has released full food booth menus for the 2024 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays, the fan-favorite Christmas-time special event! This post shares a full list of every new and returning snack, dish, dessert, and drink at the more than 15 Holiday Kitchens.

Christmas 2024 at Walt Disney World is already officially underway, with one big exception: EPCOT’s International Festival of the Holidays starts on November 29. The holiday festivities at EPCOT always begin on Black Friday and end the day before New Year’s Eve to clear space for those festivities. With Thanksgiving falling later this year, that means the festival is almost a week shorter than normal.

In essence, Festival of the Holidays is a continuation of EPCOT’s Food & Wine Festival (which is still ongoing), right down to repurposing some of the food booths from that event (which ends shortly before Festival of the Holidays starts). Unlike that, the 2024 EPCOT Festival of the Holidays is not primarily about the cuisine–despite what these menus might suggest, this is not simply the Christmastime Foodie Fest!

The real focal point of EPCOT’s Festival of the Holidays is decorations, live music, entertainment, family-friendly activities, global Santa Clauses (and other storytellers), and more. You can read about the slate in our full Guide to the 2024 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays.

The highlight of the holidays at EPCOT is Candlelight Processional. This year has one of the best narrator lineups in years. There’s something for everyone here, from longtime fan-favorites to new-comers and more appealing to the tastes of younger guests. For everything you need to know Candlelight Processional–including the full lineup of narrators and how to score dining packages (even when no ADR availability is showing up online)–see our Guide to 2024 Candlelight Processional at EPCOT.

In between sampling seasonal bites and sips, you can enjoy Holiday Storytellers, have holiday fun with Olaf’s Holiday Tradition Expedition Scavenger Hunt, enjoy Living with the Land – Merry & Bright Nights, or simply stroll around the park enjoying the festive decor.

Speaking of which, EPCOT will  be home to a brand-new gingerbread display that brings Spaceship Earth to life…in gingerbread form! Be sure to stop by CommuniCore Hall to see this new creation, and learn more about what else is being added to this year’s festival in What’s New for 2024 EPCOT Festival of Holidays.

For those with a bit of a sweet tooth, the Holiday Cookie Stroll is back and filled with a decadent and delicious lineup of cookies from the Holiday Kitchens. As you treat your elf, collect stamps in your Festival Passport by purchasing five of these items to redeem a special treat from Holiday Sweets & Treats. Start making your cookie list with the menu items designated with a 🍪 below.

All this merrymaking will work up an appetite, so let’s dive into all the wonderful things to eat at the EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays…

NEW! Experimental Prototype Cookies of Tomorrow Menu

LocationCommuniCore Hall

  • 🍪 Spaceship Earth Tile Gingerbread Triangle (New) 
  • Hot Cocoa by Joffrey’s Coffee (Non-alcoholic beverage)
  • Gingerbread Milk Shake (Non-alcoholic beverage)
  • Gingerbread Milk Shake with whipped cream vodka
  • Ivanhoe Park Brewing Co. Gingerbread White Stout
  • 81Bay Brewing Co. Gingerbread Coffee Porter

NEW! Favorites of Festivals Past Menu

Location: CommuniCore Plaza

  • Reuben Croquettes with pastrami, sauerkraut and Swiss cheese with thousand island dipping sauce
  • Brown Sugar and Mustard-glazed Ham Sliders with cranberry and apple coleslaw on a Hawaiian roll
  • Bauducco Panettone Holiday Trifle with eggnog custard and cranberry cherry compote
  • Southern Tier Brewing Co. Tiramisu Imperial Stout
  • Keel Farms Pecan Pie Hard Cider
  • Point Snow Pilot Pistachio Nut Brown Ale

Connections Cafe Food Item: 

  • 🍪 Holiday Sugar Cookie

Connections Eatery Food Item: 

  • Holiday Sweater Liege Waffle: Chocolate-coated brioche waffle with a flurry of blizzard themed sprinkles and white chocolate garnish
  • Coquito Milk Shake: French vanilla gelato, cream of coconut, nutmeg, and cinnamon (Non-alcoholic beverage) (Spirited version available with Bacardí Superior Rum)

Holiday Hearth Desserts Menu

  • 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
  • Chocolate-covered Toffee Brittle
  • Hot Cocoa by Joffrey’s Coffee (Non-alcoholic beverage)
  • Frozen Caramel Hot Cocoa: Hot cocoa with whipped cream and TWIX cookie bar pieces (Non-alcoholic beverage)
  • 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 by Joffrey’s Coffee with Peppermint Schnapps

World Showcase

Las Posadas Holiday Kitchen Menu

  • 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
  • Holiday Margarita: Dos Hombres Mezcal, tequila, cranberry lime juice, allspice and orange blackcurrant liqueurs (New) 
  • Coconut Guavarita: Tromba Blanco Tequila, coconut water, guava cream, hint of lime rum, and orange liqueur with a toasted coconut rim (New) 
  • Holiday Cerveza: Mexican Artisanal Craft Lager with black currant liqueur

Shanghai Holiday Kitchen Menu

  • 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
  • Taro Bubble Milk Tea: Green tea and boba (Non-alcoholic beverage) (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 Menu

  • Peanut Stew with sweet potatoes, mustard greens, and roasted peanuts (Plant-based)
  • DOLE Whip Raspberry (Plant-based) 
  • 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 Menu

  • 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
  • von Trapp Brewing Trösten Smoked Dark Lager
  • Glühwein: House-made hot spiced wine (Served warm)

Tuscany Holiday Kitchen Menu

  • 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) 
  • Bombardino Freddo: Creamy eggnog and Italian brandy
  • Italian-inspired Margarita: Tequila, triple sec, and limoncello

American Holiday Table Menu

Location: The American Adventure

  • 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
  • Crooked Can Brewing Company Bah HOPbug IPA
  • 3 Daughters Brewing Eggnog White Porter
  • Playalinda Brewing Co. Peppermint Chocolate Stout

Funnel Cake Menu

Location: The American Adventure

  • Gingerbread Funnel Cake: Vanilla ice cream, gingerbread crumbs, whipped cream, and red and green sprinkles (New) 

Shi Wasu Holiday Kitchen Menu

  • 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 noodle in hot dashi (fish-based) 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) 
  • Ichigo Boba: Cranberry and yuzu cream drink with calpico and popping strawberry boba pearls (Non-alcoholic beverage)
  • Japanese Punch: Shōchū, plum wine, cranberry, and lemon juice
  • Chocolate Nigori: Creamy texture of Nigori Sake and rich sweetness and gentle bitterness from chocolate (New) 
  • Sapporo Premium Black Beer

Tangierine Café: Flavors of the Medina Menu

  • Grilled Kebabs with carrot-chickpea salad and garlic aïoli
  • Stone-baked Moroccan bread with dips (Plant-based) 
  • 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

L’Chaim! Holiday Kitchen Menu

Location: Between Morocco and France

  • Pastrami on Rye 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)
  • Brooklyn Brewery Black Chocolate Stout (New)  
  • Frozen New York Whiskey Sour: Manifest Whiskey and Manischewitz Blackberry Wine

Le Marché de Noël Holiday Kitchen Menu

  • Crème De Saumon Fumé en Brioche aux Grains de Sesames, Concombre Et Radis: Smoked salmon spread on a sesame brioche roll with cucumber and radishes
  • Rôti de Jambon Sauce Moutarde à l’Ancienne, Pommes Darphin: 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 a caramel cream center (New) 
  • 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 Menu

Location: United Kingdom

  • Frozen Chocolate Orange Cocktail: Hot chocolate, orange syrup, and blood orange liqueur

Canada Popcorn Cart Menu

  • Canadian Hot Toddy: Maple syrup, honey, black tea, lemon juice, cinnamon, and Tap 357 Canadian Maple Rye Whisky served warm

Yukon Holiday Kitchen Menu

  • Seared Salmon with butternut squash purée, maple-bourbon glaze, and fennel-arugula salad
  • Beef Bourguignon with crushed potatoes
  • 🍪 Peppermint Pinwheel Cookie
  • Frozen Joffrey’s Coffee (Non-alcoholic beverage)
  • 81Bay Brewing Co. Peanut Butter Banana Porter
  • Playalinda Brewing Co. Maple Cookie Blonde Ale
  • Collective Arts Coffee Maple Porter
  • Frozen Joffrey’s Coffee with Tap 357 Canadian Maple Rye Whisky

Refreshment Port Menu

  • Turkey Poutine: Sweet potato fries with turkey gravy, cranberry relish, and crispy onions
  • Keel Farms Pumpkin Hard Cider
  • Pasek Cellars Cranberry Wine

Swirled Showcase Menu

Location: Near Port of Entry

  • Holiday Mickey-shaped Liquid Nitrogen Pop: Chocolate cake dipped in ganache made with Red & Green M&M’S Milk Chocolate Minis
  • Floats: Barq’s Red Crème Soda or Barq’s Root Beer with Vanilla Soft-serve (Non-alcoholic beverage)
  • Lexington Brewing & Distilling Co. Bourbonola and Cherry Cola
  • Lexington Brewing & Distilling Co. 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 Menu

Location: Near Port of Entry

  • Peppermint Sundae: Chocolate ice cream, whipped cream, and peppermint candy
  • Hot Cocoa by Joffrey’s Coffee (Non-alcoholic beverage)
  • Chocolate Peppermint Shake with Twinings Peppermint Cheer Tea (Non-alcoholic beverage)
  • Hot Cocoa by Joffrey’s Coffee with Choice of Liqueur: Baileys Original Irish Cream, Buffalo Trace Bourbon Cream, or Grand Mariner
  • Chocolate Peppermint Shake: Twinings Peppermint Cheer Tea and whipped cream vodka
  • Deschutes Brewery Jubelale (New) 
  • Southern Tier Brewing Co. 2XMAS Ale
  • Wicked Weed Brewing Hop Cocoa Porter

Mele Kalikimaka Holiday Kitchen Menu

Location: Between World Showcase and the Imagination! Pavilion

  • Kālua Pork with Okinawa sweet potatoes and mango salad
  • Lomi Lomi Salmon with tomatoes, onions, salmon roe, yuzu-mayonnaise, and yuca chips
  • 🍪 Coffee Mocha Cookie topped with coffee-infused buttercream, cocoa nibs, and chocolate-covered espresso beans (New) 
  • Melon Breeze: DOLE Pineapple Juice, lime juice, melon liqueur, and Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum
  • The Bruery 5 Golden Rings (New) 
  • Florida Orange Groves Winery Pineapple Sparkling Wine

Nochebuena Cocina Menu

Location: Between World Showcase and the Imagination! Pavilion

  • Plant-based Chorizo Tamal with cotija and spicy red chile sauce (Plant-based) 
  • Pastelón: Sofrito-marinated beef with sweet plantains and olives
  • 🍪 Cinnamon-spiced Chocolate Crinkle Cookie
  • Ponche Navideño: Christmas punch with apple, pears, guava, oranges, dried hibiscus, brown sugar, tamarind, cinnamon sticks, and cloves served warm (Non-alcoholic beverage)
  • Left Hand Brewing Co. Mexican Hot Chocolate Milk Stout (New) 

Chestnuts & Good Cheer Holiday Kitchen Menu

Location: Between World Showcase and the Imagination! Pavilion

  • Eggnog (Non-alcoholic beverage)
  • Eggnog with choice of cordial: Fireball Cinnamon Whisky, Mozart Chocolate Liqueur, or Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey
  • Southern Tier Brewing Co. Chestnut Praline Imperial Ale

World Nature

Sunshine Seasons Menu 

  • 🍪 Peanut Butter Cookie made with Red & Green M&M’S Milk Chocolate Minis

Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Company Menu

Location: Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Company throughout the park

  • Merry Mint Cookie Latte: 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) (New) 
  • Spirited version available with Baileys Original Irish Cream

Turning to commentary, I don’t really have much to say. That’s always the case with the EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays, which is probably the event with the fewest new food items each year. Since this event changed from Holidays Around the World, it’s seen one big expansion and then not much since. In comparing menus from this year to 2019, there’s actually a lot of overlap.

This year, the booths that catch my eye–beyond the two new ones–are France and China, both of which have a couple of interesting new dishes. Otherwise, it’s a lot of the same. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, as this event excels at holiday season comfort foods from around the globe. They’re fitting for the event, and often the ideal intersection of value and tastiness. Sure, they’re less ambitious and heavier, but that works with the nature of the event–and the weather this time of year at Walt Disney World.

Finally, we’d once again stress that you don’t need to purchase anything to have a great time at Epcot this Christmas season. The Holiday Storytellers are a ton of fun, and even Candlelight Processional can be enjoyed without purchasing a dining package–or even without lining up for hours ahead of time. If you choose to do eat your way around World Showcase (or just have a few desserts!), hopefully our resources help you make wise decisions so you don’t waste any money.

For comprehensive tips for planning your Christmas-time trip to Walt Disney World, check out our Ultimate Guide to Christmas at Walt Disney World. For Walt Disney World trip planning tips and comprehensive advice, make sure to read our Walt Disney World Trip Planning Guide and related articles.

YOUR THOUGHTS

Do you have any favorite snacks from the EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays? Do you typically focus on foods, entertainment, decorations, or a mixture of the above at the Christmas-time EPCOT event? What are you looking forward to trying at the Holiday Kitchen food booths during the 2024 Festival of the Holidays? Any questions? Hearing from you is half the fun, so please share your thoughts in the comments!




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