Attention all chocoholics! This next list is for YOU! Disney World is full of tasty chocolate treats, and we’re sharing ten of the absolute best chocolate desserts you can find in the parks and resorts!
These are in no particular order (we couldn’t POSSIBLY rank these even if we wanted to) so let’s dig in.
Chocolate Covered Sea Salt Caramel – Karamell-Küche
We’re starting our list with a CLASSIC chocolate treat from Karamell-Küche over in the Germany Pavilion at Epcot.
If you’re a chocolate or caramel fanatic, you might want to consider taking up residence here (you know…if they let you!). We could talk your ears off about all the things you can enjoy there, from the caramel corn to those boozy caramel squares and everything sticky and sweet in between!
But for top-tier chocolate desserts, nothing quite compares to the Chocolate Covered Sea Salt Caramel (also now known as the Werther’s Original Caramel Square with Milk Chocolate). This is totally a case where something is greater than the sum of its parts.
This simple dessert is really just three ingredients — gooey fresh-made Werther’s caramel, chocolate, and salt — but those 3 ingredients work MAGIC together. The crunch of the salt makes that caramel SHINE and it pairs perfectly with the chocolate.
You can get this snack in milk or dark chocolate. We think the dark chocolate gives it a little more contrast against the super sweet caramel, but BOTH are equally delicious! Simple but effective, you’ll find yourself going back to Karamell-Küche for another…and another…and another… .
Click here for even more chocolate-covered goodies!
Chocolate Lover’s Kitchen Sink – Beaches and Cream
Many folks are well-aware of the colossal Kitchen Sink Sundae at Beaches and Cream, which just received a spiffy makeover at Disney’s Beach Club Resort.
But did you know there’s a Kitchen Sink Sundae entirely for CHOCOLATE LOVERS!?
Aptly named the Chocolate Lover’s Kitchen Sink, this beauty is chocolate, cookies and cream, and vanilla ice cream, topped with brownies, candy bars, Oreos, and chocolate sauce, chocolate chips, chocolate sprinkles, and chocolate shavings. And of course, the WHOLE CAN of whipped cream.
And just like the standard Kitchen Sink, you still get all the flashing lights and fanfare that goes along with ordering these massive sundaes, so brace yourself to be the star of the show for a moment! If you’re a huge fan of all things chocolatey, grab a few of your hungriest pals and tackle this chocolate behemoth! (Note that this is not currently listed on the menu at Beaches & Cream since reopening, but you can always ask to see if they can whip it up!)
Read our full review of the “new” Beaches and Cream here!
Salted Caramel Pop – The Ganachery
The Ganachery in Disney Springs is a chocolate lover’s paradise. If chocolate is your middle name, you HAVE to check this place out.
We could go on and on (and on and on and on…) about all the amazing chocolate treats we’ve tried here over the years.
We are always blown away by their specialty items from their indulgent sipping chocolate to the fun chocolate piñatas you can whack with a wooden mallet. But the item we keep coming back to time and time again is their Salted Caramel Pop.
Much like the Chocolate-Covered Sea Salt Caramel in Epcot, this treat strikes the perfect balance of sweet and salty.
What’s unique about this treat is the filling is a chocolate caramel ganache and it’s not sticky or chewy; it’s almost creamy when you bite into it! The pop is covered in a thin coating of milk chocolate and a hefty sprinkling of flakey sea salt. We happen to LOVE salty-sweet combinations so the amount of salt was right on the money for us, but if it’s too much for you just swipe a bit off before biting!
Check out our full review on The Ganachery here!
Chocolate Covered Bacon – Kona Island
This next item is so much fun AND quite the match made in heaven, if you ask us! We’re heading to Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort, where you can find all sorts of interesting treats at Kona Island.
We’re talking about none other than their chocolate-covered bacon!
We’ve seen a few different versions of this snack, from classic Dark Chocolate to Dark Chocolate Chili (there’s more heat for ya!), and Dark Chocolate Cinnamon Pecan Bacon!
The bacon is BIG and crispy and the chocolate sets it off. We were pleasantly surprised by these meaty sweets!!
Read about our most recent chocolate-covered bacon discovery at Kona Island here!
Chocolate Ice Cream Martini – L’Artisan des Glaces
We have another Epcot STAPLE chocolate food item to talk to you about. If you haven’t been to L’Artisan des Glaces yet in the France Pavilion, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!? We kid, we kid…but seriously, this place is the bomb.
Not only do they serve up delicious hand-scooped, freshly made ice cream and sorbet, but adults can REALLY indulge in what is known as an Ice Cream Martini.
So, obviously what you want to do is grab a scoop of chocolate ice cream (or really any flavor but…you know…chocolate. Totes get the chocolate. 🙂 ) and add a splash of your choice of Grand Marnier, Rhum from Martinique, or Whipped Cream flavored Vodka! Sounds like the perfect dessert to stroll around World Showcase with if you ask us.
This is surprisingly delicious and usually served with a more than healthy pour of booze, so brace yourself! If that’s too much to handle, consider switching it up for a pressed brioche ice cream sammie here instead.
You pick the flavor ice cream (chocolate, obv!), a sauce (chocolate, obv!), and it’s then pressed in between a fresh-baked brioche roll in a hot press to make a kind of warm and cold ice cream treat. YUM.
Read more about the scrumptious Ice Cream Martinis in Epcot here!
Turtle Brownie – Sunshine Seasons
We’re staying in Epcot for this next item, but we’re heading to Sunshine Seasons in The Land Pavilion.
This counter service location has tons of variety in what they offer, from salads to soups to sandwiches to sweets! And one of our favorite sweets of ALL TIME from Sunshine Seasons is easily the turtle brownie (you can also find a version of it at P&J’s Southern Takeout at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort!) This dessert sent from the heavens is a brownie, of course, but with a THICK layer of caramel and topped with all sorts of crunchy goodies like MORE chocolate and pecans.
This unassuming sweet is SO SO good and we really can’t highly recommend it enough.
Read all about the Turtle Brownie that we love and cherish here!
Ooey Gooey Toffee Cake – Liberty Tree Tavern
Okay, we know what some of you are probably thinking, “This isn’t REALLY a chocolate dessert.” While this may not be ENTIRELY made out of chocolate like most of the other items on this list, if you love chocolate, you will likely LOVE the Ooey Gooey Toffee Cake from Liberty Tree Tavern.
Let’s break it down: the Ooey Gooey Toffee Cake is Vanilla Toffee Cake, Chocolate Sauce, Caramel Sauce, and Vanilla Ice Cream. It comes topped with SO MUCH crumbled toffee too, to give you that extra bit of flavor and crunch.
There are definitely enough chocolate components in this dessert to make it onto our must-have list of sweet treats for all you chocolate lovers out there!
Be warned, this dessert is rich, too!
Learn how you can recreate this dish at home with our recipe!
Custom Chocolate Snacks – Goofy’s Candy Company
Want to create your very own one-of-a-kind chocolate treat that no one else can have but you? For this one, we’re heading back to Disney Springs, which we have already established as a haven for all things chocolate. 😋
Between The Ganachery and Ghirardelli Soda Fountain, a chocolate lover shouldn’t have too much of a struggle finding something they love. But if you TRULY cannot find something that’s speaking to you, or perhaps you want to be a little creative…head to Goofy’s Candy Company and make your very own custom chocolate dessert!
You fill out a little form with all your choices including selecting a base for the chocolatey madness — usually a marshmallow wand, a caramel apple, a krispie treat, or a Mickey gingerbread cookie — then picking what type of chocolates you want dipped and drizzled on your creation.
Oh yea, you also pick at least one candy or sweet to have sprinkled ALL over the top! The best part is then watching the candy experts make YOUR custom treat right before your eyes!
Read more about how to create your own chocolate treat here!
This is just the tip of the chocolatey iceberg in terms of Disney’s celebrating all things CHOCOLATE. We hope we helped you narrow down the tough choice of which chocolate is worth yo’ time around Disney World. Whew, we need a big glass of milk to wash that all down after just THINKING about all those treats!
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Steven in NJ says
OMG! Now I know where I HAVE to go when at EPCOT and Disney Springs on my next trip! My blood sugar just shot up to 400 just reading this post! But it was so worth it!!!
Rachel says
Hey there, does anyone know how to find when these articles were written? I can’t find a date and I want to make sure I can find some of these yummy treats still around WDW. Thanks!
DFB Sarah says
Rachel, the dates are in the URLs.
Cmspicer says
For those who click the link off the insta story, we can’t see URLs. Having a date on the post might be nice, so we can see if this still applies (I don’t mind refreshing older articles, but Covid has changed a lot of things, and sometimes it’s difficult to distinguish pre and post-covid articles)
Cheri says
Don’t forget the chocolate wave at The Coral Reef in Epcot. It’s my favorite.
Glenn says
The ganacery has everything chocolate and amazing, but the caramel ganache pop hasn’t been available since reopening from covid. You will have no problem finding an amazing replacement though.
Benjamin Pfister says
We’ve gotta split that Chocolate Lover’s Kitchen Sink or the Ooey Gooey Toffee Cake sometime. That Seven Dwarves sundae I had from Storybook Treats (Heigh Ho) was my favorite most recently when I went back in January.