BEST of the Fest: What You NEED to Get at Epcot’s Festival of the Holidays in 2019!

The Epcot International Festival of the Holidays has ARRIVED!

Epcot’s Festival of the Holidays

This annual Epcot Festival started on November 29th and runs through December 30, 2019. Featuring over a dozen international food booths and international Holiday Storytellers, guests can enjoy learning about cultures from ALL around the world!

Gingerbread Cookie

Of course, if you’re looking for a little traditional Christmas magic served up American-style, you’ll find plenty of that, too! During the Epcot’s Festival of the Holidays nightly Candlelight Processional, the Christmas story is told by a celebrity narrator with a 50-piece orchestra and choir accompaniment in the America Gardens Theater!

Conducting the Candlelight Processional

Check out how you can watch the Candlelight Processional from HOME here!

But that’s not all, friends! Returning again, kids can join in on the fun by helping Chip and Dale decorate their Christmas tree with Chip & Dale’s Christmas Tree Spree — a festive kid-friendly scavenger hunt around World Showcase. Only for the holidays, we’re helping Chip & Dale collect ornaments to decorate their Christmas Tree!

Chip &Dale’s Christmas Tree Spree

But if you ask us, the BEST part of the fest each year is the HOLIDAY FOOD BOOTHS! At this year’s fest, you’ll find several Holiday Kitchens showcasing eats and treats from around the world!

CLICK HERE for pictures of EVERY FOOD ITEM AT THE BOOTHS,
PLUS prices and menus!

And as always, we’re here to give you, our dear readers, our BEST eats and drinks around the Festival so you can dominate the Festival of the Holidays this year! Here we go!

Chengdu Street Fries at Shanghai Holiday Kitchen

It doesn’t get much better than this one, folks! The big pile ‘o crinkle-cut fries with a spicy sauce ladled over them. These REALLY impressed us this year! The Disney spice kid gloves definitely came off with this level of HEAT! Plus the crunch from the peanuts and crispy green onions really brought the whole dish together nicely. This epic Festival hit can be yours for $5.50 from the Shanghai Kitchen in China!

Shanghai Chengdu Spicy Street Fries

But wait… there’s more!

Firework at Shanghai Holiday Kitchen

We thought we saw the sky light up when we took our first sip of the Firework, also found at China’s booth! It features Jose Cuervo Tequila Gold, Vodka, mango syrup, orange juice, and soda water, and it’s one of the tastiest $11 you’ll spend at the fest! Not too sweet, you’ll definitely taste the tequila in this little firecracker, while the mango gives this drink the little bit of zip! Zam! Zoom! you’ve been looking for!

Firework

You can always rely on the China pavilion to give hefty pours as well, so find yourself a DD.

Check out our review of the other eats and drinks at Shanghai Holiday Kitchen HERE!

Potato Dumpling with Mushroom Sauce at Bavaria Holiday Kitchen

We were big fans of this homey dish last year, and we still are in 2019!  Served with a rich mushroom sauce, these little potato dumplings make for some seriously good eatin’! Find it for $4.50 over at the Bavaria Kitchen in Germany!

Potato Dumpling with Mushroom Sauce

Pork Schnitzel with Mushroom Sauce and Spaetzle at Bavaria Holiday Kitchen

Check out the new Pork Schnitzel this year for $6.25, also at the Bavaria Kitchen! It’s got a mushroom sauce much like our friend, the Potato Dumpling, and we think we might just like him EVEN BETTER! Maybe we’re just suckers for spaetzle — who are we kidding? It’s definitely those little chewy nuggets of egg noodles and all that yummy sauce! The flavors and textures marry so well in this delicious savory dish!

Pork Schnitzel with Mushroom Sauce and Spaetzle

Cheese Fondue in a Bread Bowl at Bavaria Holiday Kitchen

And it just wouldn’t be a party without the Bavaria Holiday Kitchen Cheese Fondue! We could swim in this stuff! Served in a bread bowl for $8.25, it’s accompanied by fresh steamed baby veggies and potatoes for dunking. This one has been a favorite for years.

Cheese Fondue

Read our review of ALL the Bavaria Holiday Kitchen items here!

Spiked Frozen Apple Pie at Block and Hans

If you thought the Frozen Apple Pie at the Canadian booth, Appleseed Orchard, was a solid option at this year at Epcot’s Food and Wine Festival, then you gotta try the Spiked Frozen Apple Pie at Block and Hans in the American Adventure Pavilion. For $14, it’s the real deal! This slush features frozen Minute Maid Apple Juice, Monin Cinnamon Syrup, and Ole Smokey Apple Pie Moonshine. It’s like drinking the best parts of a pie…except with booze, natch.

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