REVIEW: We Think Disney World Guests Are Going to be Pretty Divided on This New Treat

We’ve officially made it halfway around EPCOT’s World Showcase, which can only mean one thing…Funnel Cakes!

It’s a good day to be in the American Adventure Pavilion

Today, we’re trying a LOT of new and returning eats and drinks at EPCOT’s 2022 International Festival of the Arts. At the American Adventure pavilion in World Showcase, the Funnel Cake Stand has decided to join in the celebration with a NEW funnel cake flavor. Let’s check it out!

The Funnel Cake Stand often has special flavors for EPCOT’s festivals, like the Red Velvet Funnel Cake from last year’s Festival of the Arts or the Candied Bacon S’mores Funnel Cake at the 2021 Food & Wine Festival. This year, the stand is cooking up a very Spring-y flavor for festival-goers.

Food

The Cherry Blossom Funnel Cake is a chocolate-chip funnel cake topped with cherry ice cream, rainbow whipped cream (!!), chocolate chips, and a maraschino cherry. Here’s what Disney’s promo photo looked like…

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…and here’s what we got. It’s not quite as pretty, but it still looks like it could be delicious!

Chocolate chip funnel cake topped with cherry ice cream, rainbow whipped cream, chocolate chips, and a maraschino cherry

But does it measure up? Well, first of all, we thought that the cherry had a really “fake” taste to it, which wasn’t ideal. (Sometimes that artificial flavor can remind us of medicine.) However, it wasn’t overpowering, which made sure that it blended well with the other flavors.

The #ArtfulEPCOT Cherry Blossom Funnel Cake is…not the prettiest one we’ve ever seen 😬 pic.twitter.com/b85wX65kXN

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) January 14, 2022

The cherry was mild, not tart, so the sweet funnel cake and whipped cream all put together made a good trio. The ice cream itself wasn’t particularly special, and our funnel cake itself was a little bit on the overcooked side. Definitely crispy!

Overall

It was a pretty good funnel cake and if you’re a fan of cherry, you should definitely add this to your list. However, if you don’t like artificial flavorings or tastes, we suggest skipping this. It’s definitely one of the pricier festival treats, so make sure it’s what you really want before ordering!

Keep following DFB, because we’ll be bringing you reviews of ALL the new items at this year’s Festival of the Arts!

Check Out ALL of Our Reviews from the 2022 EPCOT International Festival of the Arts Here

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