Show 52 - Best Disney Desserts Including the Kitchen Sink!

Welcome to the show notes that accompany our podcast episode 52 (our show can be found by visiting the iTunes store or by clicking here to listen now. Whether you listen to the show or not, we hope you will enjoy reading about something we hold close to our hears - desserts! Below, we have ten sumptuous categories for your delectation and I am sure between Walt Disney World and Disneyland you will find something to your liking to try.

Category 1 - Most Calories

WDW, Narcoossees at Grand Floridian, Candy Bar

Dark Chocolate-Mocha Bar with House-made Guanaja Chocolate Gelato - $11.00

Or California Grill at the Contemporary the Warm Homemade Fritters

Banana-stuffed, Cinnamon-dusted Fritters complemented with a Trio of Dipping Sauces - $13.00

Disneyland, Stage Door Café, Frontierland, House-Made Funnel Cakes

With strawberry, chocolate, or powdered sugar topping $6.49 

Or Entire Ghiradelli Menu

Narcoossees Candy Bar

Least Calories

WDW, piece of fruit $1.69 or fruit cup $3.79

Disneyland, pineapple spear and spice it up with Tajun spice

Fruitiest

WDW, Dole Whip or pineapple whip 

Or Tamu Tamu Refreshments at AK with either dark rum or coconut rum - $6.50

Or The Wave, Contemporary, Strawberry-peach Belini Cake

Peach-glazed Sponge Cake layered with Almonds and Strawberry Mousse accompanied by Champagne Sorbet - $6.99

Disneyland, Ritas Baja Blenders in DCA The Tropicool

Strawberry non alcoholic drink $5.39 though they have lemon and sometimes cherry

Or Jolly Holiday Bakery, Meyer Lemon and strawberry tart

Crisp shortbread cookie filled with light creamy sweetened Meyer lemon cream topped with thinly sliced strawberries and then has a puree of fresh strawberries and top with cream and a white chocolate square

Or Carthay Circle Summer Pineapple Coconut Semifreddo Rum vanilla pineapple conserve and chilled tropical fruit broth $12.00

Tropicool Drink

Meyer Lemon and Strawberry Tart

For the chocoholic

Disneyland, The Plazza, Seasonal Yule Log

Chocolate sponge with a thick layer of chocolate chestnut cream and covered in a dark chocolate ganche (recommended by Denise Jones)

Or chocolate mousse cupcake

Or Village Haus, black forest cupcake $5.49

Or Carthay Circle, Valrhona Milk Chocolate Creme Brulee Tart

Fresh marinated raspberries and chocolate sauce $12.00

Or Ghiradellis Decadent Drinking Chocolate with Biscotti - Made with melted semi-sweet chocolate chips and packed with intense chocolate flavor in every rich, velvety sip $4.95

 

Valrhona Milk Chocolate Creme Brûlée Tart

Yule Log, Photo Credit Denise Jones

Best Value

WDW, Beaches and Cream Soda Shop, Kitchen Sink

8 Scoops of Vanilla, Chocolate, Strawberry, Coffee, and Mint Chocolate Chip smothered in every topping they have plus pound cake, cookies, muffins, cherries, whole can of whipped cream and everything but the kitchen sink!

Or Sassagoula Floatworks & Food Factory at Port Orleans French Quarter – Beignets 3 for $2.99 or 6 for $4.29 – proper New Orleans style beignets, little pillows of dough doused in sugar

Or From Mara, Animal Kingdom Lodge, Zebra Domes pack of 5

Consist of a thin layer of white cake, a dome of Amarula Liqueur mousse, coated in a white chocolate ganache with a dark chocolate ganache drizzle.

Disneyland, PCH Grill at Paradise Pier Hotel offers a Kitchen sink for $22.49

Or Golden Horseshoe Hot Fudge Sundae - two scoops of vanilla ice cream and two freshly baked chocolate chip cookies topped with whipped cream, hot fudge, chocolate morsels and a cherry $6.29 

Or Ghiradelli Presidio Passion - Strawberry Hot Fudge Sundae

Vanilla ice cream smothered between layers of sliced strawberry topping and our freshly homemade hot fudge, beautifully topped with whipped cream and a chocolate covered strawberry $9.95 when you consider the choc covered strawberry is $4.95

Zebra domes

Kitchen Sink, Photo Credit WDW Website

Worst Value

WDW, Ghiradelli Ice Cream & Chocolate Shop at Downtown Disney -The Earthquake Family Favourite

Eight scoops of Ice Cream, eight delicious toppings, finished with fresh Bananas, Whipped Cream, Chopped Almonds, Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips and Cherries - $34.95 – simply because this makes the kitchen sink look even better value!

Disneyland Ghiradelli Ice Cream & Chocolate Shop Earthquake Family Favourite

Eight scoops of ice cream, eight delicious toppings, finished with fresh bananas, whipped cream, chopped almonds, semi-sweet chocolate chips and cherries $37.95

Or Anything lemony!

Most Interesting Way to Serve Ice-Cream

WDW, L’Artisan des Glaces, EPCOT, croque en glace

Warm brioche bun with any flavour ice-cream in the middle with either chocolate or raspberry sauce – is this just not a posh Arctic Roll?

Disneyland, Clarabelle’s in DCA, Mickey Sundae

These sundaes are served in the Mickey pants ice cream dish Chocolate Chip Cookie & Hot Fudge Sundae

Strawberry Sundae

Mint Chocolate Chip Sundae

Mocha Almond Fudge Sundae $11.99

Mickey's Kitchen Sink, Photo Credit Corey Kivett

Most Decadently indulgent Ice-Cream

WDW, Ice Cream Martini – L’artisan des Glaces

2 Scoops of ice cream, with a shot of Grand Marnier, Whipped Cream Vodka or Rum

Or Beaches and Cream, Fudge Mud Slide - $8

A gooey, chewy Brownie covered with Hot Fudge, Three Scoops of Vanilla Ice Cream, Oreo Cookies, and Whipped Cream topped with Chocolate Syrup and a Cherry

Disneyland, Club 33, Cheddar cheese ice cream

As it came with a three course lunch, it worked out very expensive!

Or Gibson Girl Ice Cream Parlour

Peppermint ice cream with crushed candy cane pieces in molten chocolate dipped waffle cone – seasonal

Peppermint Ice Cream

Most Refreshing Desert

WDW, Dole Whip again or if not the Citrus Swirl

Also need to mention School Bread as only $2.99 from Kringla Bakeri go Kafe, Norway, Epcot  - Sweet Cardamom Bun filled with Vanilla Crème Custard and topped with Glazed and Toasted Coconuts – simply beautiful.

Disneyland, Dole Whip float served with cherry and an umbrella

Or Gibson Girl Hand-Scooped Ice Cream, Dipped Waffle Cone 

Single or Double; choice of chocolate or chocolate with peanuts or sprinkles $5.19/$5.69 with rainbow sherbet flavour

Dole Whip at WD, Photo Credit WDW Website

Best non-dessert dessert!

WDW, Captain Cooks at The Polynesian, Tonga Toast

Banana-stuffed Sourdough Bread, Battered and Deep-fried, and dusted with Cinnamon Sugar - $5.19. Comes with sausage or bacon, not sure why, maybe a British thing mixing savoury with sweet for breakfast?!

Disneyland, Flos V8 Café, French toast brioche

Or Caramel French toast on the breakfast buffet at Grand Californian Hotel with lashings of buttery caramel sauce ladled on top

Or Café Orleans or Blue Bayou, Le Special de Monte Cristo Sandwich - Turkey, Ham, and Swiss Cheese battered and fried to golden brown, served with a Fruit Skewer $26.49 or the cheaper version at Café Orleans Monte Cristo Sandwich - sliced turkey, ham and Swiss cheese fried in a light batter and served with berry puree dusted with powdered sugar $18.99

Or Turkey leg – suggested by Jesse Stephenson and we won't make any further comment on that thank you very much!

Tonga Toast, Photo Credit WDW Website

Monte Cristo, Photo Credit WDW Website

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