The Magic Kingdom is celebrating Christmas between November 8 – December 30, and guests can find festive treats around the park. Below are our reviews of every item, new and returning. These treats are available during regular park hours and during Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party.
Christmas Treats at Magic Kingdom
Main Street Bakery
The Main Street Bakery is located on the east side of Main Street near the Plaza Ice Cream Parlor.
Menu
Food:
- Mickey-shaped Cinnamon Roll – $7.49
Mickey-shaped Cinnamon Roll – $7.49
with holiday-themed icing
This tastes like a regular cinnamon roll from Starbucks with sprinkles on top to make it a bit more festive. If you like their cinnamon rolls and sprinkles, then go for it.
Rating out of 7: 5
Plaza Ice Cream Parlor
The Plaza Ice Cream Parlor is on the far end of the east side of Main Street, near the Main Street Bakery.
Menu
Food:
- Peppermint Brownie Sundae – $9.29
Peppermint Brownie Sundae – $9.29
House-baked brownie topped with peppermint ice cream, hot fudge, and chocolate granola with candy cane pieces
This sundae is so Christmas. If you love peppermint this will be a hit for you. Personally, we didn’t need the brownie on the bottom, but it offers a nice break from the creamy peppermint ice cream. The candy cane pieces on top offer an excellent crunch.
Rating out of 7: 7
The Plaza Restaurant
The Plaza Restaurant is on the east side of Main Street across from the Hub, next to the Plaza Ice Cream Parlor.
Menu
Food:
S’mores Cake – $10
Beverages:
- Gingerbread Milk Shake – $9
*NEW* S’mores Cake – $10
Chocolate cake with chocolate ganache, toasted marshmallow mousse, and sugar snowflakes
We had high hopes for this cake because we love marshmallow. Unfortunately, the cake looks nothing like the picture on the menu board out front. The main difference is that the photo showed huge layers of white marshmallow, and the actual cake has very little marshmallow flavor at all — meaning the main flavor of the cake comes from the chocolate ganache, which overpowers everything.
The cake itself is fine, and if you’re a chocolate lover, you’ll like it, but there’s really nothing special about it to differentiate it from any other chocolate cake with buttercream icing, except for the slightest hint of marshmallow flavor.
Rating out of 7: 3
*NEW* Gingerbread Milk Shake – $9
Vanilla ice cream, gingerbread syrup, and ginger snap crumbles topped with whipped cream and a chocolate piece
The Gingerbread Milk Shake, on the other hand, is a different story. The Plaza Restaurant is known for its milkshakes, and this one does not disappoint. It has a very authentic gingerbread flavor and is very creamy, which makes for a perfect milkshake.
There is a chocolate gingerbread man on top, which we’ve seen elsewhere today, that’s made of a mixture of white and milk chocolate. The crumbs on top don’t add much to the shake overall, but it also doesn’t need anything added to it to begin with.
Rating out of 7: 6
Main Street Snacks
The Main Street Snacks carts are on either side of the Cinderella Castle Hub, when walking toward Liberty Square and Adventureland or Tomorrowland.
Menu
Food:
- Hot Cocoa Churro – $7.50
- Red Velvet Christmas Wreath Donut – $6
Hot Cocoa Churro – $7.50
Churro rolled in Hot Cocoa Powder by Joffrey’s Coffee and topped with marshmallows and peppermint candy pieces
If this was fresh, it might have been great. Unfortunately, the churros were as hard as the candy cane pieces. It needed more cocoa, too, as the chocolate flavor was smothered by the peppermint.
Rating out of 7: 2
Red Velvet Christmas Wreath Donut – $6
Red velvet doughnut topped with buttercream and holiday sprinkles
The wreath donut is certainly cute. It’s your typical red velvet cake, and the donut itself is good. It was soft and tasty. However, the buttercream was bad. It was very chemical-tasting, like there was far too much food coloring, and it ruined the dish as a whole.
Rating out of 7: 2
Liberty Square Market
Liberty Square Market is next to the Hall of Presidents and across from the Liberty Square Riverboat dock.
Menu
Food:
- Brownie Peppermint Bark – $5.49
*NEW* Brownie Peppermint Bark – $5.49
with peppermint candy pieces
Please note that the Brownie Peppermint Bark is only available until 8:30 p.m. daily.
We don’t know what this is actually supposed to be. It’s nothing at all like peppermint bark. It mostly tastes like if you had a very thin brownie and baked it too long so it’s hard and tastes burnt, and then put a bit of crushed peppermint sticks on top.
This was probably the worst thing we’ve eaten all day. We do not recommend it under any circumstances.
Rating out of 7: 1
Columbia Harbour House
Columbia Harbour House is in Liberty Square, across from Memento Mori (the Haunted Mansion gift shop).
Menu
Food:
- Gingerbread Cake – $6.29
*NEW* Gingerbread Cake – $6.29
Gingerbread chiffon cake with cream cheese frosting, dulce ganache, and a chocolate piece
Please note that the Gingerbread Cake is only available until 5 p.m. daily.
This gingerbread cake is a fantastic option for those who don’t like overly sweet buttercream icing. The cake itself is very moist. Between the layers, there is a very light whipped cream type of filling, which makes for a very creamy mouthfeel.
The icing is slightly gingerbread flavored, but not super sweet. The gingerbread man on top is made of chocolate and tastes like it’s a mixture of white chocolate and milk chocolate. Overall, this was very good.
Rating out of 7: 6
The Friar’s Nook
The Friar’s Nook is in Fantasyland between Princess Fairytale Hall and Storybook Treats.
Menu
The menu board has a typo, listing the item as an “eggnot shake.”
Beverages:
- Eggnog Shake – $8.49
*NEW* Eggnog Shake – $8.49
Eggnog soft-serve with ginger snap crumbles topped with whipped cream and festive sprinkles
First things first, we’d love to have a plastic straw for this. We couldn’t get any milkshake through the included paper straw. This tastes like a creamier version of eggnog.
There is crushed graham cracker on the bottom, but we couldn’t get any of it out. The sprinkles on top give the treat a festive touch. If you love eggnog, we’d recommend you try this or share it with a friend or two if you’re unsure.
Rating out of 7: 5
Storybook Treats
Storybook Treats is in Fantasyland between The Friar’s Nook and The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.
Menu
Food:
- Sugar Plum-Vanilla Soft-serve Sundae – $7.79
*NEW* Sugar Plum-Vanilla Soft-serve Sundae – $7.79
Sugar plum-vanilla soft-serve swirl dipped in celebration cake cone dip topped with marshmallows and almonds
This is pretty bad. We don’t know what a sugarplum is, but the ice cream sort of tastes like Christmas spice. It’s purple in color but it doesn’t taste anything like a plum.
The Celebration Cake dip on top is essentially white chocolate that’s flavored like birthday cake. If you like that really fake cake flavor that you’d normally find in birthday cake ice cream, well, this is just a white chocolate version of that.
The almonds lend no taste and the marshmallows are the tiny dried kind that you find in cereal, so they’re more crunchy than anything else. Overall, it’s tough to recommend you try this. We’d most certainly rather have a DOLE Whip or even just plain vanilla ice cream instead.
Rating out of 7: 2
Cheshire Cafe
Cheshire Cafe is in Fantasyland across from Mad Tea Party, near the path to Tomorrowland.
Menu
Please note that both items are only available until 6 p.m. daily.
Food:
- Plant-based Whoopie Pie – $6.49
Beverages:
- Cherry Cordial Cold Brew – $5.29
*NEW* Plant-based Whoopie Pie – $6.49
Chocolate cake sandwiched with marshmallow mint buttercream
This is the most intensely mint-flavored thing we’ve ever eaten in our lives. The red icing in the middle and the green icing on top that holds the chocolate Mickey icon are both mint-flavored. If you like mint, you will love this. If you don’t really care for mint, we’d suggest staying away.
The cake itself is fine. It’s not super moist but serviceable for a theme park cake. The white chocolate Mickey icon on top is just white chocolate, nothing special. This treat is also vegan, so it will certainly appeal to a certain demographic that may otherwise be unable to eat it.
Rating out of 7: 6
*NEW* Cherry Cordial Cold Brew – $5.29
Joffrey’s Cold Brew topped with cherry whipped cream, chocolate drizzle, and chocolate curls
This coffee is great, but it’s not sweet at all. We don’t think the whipped cream tastes like cherry, and is instead just regular whipped cream with food coloring added.
That being said, we think it’s better than what you can get from Starbucks. The line at Cheshire Cafe is shorter and your drink comes out super quick. It doesn’t feel as festive, sure, but it’s a great grab-and-go option on the way to your next ride. We’d highly recommend trying this.
Rating out of 7: 7
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