EPCOT’s year-round barbecue spot — Regal Eagle Smokehouse — is serving up a couple of specialty items for this year’s EPCOT Food & Wine Festival!

The 2026 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival has officially opened, and it has a LOT to offer. There are plenty of food booths with tasty items, merchandise items to grab (of course), and even concerts to watch. But don’t let it overwhelm you, we’ve got you covered with everything you need to know. And now we’re heading to the Regal Eagle Smokehouse to check out some festival specials!

Menu

You’ll find two Festival-specific items at Regal Eagle Smokehouse this year. First up is the new Blackberry Buckle. There is also a new Festival drink that sounds perfect for fall — Pumpkin Pie Milk Shake!

Now that we’ve taken a look at the menu, let’s dive into the food itself!

Eats

This year you can order the new Blackberry Buckle with Blackberry Gelato and Streusel for $4.79.

Flavor-wise, we found this treat quite well-balanced. The blackberry and gelato melded well together, with no flavor being overpowering. The strusel was wonderfully crispy and stayed a really good texture even with the gelato on top of it, but the one part that isn’t great is that the very bottom of the treat is all blackberry, and it is so soggy because it is only blackberry. The cold treat was also really nice on a warm day, though it melted really fast. This may be because the tin it’s served in is heated — in fact, it was very hot to the touch — and the temperature of the cold gelato and the hot bowl led to quick melting and a mushy texture.

Overall, fans of blackberries will likely really enjoy the flavors here. However, if you are someone who is sensitive to textures or you just really don’t like those mushy textures, you’re very likely to not be a fan.

Drinks

And just in time for all things PUMPKIN, you’ll find the new Pumpkin Pie Milk Shake made with Vanilla Ice Cream, Pumpkin Pie Filling, and Caramel Sauce topped with Whipped Cream and Streusel for $6.79.

This shake was exactly what the name implies! It actually tasted like the equivalent of sticking a straw right in the center of a piece of pumpkin pie and taking a sip. It’s definitely heavier on the spice rather than on the sweet side of pumpkin flavor.

Suffice it to say, big fans of pumpkin pie will enjoy this immensely. However, those looking for a little bit more of a balanced pumpkin flavor might find it a bit too overpowering.

OVERALL

Overall, both of the dessert offerings at Regal Eagle are a bit of a mixed bag. Fans of blackberries or pumpkin pie will love these respective desserts, and likely want to go back for seconds. However, those with more general palates may find each of them too overpowering to really enjoy.

That’s it for this booth, but there’s a LOT more where that came from!

Click here to see FULL reviews of EVERY. SINGLE. BOOTH. at the Food & Wine Festival!

Trying to plan the PERFECT trip to the 2026 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival? We’ll be keeping you updated on all of the latest. Click our links below for the information you need to know:

• Learn about the Eat to the Beat Concert Series and Dining Packages
• Check out ALL of the 2026 Food & Wine Booth Menus

And don’t forget to pick up our 2026 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival e-book! See more details about the book below.

What items from this booth would you most want to try? Tell us in the comments!