Foodie Guide to EPCOT Festival of the Holidays [2024]

Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and before we know it the world will be in full Christmas Holiday mode! Although, if you ask me, some stores have been in full Christmas mode for a month!

To celebrate the holiday season this year, head on down to EPCOT for the International Festival of the Holidays! Not only will there be incredible performances, but there are also new food items being added this year!

And don’t worry, some of the fan favorites from previous years will be making a comeback this year!

These items are available for the remainder of the holiday season at Walt Disney World, from November 29, 2024 until December 30, 2024.

This year there are more than 15 different Holiday Kitchens where guests can enjoy festive food from all over the world. These items include meals, treats, beverages, and desserts.

Let’s look at all the festive delicious items that are being created this year!

There is much more to the EPCOT Festival of the Holidays than the food. This post will focus on being your personal foodie guide for the event. If you’re interested in more information about the Festival of the Holidays, be sure to check out EPCOT Festival of the Holidays Guide, and Holiday Cookie Stroll Guide.

EPCOT Festival of the Holidays: Holiday Kitchens

This year there are 22 different Holiday kitchens at the EPCOT Festival of the holidays! Which means there is going to be a lot of holiday food to enjoy from all around the world.

Each Holiday Kitchen offers limited festive snacks, food items, and beverages (both alcoholic and non beverages are available at most holiday kitchens). And each holiday kitchen offers special holiday festive food to the theme of that area, or region that it represents.

To help make navigating the park a little easier when on the hunt for the perfect holiday food item, I’ve broken down all of the holiday kitchens to their respective areas within EPCOT.

If you don’t already know, EPCOT its pretty much broken down into four different sections. World Discovery, World Nature, World Celebration, and the most famous World Showcase.

World Discovery Holiday Kitchens

Holiday Hearth Desserts

This food kitchen is located near the Odyssey Pavilion.

Food:

• 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

Drinks:

• Hot Cocoa (non-alcoholic)
• Cinnamon Apple Cider (non-alcoholic)
• 3 Daughters Brewing Winter Spiced Lager
• BrewDog Hoppy Christmas IPA
• Wicked Weed Brewing Milk & Cookies Imperial Milk Stout
• Cocoa Candy Cane: Hot Cocoa with peppermint schnapps
• Beer Flight

Connections Café

Food:

• Holiday Sugar Cookie

Connections Eatery

Food:

Holiday Sweater Liege Waffle – chocolate-coated brioche waffle with a flurry of blizzard themed sprinkles and white chocolate garnish

Drinks:

• Coquito Milk Shake – French vanilla gelado, cream of coconut, nutmeg, and cinnamon (Non-alcoholic)
  • Alcoholic version available with Bacardi Superior Rum

World Celebration Holiday Kitchens

Experimental Prototype Cookies of Tomorrow

Food:

• Spaceship Earth Tile Gingerbread Triangle (NEW)

Drinks:

• Hot Cocoa – by Joffrey’s Coffee (non alcoholic)
• Gingerbread Milk Shake (non alcoholic)
• Gingerbread Milk Shake – topped with whipped cream vodka
• Seasonal Wine
• Ivanhoe Park Brewing Co. Gingerbread White Stout
• 81Bay Brewing Co. Gingerbread Coffee Porter

Favorites of Festivals Past

Food:

• Reuben Croquettes – served with pastrami, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, and thousand island dipping sauce
• Ham Sliders – brown sugar and mustard-glazed ham with cranberry and apple coleslaw on a Hawaiian roll
• Bauducco Panettone Holiday Trifle – served with eggnog custard and cranberry cherry compote

Drinks:

• Southern Tier Brewing Co. Tiramisu Imperial Stout
• Keel Farms Pecan Pie Hard Cider
• Point Snow Pilot Pistachio Nut Brown Ale
• Beer Flight

World Nature Holiday Kitchens

Sunshine Seasons

Food:

• Peanut Butter Cookie – made with Green & Red M&M’s milk chocolate minis

World Showcase Holiday Kitchens

Shanghai Holiday Kitchen

Looking for some Chinese New Year celebration food? Then Shanghai Holiday Kitchen is for you! Located in the China pavilion, it offers great flavor and festive dishes.

Food:

• XO Fried Rice – Chinese sausage, onion, green onion, mushroom, egg, and house-made Hong Kong XO Chili Sauce (NEW)
• Beef Noodle Soup Bowl – Slow-braised beef shank, green onion, and house-made chili oil
• Vegetable Spring Rolls with citrus sauce

Drinks:

• Taro Bubble Milk Tea – Green tea and boba (NEW) (non-alcoholic)
• 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, piNa colada mix, and orange juice (NEW)

Refreshment Outpost

Food:

• Peanut Stew – served with sweet potatoes, mustard greens, and roasted peanuts (plant-based)
• DOLE Whip Raspberry (plant-based)

Drinks:

• Ciderboys Caramel Apple Hard Cider
• 81Bay Brewing Co. Cinnamon Orange Cranberry Wheat Ale
• Cooked Can Brewing Company CrEme BrUlEe Lager
• Boyd & Blair Chai Tea Mule

Bavaria Holiday Kitchen

This food kitchen is located in the Germany Pavilion

Food:

• Pork Schnitzel – mushroom sauce, Spätzle, and braised red cabbage
• Cheese Fondue – served in a Bread Bowl with steamed baby vegetables and marble potatoes
• Hazelnut Linzer Cookie

Drinks:

• Possmann Pure Hard Cider
• von Trapp Brewing TrOsten Smoked Dark Lager
• KOstritzer Schwarzbier
• Regional Riesling
• Glühwein: House-made hot spiced wine (served hot)
• Beer Flight

Tuscany Holiday Kitchen

This food kitchen is located in the Italy Pavilion, in the World Showcase.

Food:

• 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 putting and vanilla cream (NEW)

Drinks:

• Prosecco
• Moscato
• Chianti
• Bombardino Freddo – creamy eggnog and Italian brandy
• Italian Red Sangria
• Italian-inspired Margarita – tequila, triple sec, and limoncello
• Peroni Pilsner

American Holiday Table

This food kitchen is located at the American Adventure Pavilion

Food:

• Slow-roasted Turkey – served with stuffing, mashed potatoes, green beans, and cranberry sauce
• Blackened Catfish – with Hoppin’ John and comeback sauce
• Chocolate Crinkle Cookie

Drinks:

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

Funnel Cake

This food kitchen is located in The American Adventure Pavilion, at the World Showcase.

Food:

• Gingerbread Funnel Cake – vanilla ice cream, gingerbread crumbs, whipped cream, topped with red and green sprinkles (NEW)

Shi Wasu Holiday Kitchen

This food kitchen is located in the Japan Pavilion in the World Showcase.

Food:

• Sushi Tree Roll – Christmas tree-shaped sushi roll with Krab meat cream cheese topped with ikura salmon roe and spicy mayonnaise
• Toshikoshi Soba – buckwheat soba noodle in hot dashi (fish-based) soup topped with shrimp tempura and chopped green onion
• Mochi Donut Wrap – chewing fusion pastry served with strawberry, whipped cream, strawberry sauce, and sweet red beans wrapped with ‘gyuhi’ rice cake sheet (NEW)

Drinks: 

• 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 texture of Nigori Sake and rich sweetness and bitterness from chocolate (NEW)
• Sapporo Premium Black Beer

Tangierine Café: Flavors of the Medina

This food kitchen is located in the Morocco Pavilion.

Food:

• Grilled Kebabs with carrot-chickpea salad and garlic aïoli
  • Moroccan-spiced lamb
  • Chermoula Chicken
• Stone-baked Moroccan Bread with dips (plant-based)

Drinks: 

• 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

This food kitchen is located between France and Morocco Pavilions.

Food:

• 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)

Drinks:

• Brooklyn Brewery Black Chocolate Stout (NEW)
• Frozen New York Whiskey Sour – Manifest Whiskey and Manischewitz Blackberry Wine

Le Marché de Noël Holiday Kitchen

This food kitchen is located in the France Pavilion.

Food:

• 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 Dauphine – 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)

Drinks:

• Frozen Hot Chocolate Martini – Vodka, chocolate milk, and whipped cream
• Spiced Cranberry Punch – Pol Rémy Sparkling Wine, cranberry juice, orange gice and spiced brown sugar (NEW)
• Chateau Haut Beaumard Cabernet Sauvignon (NEW)

Yukon Holiday Kitchen

This food kitchen is located in the Canadian Pavilion.

Food:

• Seared Salmon – served with butternut squash purée, maple-bourbon glaze, and fennel-arugula salad
• Beef Bourguignon – served with crushed potatoes
• Peppermint Pinwheel Cookie

Drinks:

• 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

UK Beer Cart

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

Canada Popcorn Cart

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

Refreshment Port

This food kitchen, Refreshment Port is located near the Canada Pavilion.

Food:

• Turkey Poutine – Sweet potato fries with turkey gravy, cranberry relish, and crispy onions

Drinks:

• Keel Farms Pumpkin Hard Cider
• Pasek Cellars Cranberry Wine

Swirled Showcase

This food kitchen is located near the Port of Entry

Food:

• 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

Drinks:

• Lexington Brewing & Distilling Co. Bourbonola and Cherry Cola
• Coffee Float – Dark chocolate soft serve with iced coffee and choice of Mozart Liqueur
• Floats – soft serve ice cream with either soda or alcohol
  • Barq’s Red Crème Soda (vanilla soft serve)
  • Barq’s Root Beer (vanilla soft serve)
  • Lexington Brewing & Distilling Co. Bourbonola (dark chocolate soft serve)
  • Fireball Cinnamon Whisky & Barq’s Red Crème Soda (apple-cinnamon soft serve)

Holiday Sweets & Treats

This food kitchen is located near the Port of Entry.

Food:

• Peppermint Sundae – Chocolate ice cream, whipped cream, and peppermint candy

Drinks:

• Hot cocoa by Joffrey’s Coffee (non-alcoholic)
• Chocolate Peppermint Shake – with Twinings Peppermint Cheer Tea (non-alcoholic)
• Deschutes Brewery Jubelale (NEW)
• Southern Tier Brewing Co. 2XMAS Ale
• Wicked Weed Brewing Hop Cocoa Porter
• Hot Cocoa with Choice of Liqueur:
  • Baileys Original Irish Cream
  • Buffalo Trace Bourbon Cream
  • Grand Mariner
• Chocolate Peppermint Shake – Twinings Peppermint Cheer Tea topped with Whipped Cream Vodka
• Beer Flight

Mele Kalikimaka

This food kitchen is located at the Port of Entry.

Food:

• Kālua Pork – served with Okinawa sweet potatoes and mango salad
• Lomi Lomi Salmon – served with tomatoes, onions, salmon roe, yuzu-mayonnaise, and yuca chips
• Coffee Mocha Cookie – topped with coffee-infused buttercream, cocoa nibs, and chocolate-covered expresso beans (NEW)

Drinks:

• The Bruery 5 Golden Rings (NEW)
• Florida Orange Groves Winery Pineapple Sparkling Wine
• Melon Breeze – DOLE Pineapple Juice, lime juice, melon liqueur, and Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum

Nochebuena Cocina

One of the newer food kitchens available this year, and is located near the Port of Entry.

Food:

• Plant-based Chorizo Tamale – with cotija cheese and spicy red chile sauce
• Pastelón – Sofrito-marinated beef with sweet plantains and olives
• Cinnamon-Spiced Chocolate Crinkle Cookie

Drinks:

• Ponche Navideño – Christmas punch with apple, pears, guava, oranges, dried hibiscus, brown sugar, tamarind, cinnamon sticks, and cloves (served warm)(non alcoholic)
• Left Hand Brewing Co. Mexican Hot Chocolate Milk Stout (NEW)

Chestnuts & Good Cheer Holiday Kitchen

This food kitchen is located between the World Showcase and the Imagination! Pavilion.

Food:

• Cinnamon-glazed Almonds
• Cinnamon-glazed Cashews
• Cinnamon-glazed Pecans
• Fire-roasted Chestnuts

Drinks:

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

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Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Company

The following beverages can be found at any of the Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Company stands throughout EPCOT park.

Note that offerings will be available while supplies last.

Drinks:

• Merry Mint Cookie Latte – Festive espresso blend, toasted marshmallow syrup, peppermint syrup, dark chocolate sauce, and milk topped with peppermint whipped cream and chocolate cookie crumbs (NEW) (non alcoholic)
  • Spirited Version: Served with Baileys Original Irish Cream

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How long is the Epcot Festival the Holidays?

The EPCOT Festival of the Holidays starts the day after Thanksgiving and goes until the end of the holiday season in January.

This year the event will start on November 29, 2024, and will end on December 30, 2024. Giving guests lots of time to enjoy the special Festival of the Holidays Food items available during that time.

For more information on everything that takes place during the EPCOT Festival of the Holidays, be sure to check out; the EPCOT Festival of the Holidays Guide.

The Wrap-Up: EPCOT Festival of the Holidays Food

The EPCOT Festival of the Holidays Food combines holiday favorites from around the world.

There are over 12 different Food Kitchens that will have limited-time festive food for guests to enjoy. These include specialty food items and beverages, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic. Making it enjoyable for everyone of all ages.

Note: Gluten Friendly means that there is a possibility of the items containing gluten from other items being cooked with the same/similar equipment.