Walt Disney World has released full menus & food photos for the 2025 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays, the fan-favorite Christmas-time special event. This shares a list of every new & returning snack, dish, dessert, and drink at the more than 15 Holiday Kitchens.
Christmas 2025 at Walt Disney World is now underway, with one big exception: EPCOT’s International Festival of the Holidays starts on November 28, 2025. The seasonal festivities at EPCOT always begin on Black Friday and end the day before New Year’s Eve to clear space for those festivities.
In essence, Festival of the Holidays is a continuation of EPCOT’s Food & Wine Festival, right down to repurposing some of the food booths from that event (which ends shortly before Festival of the Holidays starts). Unlike that, the 2025 EPCOT Festival of the Holidays is not primarily about the cuisine–despite what these menus suggest, this is not Walt Disney World’s Christmas 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 also enjoy Holiday Storytellers, have fun with Olaf’s Holiday Tradition Expedition Scavenger Hunt, ride Living with the Land: Glimmering Greenhouses, or simply stroll around the park enjoying the festive decor. It’s a veritable celebration of holiday traditions and cultures from around the globe.
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 2025 Candlelight Processional at EPCOT.
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.
Let’s dive into everything to eat at the 2025 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays…
Experimental Prototype Cookies of Tomorrow Menu (CommuniCore Hall)
Food Items:
Prototype Cookie: Sugar cookie with orange-cranberry icing and dark chocolate (New)
Ginger-Molasses Cookie with cream cheese icing (New)
Salted Caramel Spaceship Earth Cookie
Beverages:
Gingerbread Milk Shake (Non-alcoholic)
Gingerbread Milk Shake with whipped cream vodka
Hot Cocoa by Joffrey’s (Non-alcoholic)
Hot Cocoa by Joffrey’s with whipped cream vodka (New)
Crooked Can Brewing Company Gingerbread Bock (New)
Gulf Stream Brewing Baking Spirits Bright Gingerbread Red Ale (New)
Ivanhoe Park Brewing Co. Frosted Gingerbread White Stout
Beer Flight
Seasonal Wine
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
Panettone Holiday Trifle with eggnog custard topped with cranberry-cherry compote and sugared almonds
Favorites of Festivals Past Menu (CommuniCore Plaza)
Food Items:
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
Panettone Holiday Trifle with eggnog custard topped with cranberry-cherry compote and sugared almonds
Beverages:
Cigar City Brewing Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Brown Ale (New)
Keel Farms Pecan Pie Hard Cider
Southern Tier Brewing Co. Tiramisu Imperial Stout
Beverage Flight
Seasonal White Wine
Seasonal Red Wine
Martin Ray Chardonnay
Katherine Goldschmidt Cabernet Sauvignon
Holiday Sugar Cookie
Holiday Sweater Liege Waffle: Chocolate-coated gingerbread waffle with a flurry of blizzard-themed sprinkles and white chocolate garnish
Connections Café & Menu
Food Item:
Holiday Sugar Cookie
Figment Holiday Sweater Liege Waffle: Chocolate-coated gingerbread waffle with a flurry of blizzard-themed sprinkles and white chocolate garnish
Beverage:
Spiced Caramel Apple: Minute Maid Cranberry Juice, apple cider, and caramel syrup garnished with a cinnamon stick (Non-alcoholic) (Spirited version available with Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey) (New)
Holiday Hearth Desserts Menu (Odyssey)
Food Items:
Cranberry-Oatmeal Cookie (Plant-based) (New)
Red Velvet Cake Pop with festive sprinkles (New)
Reindeer Chow featuring M&M’S Milk Chocolate Candies Holiday Blend
Apple-Caramel Crumb Cake
Chocolate-covered Toffee Brittle
Beverages:
Hot Cocoa by Joffrey’s (Non-alcoholic)
Frozen Caramel Hot Cocoa featuring TWIX cookie bar pieces and Whipped Cream (Non-alcoholic)
BRLO Winter Hard Cider (New)
Keel Farms Yukon Maple Bourbon Hard Cider (New)
3 Daughters Brewing Peppermint Hard Cider (New)
Wicked Weed Brewing Jack Frost IPA
Ivanhoe Park Brewing Co. Cranberry Vanilla Wheat Ale (New)
Brewery Ommegang Gilded Noel White Chocolate Imperial Blonde Stout (New)
Beer Flight
Hard Cider Flight
Cocoa Peppermint Warmer: Hot Cocoa by Joffrey’s with peppermint schnapps
World Showcase
Las Posadas Holiday Kitchen Menu (Mexico)
Food Items:
Tostada de Carne: Braised beef tips slowly cooked Mexican-style atop a fried corn tortilla with black beans, crispy onions, and queso fresco (New)
Tamal de Pollo con Mole: Shredded chicken and mole 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 (New)
Beverages:
Chai-mazing Margarita: Chai-infused Dulce Vida Tequila Blanco, apple-ginger juice, and chai liqueur (New)
Horchata Margarita: Cinnamon-infused Ilegal Mezcal, Abasolo Corn Whiskey, agua de horchata, and cinnamon horchata rum (New)
Holiday Cerveza: Mexican artisanal craft lager with black currant liqueur
BBQ Char Siu Pork Fried Rice with Chinese La Chang sausage, egg, yellow onion, green onion, and sesame (New)
Beef Noodle Soup Bowl with slow-braised beef shank, green onion, and house-made chili oil
Vegetable Spring Rolls with citrus sauce
Shanghai Holiday Kitchen Menu (China)
Food Items:
BBQ Char Siu Pork Fried Rice with Chinese La Chang sausage, egg, yellow onion, green onion, and sesame (New)
Beef Noodle Soup Bowl with slow-braised beef shank, green onion, and house-made chili oil
Vegetable Spring Rolls with citrus sauce
Beverages:
Tiger Milk Tea with Assam black tea, whole milk, brown sugar syrup, and tapioca boba (Non-alcoholic) (NEW)
Brew Hub Year of the Dragon: Dragon fruit lager
Butterfly Lantern: Butterfly pea blossom gin, vodka, prickly pear syrup, lychee syrup, and white boba
Lychee Martini: Vodka, lychee syrup, and vermouth
Peach of Longevity: Peach schnapps, citrus vodka, piña colada mix, and Minute Maid Orange Juice
Refreshment Outpost Menu
Food Items:
Spiced Shrimp Stew with Jollof Rice (New)
DOLE Whip Raspberry in a waffle cone (Plant-based)
Beverages:
Ivanhoe Park Brewing Co. Florida Ginger Snap Lager (New)
Crooked Can Brewing Company Chocolate Mint Cookie Stout (New)
Ciderboys Caramel Apple Hard Cider
Boyd & Blair Chai Tea Mule
Bavaria Holiday Kitchen Menu (Germany)
Food Items:
Pork Schnitzel with mushroom sauce, spätzle, and braised red cabbage
Cheese Fondue in a bread bowl with steamed baby vegetables and marble potatoes
Hazelnut Linzer Cookie with raspberry jam
Beverages:
Weihenstephaner Kristallweissbier (New)
Possmann Pure Hard Cider
von Trapp Brewing Trösten Smoked Dark Lager
Beverage Flight
Regional Riesling
Glühwein: House-made hot spiced wine. Served warm
Sommerfest Menu (Germany)
Beverage: Warm Apfel Cider with Jägermeister liqueur garnished with an orange wedge. (Served warm) (New)
Tuscany Holiday Kitchen Menu (Italy)
Food Items:
Salsiccia e Peperoni: Sweet sausage, roasted peppers, and focaccia (New)
Pizza e Cioccolato: Fried house-made pizza dough with sugar, cinnamon, and chocolate (New)
Montanara: Fried house-made pizza dough with pomodoro sauce, Parmesan, and fresh basil
Beverages:
Peroni Pilsner
Tiramisu Stout
Prosecco
Moscato
Chianti
Italian Red Sangria
Italian-inspired Blood Orange Margarita: Tequila, triple sec, and blood orange liqueur
Funnel Cake Menu (American Adventure)
Food Item: Red Velvet Cookie Funnel Cake topped with powdered sugar, vanilla ice cream, cream cheese whipped cream, red velvet cookie pieces, mini chocolate chips, and chocolate syrup (New)
Fife and Drum Menu (American Adventure)
Food Item: Apple Pie Sundae: Apple pie filling with vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce topped with streusel (New)
Regal Eagle Smokehouse Menu (American Adventure)
Beverage: Frozen Gingerbread Eggnog with gingerbread syrup topped with nutmeg (Non-alcoholic; spirited version available with Thomas Tew Single Barrel Rum) (New)
Block & Hans Menu (American Adventure)
Food Item: Cinnamon-glazed Nuts (Plant-based)
Beverage: Apple Pie Frozen Slush: Frozen Minute Maid Apple Juice with cinnamon syrup topped with cinnamon and sugar (Non-alcoholic) (Spirited version available with apple pie moonshine) (New)
American Holiday Table Menu
Food Items:
Chocolate Cookie featuring SNICKERS bar pieces and salted caramel (New)
Slow-roasted Turkey with stuffing, mashed potatoes, green beans, and cranberry sauce
Blackened Catfish with Hoppin’ John and comeback sauce
Beverages:
Victory Brewing Co. Chocolate Cherry Stout (New)
Crooked Can Brewing Company Bah HOPbug IPA
3 Daughters Brewing Eggnog White Porter
Beer Flight
Regional White Wine
Regional Red Wine
Shi Wasu Holiday Kitchen Menu (Japan)
Food Items:
Strawberry Bun: Soft pink dessert bao containing sweet strawberry cream filling finished with a light coconut sauce (New)
Sushi Tree Roll: Christmas tree-shaped sushi roll with krab meat and cream cheese garnished with spicy mayo and colorful rice pearls
Toshikoshi Soba: Buckwheat soba noodles in hot dashi fish-based soup topped with shrimp tempura and chopped green onion
Beverages:
Yuzu Refresher: Yuzu and passion fruit drink with Minute Maid Premium Lemonade and popping green apple boba pearls (Non-alcoholic) (New)
Sapporo Premium Black Beer
Chocolate Nigori Sake
Japanese Punch: Shōchū, plum wine, white cranberry juice, and lemon juice
Tangierine Café: Flavors of the Medina Menu (Morocco)
Food Items:
Moroccan Wrap with tomato-cucumber relish and garlic sauce served on warm Moroccan flatbread
Chermoula Chicken
Moroccan-spiced Lamb
Falafel (Plant-based)
Stone-baked Moroccan Bread with assorted dips
Beverages:
3 Daughters Brewing Golden Fig Hard Cider (New)
Keel Farms Frostbite Blueberry Ginger Hard Cider (New)
Gulf Stream Brewing Holiday Snakebite
Beverage Flight
Sparkling Holiday Fig Cocktail: Sparkling Wine, Kleiner Feigling liqueur, and white cranberry juice
L’Chaim! Holiday Kitchen Menu (Between Morocco & France)
Food Items:
Mickey-shaped Almond Black and White Cookie (New)
Pastrami on Rye with house-made pickles and deli mustard
Smoked Salmon Potato Latke
Potato Latkes (Plant-based)
Rugelach: Pastry with raspberry jam, walnuts, and cinnamon
Beverages:
Brooklyn Brewery Black Chocolate Stout
Frozen New York Whiskey Sour: Manifest Whiskey and Manischewitz Blackberry Wine
Le Marché de Noël Holiday Kitchen Menu (France)
Food Items:
Macaron de Noël aux Épices: Large gingerbread macaron with spiced filling (New)
Dinde Rôtie, Sauce et Garniture, servi avec Patates Douces: Roasted turkey with mushrooms, pearl onions, bacon, turkey gravy, and roasted sweet potatoes (New)
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
Beverages :
Pierre Sparr Crémant d’Alsace Brut Rosé (New)
Vin Chaud French Mulled Wine flavored with orange and cinnamon spices. Served warm (New)
Frozen Hot Chocolate Martini: Vodka, cocoa, and whipped cream
Yukon Holiday Kitchen Menu (Canada)
Food Items:
Maple Leaf Shortbread Cookie with maple buttercream (New)
Seared Salmon with butternut squash purée, maple-bourbon glaze, and fennel-arugula salad
Beef Bourguignon with crushed potatoes
Beverages:
Frozen Joffrey’s Coffee (Non-alcoholic)
81Bay Brewing Co. Peanut Butter Banana Porter
Playalinda Brewing Co. Maple Cookie Blonde Ale
Collective Arts Brewing Brown Sugar Coffee Porter (New)
Beer Flight
Regional Ice Wine
Regional Red Wine
Frozen Joffrey’s Coffee with Tap 357 Canadian Maple Rye Whisky
Refreshment Port Menu (Near Canada)
Food Item: Turkey Poutine: Sweet potato fries with turkey gravy, cranberry relish, and crispy onions
Beverages:
Keel Farms Cinnamon Sugar Donut Hard Cider (New)
Pasek Cellars Cranberry Wine
Swirled Showcase Menu (Between World Showcase & Imagination Pavilion)
Food Items:
Liquid Nitrogen Chocolate-Peppermint Mousse featuring M&M’S Holiday Mint Chocolate Candies (New)
Soft-serve in a waffle cone
Vanilla
Apple-Cinnamon
Dark Chocolate
Beverages:
Soda Float: Barq’s Red Creme Soda or Barq’s Root Beer with vanilla soft-serve (Non-alcoholic)
Yuletide Float: Fireball Cinnamon Whisky and Barq’s Red Creme Soda with apple-cinnamon soft-serve
Coffee Float: Dark chocolate soft-serve with Joffrey’s Cold Brew Coffee and choice of Mozart Chocolate Cream Liqueur or Mozart White Chocolate Liqueur
Holiday Sweets & Treats Menu (Near Point of Entry)
Food Items: Peppermint Sundae with Chocolate ice cream, whipped cream, and peppermint candy
Beverages:
Festive Flight featuring Hot Cocoa by Joffrey’s (Non-alcoholic) (New)
Christmas Sugar Cookie Hot Cocoa topped with whipped cream and sprinkles
Gingerbread Hot Cocoa topped with whipped cream and a gingerbread garnish
Cookie Butter Hot Cocoa topped with whipped cream and speculoos spice
Hot Cocoa by Joffrey’s (Non-alcoholic)
Chocolate-Peppermint Shake featuring Twinings Peppermint Cheer Tea (Non-alcoholic)
Carib Brewery Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree IPA (New)
Stevens Point Brewery Whole Hog Hazelnut Brownie Porter (New)
Hot Cocoa by Joffrey’s with choice of liqueur (Baileys Original Irish Cream Liqueur, Buffalo Trace Bourbon Cream Liqueur, or Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey)
Chocolate-Peppermint Shake with Twinings Peppermint Cheer Tea and whipped cream vodka
Mele Kalikimaka Holiday Kitchen Menu (Between World Showcase & Imagination Pavilion)
Food Items:
Kālua Pork with coconut, 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
Beverages:
Maui Brewing Co. Mango Stickee Rice IPA (New)
Florida Orange Groves Winery Pineapple Sparkling Wine
Melon Breeze: DOLE Pineapple Juice, lime juice, melon liqueur, and Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum
Nochebuena Cocina Menu (Between World Showcase & Imagination! Pavilion)
Food Items:
Pan de Jamón: Traditional Latin Christmas bread, rolled ham, raisins, and green olives (New)
Plant-based Chorizo Tamale with plant-based cotija and spicy red chile sauce (Plant-based)
Cinnamon-spiced Chocolate Crinkle Cookie
Beverages:
Ponche Navideño: Christmas punch with apples, 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
Chestnuts & Good Cheer Holiday Kitchen Menu (Between World Showcase & Imagination)
Food Items:
Cinnamon-glazed Almonds (Plant-based)
Cinnamon-glazed Cashews (Plant-based)
Cinnamon-glazed Pecans (Plant-based)
Fire-roasted Chestnuts (Plant-based)
Beverages:
Eggnog (Non-alcoholic)
Southern Tier Brewing Co. Chestnut Praline Imperial Ale
Eggnog with choice of liqueur (Fireball Cinnamon Whisky or Screwball Peanut Butter Whiskey)
Sunshine Seasons Menu
Food Item: Peanut Butter Cookie featuring M&M’S Minis Milk Chocolate Candies Holiday Blend
Beverage: Cookie Milk Shake: Spiced gelato with whipped cream, a cookie wreath, Mickey-shaped holly, and sprinkles (Non-alcoholic) (New)
Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Company Menu
Beverage: Holiday Cookie Latte: Espresso, caramel sauce, almond syrup, and choice of milk topped with whipped cream and merry sugar sprinkles (Non-alcoholic) (New) (Spirited version available with Baileys Original Irish Cream Liqueur)
Turning to commentary, it’s always the case that the EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays is the event with the fewest new food items each year. Since this event changed from Holidays Around the World, it has had one big expansion and then not much since.
In comparing menus from this year to 2019, there’s actually a lot of overlap. Although there are technically over 50 new items, the overwhelming majority of those are alcoholic beverages or cookies, neither of which we purchase.
That leaves only 6 new dishes about which we actually care, which is about par for the course. You might notice this is the one festival for which we don’t really do food booth reviews or even best of lists, and that’s why.
The only dish I buy year-in and year-out is the funnel cake, and I’m looking forward to continuing that tradition. Otherwise, we just buy the items that interest us “for fun” while enjoying EPCOT at our leisure during Festival of the Holidays.
This year, I’m also looking forward to the Liquid Nitrogen Chocolate-Peppermint Mousse at Swirled Showcase; hopefully the colder weather means there’s less emphasis on the “liquid” in the name than the versions I’ve purchased recently during Food & Wine.
Booths that catch my eye are France and Mexico, 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 2025 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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