ppy vegan Holidays! Today the menus for the 2024 Holiday Kitchens located throughout World Showcase during the EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays. For 2024, it looks like the options are identical to last year’s vegan line up, but we’ll still review and update when the festival opens on November 29. This EPCOT festival is the shortest in the lineup, ending on December 30, running for just 32 days.
This post has been updated with new reviews November 29, 2024 – We also have our Vegan EPCOT Holidays video review up – be sure to subscribe to VeganDisneyFood on YouTube.
What’s Vegan at the Epcot International Festival of the Holidays?
Vegan As-is Options at the 2024 EPCOT Festival of the Holidays:
Don’t forget to grab a Joffrey’s Peppermint Mocha with Oat (or your choice of plant) Milk to start your World Showcase stroll:
New last year and returning this year is the Nochebuena Cocina (by Test Track in the former Flavors from Fire booth for Food & Wine) which will be offering:
- Plant-based Chorizo Tamale with plant-based cotija cheese and spicy red Chile sauce (Gluten/ Wheat Friendly) (Plant-based Item)
This year, they got the vegan cotija in time! I love a good tamale and this did not disappoint! This is a stellar returning option for the festival and I’m so glad it’s vegan as is! The Impossible chorizo has the tiniest little kick to it but not too spicy. The traditional red sauce was a perfect smoky/barbecuey flavor. From my photos last year, there appears to be less filling but it may have just been my serving, I’ll have to keep trying to see.
Here’s a look at the inside of the Impossible Tamale from previous years – the inside of mine last year definitely didn’t have this much filling:
Also new last year and a huge hit – returning this year at the Refreshment Outpost:
- Peanut Stew with sweet potatoes, mustard greens, and roasted peanuts (Plant-based Item) (Gluten/ Wheat Friendly)
- DOLE Whip Cherry and Pineapple
The peanuts are huge, and crunchy. There was a little spice coating on them, but not overly spicy. The sauce itself is what’s extra spicy this year so be forewarned! The sweet potatoes and mustard greens were a nice accent. This may be my favorite dish of the festival, I loved these flavors. \
Another returning favorite this year are the vegan Potato Latkes – available at the L’Chaim! Holiday Kitchen. These are a fan favorite and with good reason. The dill really packed a punch this year, and I loved that!
At the Flower and Garden Festival these were topped with applesauce. For Festival of the Holidays you’ll find them drizzled with an herbed dairy free sour cream.
In 2024 the Holiday Cookie Stroll returns and with it comes the iconic black and white cookie. And we’re happy to report that it’s still vegan!
The Black and White Cookie is much improved from previous years when it was SOOO thick. It’s still thick, and cakey, with a lemon flavor, just like a traditional Black and White cookie should be.
The Black and White Cookie, if you aren’t familiar, this cookie is more like a little drop cake and not very cookie-like. Depending on the freshness, it may be more hard to eat than soft.
You can find the Black and White Cookie at the L’Chaim! Holiday Kitchen in between Morocco and France.
In the Tangierine Cafe in Morocco, they have kept the Assorted Dips and Stone Baked Moroccan Bread that was here for the 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival, and it is still vegan as-is.
- You’ve seen it on every festival’s menu for the past 2 years, and it’s back for the Festival of the Holidays!
These dips were delicious. The red one is an eggplant-tomato based dip, and the green is cilantro based, along with hummus.
After skipping last year’s festival, glazed and roasted nuts return to the EPCOT Festival of the Holidays and are confirmed vegan.
Chestnuts & Good Cheer Holiday Kitchen Menu
Location: Between World Showcase and the Imagination! Pavilion
Food Items:
- Cinnamon-glazed Almonds
- Cinnamon-glazed Cashews
- Cinnamon-glazed Pecans
- Fire-roasted Chestnuts
Modifiable and Accidentally Vegan Options at the 2024 EPCOT Festival of the Holidays:
This year, we can actually get TWO items at the Tuscany Holiday Kitchen in Italy – yes Italy – the booth we always have to walk right by!
The Montanara is fried pizza dough with marinara sauce – just order without the parmesan and it’s vegan!
Then the Dolce Pizza is the same fried pizza dough tossed in cinnamon and sugar for a nice sweet treat. Accidentally vegan as-is!
Yes, these are basically just fried dough balls, but if you like bread as much as I do, it’s a fun option. If you’re going to try just one, I recommend the Dolce Pizza.
A couple of years back, we also discovered another unique modifiable vegan option for the Festival of the Holidays. The Turkey Poutine over at the Refreshment Port next to Canada and Starbucks. Now stay with us here…If you order this without the turkey, and without the gravy, it is vegan! You end up with hot french fries, topped with cranberry sauce and crispy fried onions. This sounds strange, we know, but it was kind of fun! This year for 2024, it is again made with Sweet Potato Fries, so that will add some flavor if you choose to modify this. We did not get it as it isn’t really worth the price in my opinion, but you can also order just fries for $5 here and you can request sweet potato fries if you’d like.
The cranberry is sweet and tart and the onions are crispy and savory. Combined with the fries, it really is like a unique twist on Thanksgiving and fun if you want a unique snack on your journey around World Showcase. Now we attempted to order this as the Turkey Poutine without the turkey and gravy, for $9, but the cast member actually said they would ring us in for the Traditional Poutine for $7 and they just told the cast assembling the dish to add the cranberry and onions. So we saved $2, which was great since we aren’t getting the meat or cheese or gravy. I wouldn’t demand that if you try it, but if you ask nicely, they may accommodate you as well.
Lastly, in perhaps the most bizarre modifiable option, Shanghai Holiday Kitchen features a Veggie Spring Roll again this year. HOWEVER – the “citrus sauce” it comes with is not only not vegan, it’s not even vegetarian. The spring rolls themselves are vegan (cross-contamination may occur). The citrus sauce contains chicken stock?! yes, really, as well as OYSTER SAUCE. So not only not even vegetarian, but a shellfish allergen as well. So you may want to avoid this just to be safe, but if you are in the mood for a basic spring roll, order it without the sauce. We note in our video you can add sriracha at the counter, or head to Lotus Blossom Cafe to grab some packets of condiments of your choice (soy sauce, orange sauce, hot sauce, or mustard sauce). It boggles my mind that they would create a sauce like this when a simple sauce would taste amazing and could be vegan too.
This year, EPCOT will also be home to a brand-new gingerbread display that brings Spaceship Earth to life – in gingerbread form! Be sure to stop by CommuniCore Hall to see this new creation and learn more about what’s new at this year’s festival.
n between sampling seasonal bites and sips, you can enjoy Holiday Storytellers, grab the whole family for some more holiday fun with Olaf’s Holiday Tradition Expedition Scavenger Hunt, or experience the beloved Candlelight Processional – a moving retelling of the story of Christmas featuring a celebrity narrator and stirring songs performed by an orchestra and choir.
We hope you enjoyed this list and review of all the vegan and modifiable options for this year’s EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays. Be sure to check back for our updated video and follow along on instagram @VeganDisneyFood for more content throughout the season!
Video Review of the Vegan Options at the 2024 EPCOT Festival of the Holidays:
We haven’t seen any updates on souvenir cups or holiday popcorn buckets, aside from the music-box-cookie-tin-style bucket available at Magic Kingdom, so we’ll check when the Festival opens and report back.
Living with the Land Glimmering Greenhouses is a holiday overlay within the greenhouse portion of this classic opening day attraction which has changed minimally in 40 years.
WARNING: If you are unaware, this ride features images of farming practices, and in the outdoor portion, a section on aquaculture or fish farming. As with many other experiences in Walt Disney World, this section is not vegan in nature so we advise doing research before experiencing things in person if these images or visuals will cause you distress.
After the sun sets, ride the Living with the Land attraction for a special sparkling tour. You can find Living with the Land inside the Land pavilion in the former Future World West, now World Nature.
Enjoy a peaceful evening cruise and view twinkling holiday light displays throughout the greenhouses here.
This overlay is magical and we are so happy that Epcot is bringing it back this year. Also making its triumphant return this year is the Candlelight Processional.
The 2024 festival will run from November 29th through December 30th.
For more information on the Epcot International Festival of the Holidays visit the official Walt Disney World website. Happy Holiday Eating!
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Asked about the black and white cookie – they called the chef who said it contained dairy. My daughter has a dairy allergy.
That’s a shame. Whomever they called was confused. We spoke to the head chef over the entire festival at a media event who confirmed it was in fact 100% vegan and free from all animal products including eggs, dairy and honey.
Your website was very helpful for when I found myself in Epcot last weekend! You may already know but in case you didn’t I thought I’d mention an update for Via Napoli. We were able to get a vegan pizza in any size and add other toppings. It was also nice that the first thing our server asked was if we had any dietary restrictions.
That’s great to hear, thank you for letting me know! 😀 So glad this site was helpful too!
Any idea whether the pizza dough at Tuscany Holiday Kitchen Booth is vegan? Wouldn’t the Dolce Pizza: Fried house-made pizza dough with sugar and cinnamon be vegan? And wouldn’t the Montanara: Fried house-made pizza dough with pomodoro sauce, parmesan, and fresh basil be veganizable, by leaving out the parmesan?
Hi, we just updated our post after visiting EPCOT and confirming these things, so yes! 😀
Thanks!!! 🙂
At “Chestnut & Good Cheer” the Cinnamon-Glazed Almonds/Cashews/Pecans and Fire-Roasted Chestnuts are all vegan. The vegan green leaf symbols are on the menu located at the registers where you order, but not anywhere else. These taste like the same cinnamon-glazed nuts served at other parks that are vegan too.
Yes, they definitely are the same glazed nuts you can get elsewhere in the parks. 🙂