From the Disney Parks Blog and written by: Karen McClintock
This Walt Disney World Resort edition of Best Bites is jam-packed with a new opening announcement, fun menu offerings, and, of course, all things to celebrate a favorite day of the year for fans of Star Wars – May the 4th Be With You! Read on for all the delicious details.
Counting down to May the 4th Be With You! Check out all the creative tastes and sips.
Amorette’s Patisserie
at Disney Springs
- The Child Mini Dome Cake – Vanilla chiffon cake with cookies and cream mousse (available
April 30-May 5)
The Ganachery at Disney Springs
- Millennium Falcon Chocolate Pop – Milk chocolate pop with crispy pearls (available
April 30-May 5)
Pineapple
Lanai at Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort
- Millennium Falcon Star Wars Soft Serve
Sundae – Galactic gray vanilla soft-serve with chocolate cream cookie crumbles,
chocolate drizzle, white chocolate pearl stars, brownie asteroid pieces with
stardust sparkles, and a Millennium Falcon chocolate accent piece (available
May 2-5)
For guests that have reservations to Disney Hollywood Studios
May 4 and 5, you can find these fun galactic treats!
Churro
Cart, Anaheim Produce, and Grand Ave. Cart at Disney’s Hollywood Studios
- Lightsaber Churros – Red or blue
churro lightsabers served with chocolate sauce for dipping (available May 4
and 5)
Epic
Eats at Disney’s Hollywood Studios
- Galactic Swirl Funnel Cake – Black and white
funnel cake with strawberries, space dust, and candy rocks (available May 4 and 5)
Docking
Bay 7 Food and Cargo at Disney’s Hollywood Studios
- Oi-Oi Puff – Raspberry cream puff with passion fruit mousse (available May 4 and 5)
Hyperion,
Animation, and Hollywood Popcorn Carts at Disney’s Hollywood Studios
- Interstellar Sweet and Crunchy Popcorn (available May 4 and 5)
The
Trolley Car Café, PizzeRizzo, and Backlot Express at Disney’s Hollywood Studios
- Dark Side Chocolate Creation – Malted milk
chocolate mousse dome with raspberry mousse topped with slivered almonds
sitting on a chocolate shortbread cookie (available
May 4 and 5)
Oasis
Canteen, Hollywood Brown Derby Lounge, Sunshine Day Bar at Disney’s Hollywood
Studios
- Cosmic Rum Punch – Coconut rum, rum,
pineapple juice, Minute Maid Lemonade, and grenadine served with a glow cube (available May 4 and 5)
Backlot Express, ABC
Commissary, PizzeRizzo, Rosie’s All-American Cafe at Disney’s Hollywood Studios
- Jettison Juice – Minute Maid Lemonade and watermelon
beverage syrup served with a glow cube (available
May 4 and 5) - Darth Vader Stein served with fountain drink
(available at all locations May 4 and 5. After May 4, Backlot Express, ABC
Commissary, Rosie’s All-American will continue to offer)
We have two new over-the-top shakes you have to try! One
comes with a chocolate-dipped peanut butter cake and another with three cake
pops! What???!!!
Hollywood Scoops at Disney’s Hollywood Studio
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Explosion Shake – Chocolate ice cream
layered with peanut butter sauce topped with whipped cream and garnished with
chocolate peanut butter crumbles and a chocolate-dipped peanut butter cake
Beaches & Cream Soda Shop at Disney’s Yacht and Beach
Club Resort
- Wildberry Shake – Wildberry
shake striped with pink and purple marshmallow and topped with whipped cream
and three cake pops
The Taste of EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival continues through July 5, and the food is fabulous … and the flowers are beautiful, too! Hard to pick favorites, but right now, I am craving these delicious bites from the Festival.
- Fleur de Lys (France) – Caramelized beignet filled with vanilla cream and
glazed with caramel fleur de sel - EPCOT Farmers Feast
(World Showplace) – Herb-crusted spring lamb with marble potatoes, spring
vegetables, and red wine-butter sauce - Taste of Marrakesh (Morocco) – Moroccan seafood
couscous with shrimp, mussels, olives, preserved lemons, and anchovy
breadcrumbs - Northern Bloom (Canada) – Griddled
maple pound cake with warm peach compote and sweet corn gelato
Whispering Canyon Café at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge has not one but two
“hidden Mickeys” in their Kids’ All-You-Care-To-Enjoy Breakfast Skillet! This
hearty and delicious kids’ breakfast skillet includes a Mickey-shaped waffle
AND, new to the skillet, Mickey-shaped scrambled eggs! In addition to the Mickey-shaped
scrambled eggs and waffle, the kids’ skillet also comes with:
- Country potatoes
- Hickory-smoked bacon
- Breakfast sausage links
- Buttermilk cheddar biscuit
- Sausage gravy
Check out two new offerings at Disney Springs – one savory
and one sweet. The best of both worlds!
D-Luxe Burger at Disney Springs
- Double Bacon Stack Burger – Two-pressed signature blend patties, cheddar, bacon,
lettuce, tomato, pickle, and grilled onions on a house-made Parker House roll
Marketplace Snacks at Disney Springs
- Orange slushy topped with vanilla soft-serve
People
who know me know I am very particular about my bread pudding. I like a nice
creamy center with plenty of sauce – and hold the raisins, please! So, when I
stopped by Banana Cabana Pool Bar at Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort,
I just had to try the Pineapple-Coconut Bread Pudding with caramel sauce
and ice cream. My kind of bread pudding – delicious!
We have some sweet goodness to announce! A new gelato
location is opening in the Italy pavilion at EPCOT – Gelateria
Toscana. Opening in May, this walk-up window will offer
gelati, sorbetti, gelati floats, and much more!
- Gelati in a Waffle Cone or Cup – Chocolate, vanilla, pistachio, cookies ‘cream, stracciatella, strawberry, or tiramisù
- Sorbetti in a Waffle Cone or Cup – Lemon, raspberry, mixed berry, or mango
- Gelati Floats – Fior di Latte gelato with your choice of root beer or
Coca-Cola - Coppa del Nonno
– Fior di Latte, chocolate, and cookies ‘n cream gelati with chocolate
sauce, whipped cream, and amaretti cookies - Coppa Amicizia
– Fior di Latte, cookies ‘n cream, and strawberry gelati with whipped
cream - Coppa Delizia
– Fior di Latte, strawberry, and cookies ‘n cream gelati with strawberry
sauce and whipped cream - “Affogato”
Espresso Gelato – Fresh Italian espresso poured over Fior di Latte gelato with an amaretto
cookie - Cannoli al
Cioccolato – Crisp pastry filled with sweet ricotta, chocolate, and
candied orange - Zeppole
– Soft fried Ricotta cheese fritters dusted with powdered sugar - Mocha Tiramisù – Mascarpone cream, espresso coffee, savoiardi
biscuits, and chocolate - Specialty non-alcoholic beverages along with cocktails, beer, and
wine are also available
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