There are certain things we expect from the EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival. Tiny forks. A concerning number of receipts. And a stop at Belgium for something involving waffles, beer, or smoked Gouda mashed potatoes. Preferably all three.

The Belgium food booth is back for the 2026 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival, which runs from August 27th through November 21st. You’ll find the booth in World Showcase between Morocco and France. Belgium is usually one of those booths that doesn’t feel the need to reinvent itself every August. Last year, the entire menu was made up of returning favorites. But Disney has rattled the waffle iron for 2026. There’s a brand-new waffle, a significantly different beer lineup, and one very familiar bowl of beef and mashed potatoes waiting for us. Let’s eat!

Menu

The Belgium food menu is surprisingly short this year, with just two dishes. The longtime Beer-braised Beef served with Smoked Gouda Mashed Potatoes returns for $6.79. But Belgium’s TWO waffle options from 2025 have disappeared. In their place is a Belgian Waffle with Cookie Butter and Whipped Cream topped with Speculoos Cookie Pieces for $5.49. Disney has designated the new creation as a 30th Anniversary Legacy Item reimagined for 2026.

Yes. Disney put cookie butter on a Belgian waffle.

The drinks have gotten a shake-up, too. The Chilled Belgian Coffee returns in both non-alcoholic and boozy forms, but Belgium has swapped out much of last year’s beer lineup. This year you’ll find the Brouwerij Verhaeghe Duchesse Red Sweet & Tart Cherry Ale, Van Steenberge Piraat 7 Strong Ale, and Brouwerij St. Bernardus Watou Blond Ale, along with a Beer Flight.

Grab your fork. We’re starting with the food.

Eats

We have a NEW waffle situation. The Belgian Waffle with Cookie Butter and Whipped Cream topped with Speculoos Cookie Pieces costs $5.49. It’s also one of Disney’s reimagined 30th Anniversary Legacy Items for the 2026 festival.

Belgium has been serving waffles at Food & Wine for years, but this version replaces both of the options we saw in 2025. Last year, guests could choose between a waffle with berry compote and whipped cream or one topped with warm chocolate ganache. Both cost $5.50 — and we were BIG fans of that chocolate waffle. Now both are history, at least for 2026.

Cookie butter feels like a pretty logical next chapter. You already have a warm Belgian waffle. Add that spiced, caramelized cookie flavor, whipped cream, and crunchy speculoos pieces, and Disney has basically constructed a dessert with very little interest in subtlety. This year, it’s safe to say the cookie butter is the star! It gives the waffle a rich, warm, and slightly spiced flavor that immediately reminded us of Cinnamon Toast Crunch! It has that familiar sweet, toasted cinnamon-cookie flavor in every bite. The whipped cream melted pretty quickly, but it incorporated into the waffle and added a sweet and creamy texture. The cookie pieces add a bit of a crunch, but the overall dessert stays pretty soft and fluffy. This is very, very sweet, so if you have a sweet tooth, you’ll love this!

Belgium may be playing with its waffles, but apparently nobody was allowed to touch the mashed potatoes. The Beer-braised Beef served with Smoked Gouda Mashed Potatoes returns again in 2026 for $6.79.

This dish has been hanging around the Belgium booth for years, and we get why. It’s hearty, recognizable comfort food in a festival filled with small plates that sometimes require you to read the description three times before figuring out what you’re ordering. Last year’s version cost $6.75, and the 2026 price increase is a whopping four cents. We have spent more than that picking pennies out of the bottom of our park bag.

In 2025, the Smoked Gouda Mashed Potatoes were the star. They were creamy and rich, the vegetables were tender, and the gravy pulled everything together. We liked the dish overall, although the beef itself kept it from reaching our absolute Best of the Fest tier. Still, this is exactly the kind of Food & Wine dish that hits differently after you’ve been wandering World Showcase for several hours. A pile of mashed potatoes doesn’t ask questions. It simply helps.

This year, the Smoked Gouda Mashed Potatoes once again stood out! They’re very fluffy and smooth with a rich, cheesy flavor in every bite. The beef has a hearty, meaty flavor with a slightly tough exterior while maintaining a tender, chewy interior. It’s not heavily seasoned but has a tender quality for braised beef

The beef and mashed potatoes complemented each other well! The creamy, cheesy potatoes balance out the heavy meat flavor, and the carrots add a slight crunch (but not much flavor). If you love cheesy potatoes and beef, this would be right up your alley!

Drinks

Belgium understood the assignment here. There is coffee. There is beer. There is coffee WITH booze. We’re covered.

The Chilled Belgian Coffee returns for $5.29 in its non-alcoholic form. There’s also a version made with ChocoLat Deluxe Salted Caramel Chocolate Liqueur for $12.50. This was one of our favorite easy sippers at Belgium last year. The non-alcoholic coffee reminded us of an iced mocha. It was sweet, chocolatey, and not remotely trying to convince anyone that this was a serious black-coffee situation. Sometimes you want nuanced tasting notes. Sometimes you want caffeinated chocolate. Last year’s non-alcoholic version cost $5.25, while the alcoholic version was $12.50. So once again, we’re seeing very little movement in pricing here.

Belgium’s beer flight is back for $12.75, but don’t assume you’ve had this flight before. The 2026 lineup includes the Van Steenberge Piraat 7 Strong Ale and Brouwerij St. Bernardus Watou Blond Ale, which Disney lists as new additions to the booth, plus the Brouwerij Verhaeghe Duchesse Red Sweet & Tart Cherry Ale. Individual beers are available in 6-ounce pours for $6, and 12-ounce pours for $9.75.

That’s a substantial change from 2025, when the flight included St. Bernardus Dragòn Wit Wheat Beer, Van Steenberge Gulden Draak Tripel Ale, and Duchesse Cherry Red Ale. Last year’s flight had a nice progression. The Dragòn Wit was light and clean, the Gulden Draak Tripel Ale was much stronger and fuller-bodied, and the cherry ale was our favorite thanks to its pronounced tart cherry flavor without becoming overly sweet. This year’s lineup gives us a reason to start over.

Van Steenberge Piraat 7 Strong Ale

This was our favorite of the three! It was tart and sour but wasn’t particularly strong or alcohol-forward. It also has a strong sweetness.

It’s relatively easy to drink, and the alcohol kick doesn’t hit until the aftertaste — but it does linger a bit. This is more of a sweet and sour beer, and better for those who aren’t a huge beer fan!

Brouwerij St. Bernardus Watou Blond Ale

This one is very bitter and earthy, with the alcohol hitting immediately at the first sip. It’s much more bitter than sweet.

The layer of foam on top added a smooth and airy texture to each sip, and the earthy notes became more noticeable over time. This one is stronger, so it’s definitely meant for more adventurous beer lovers!

Brouwerij Verhaeghe Duchesse Red Sweet & Tart Cherry Ale

The cherry beer is the closest connection to last year’s flight, when the Duchesse Cherry Red Ale was our favorite of the three beers.

This is a mellow, subtle fruity ale with a hint of cherry flavor. The fruitiness is noticeable right away and stays pretty subtle, and it’s more of a general fruity flavor than a strong tart cherry taste. There is a tiny bit of cherry flavor, but it’s not overwhelming. This is a smoother, more mellow option.

OVERALL

Belgium isn’t throwing a dozen dishes at us this year. It’s doing two foods, coffee, beer, and apparently placing quite a lot of faith in cookie butter. We can work with that. The Beer-braised Beef and Chilled Belgian Coffee are established festival veterans, and both were solid performers for us in 2025. The bigger question is whether that new cookie butter waffle can fill the chocolate-ganache-shaped hole in our hearts. And yes, that is a medical condition we just invented. There’s also more reason to explore the Beer Flight this year since two of its three slots have changed from the 2025 lineup.

Belgium is serving up some solid options this year that are hearty and satisfying. We enjoyed everything we tried, and definitely recommend giving it a go!

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And that’s it from Belgium! We’re continuing to eat our way through EVERY booth at the 2026 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival, so there are plenty more tiny plates and questionable decisions ahead. The 2026 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival runs August 27th through November 21st, and we’ll be bringing you reviews, menus, photos, tips, and updates throughout the entire festival.

Are you trying Belgium’s new cookie butter waffle, or are you mourning the chocolate ganache version? Tell us in the comments!