When discussing the best desserts in Disney World, what comes to mind? Do you think of EPCOT’s treats, like Kringla Bakeri Og Kafe’s School Bread? Or a classic snack, like a Cheshire Cat Tail, from Magic Kingdom? Maybe you like to venture to Animal Kingdom for Blueberry Cream Cheese Mousse from Pandora? Or, do you dream of a Hollywood Studios favorite, like the Grapefruit Cake from Hollywood Brown Derby?
A Dessert from The Edison
Disney World’s parks are probably what you think of when discussing dessert. But what about Disney Springs?! Yes, there are amazing options there for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and our favorite “meal” (we like to consider it a meal, anyways) of all — dessert?! Today we’re sharing the best desserts Disney Springs has to offer!
From doughnuts to cookies, from waffles to layer cake — here is our definitive list of the best desserts available at Disney Springs. Don’t miss these sweet treats on your next Disney World trip!
Bombolato – Vivoli il Gelato
Picture this: a warm Italian donut filled with gelato and your choice of sauce (caramel, chocolate, strawberry, etc.). That gets an automatic “yes” from us! We’ve tried various flavors of this special treat, as well as their specials, like a Mocha Caramel Bombolato (donut, coffee gelato, chocolate chips, and caramel sauce), a Nutella Tiramisu Bombolato (donut, tiramisu gelato, chocolate sauce, Nutella, and lady fingers), and a Strawberry Shortcake Bombolato (donut, cake batter gelato, fresh strawberries, and strawberry sauce). Seriously — it’s hard to go wrong when mixing warm donuts and tasty gelato.
These can range in price, but usually start at $10.
Mocha Caramel Bomobolato
Vivoli il Gelato also has a ton of seasonal specials, like their Asian American and Native Hawaiin/Pacific Islander Month Push Pop, St. Patrick’s Day Shake, and Halloween Cookie Sandwich! Of course, as the name and Bombolato’s suggest, they also have gelato! But we’ll get to that a little later.
Check Out Our Review For a PB&J Bombolato!
Cookies & Hot Cookie Hour – Gideon’s Bakehouse
Fully loaded, uniquely-flavored cookies that are almost half a pound! It’s no wonder why these cookies are one of the best desserts you can find in Disney Springs! This location is one of the many in Disney Springs that offer rotating menus, which means you can try a new flavor every time you visit (depending on how often you visit, of course — we’re not judging)! We’ve seen flavors like Chocolate Mint (dark chocolate cookie, mint, chocolate chips, and green glitter), Eternal Flame (dark chocolate cookie laced with ancho, cayenne, and cinnamon), Rocky Road (chocolate cookie, candied almond, and torched marshmallows), and Peanut Butter Espresso (creamy peanut butter, locally-roasted espresso beans, chocolate chips, and candied peanuts).
The cookies are usually $6.
Eternal Flame Cookie
We can’t forget Hot Cookie Hour! Between 2-3PM and 7-8PM each day, you can grab a Classic Chocolate Chip Cookie that’s served with Gideon’s Homemade Ice Cream! YUM! This can cost anywhere between $6-$10.
Hot Cookie Hour!
You can also grab a slice of cake or a unique cup of coffee (with flavors like Banana Bread)!
Check Out Our Review for Gideon’s Banana Bread Cookie AND Coffee!
Grilled Cheeeeeese With Bacon Hack – Everglazed Donuts
A donut shop and Grilled Cheese? You might have no idea where we’re going with this, which is why we love this treat so much! The most surprising thing about a Grilled Cheese Donut: how tasty it actually is! The Grilled Cheeeeeese (yes, that’s how they spell it) is usually served on a sweet bun, however, you can choose to upgrade to a griddled glazed donut instead for a buck! The sandwich itself costs $7!We recommend you do this, as it’s one of our favorite things we’ve tried at Everglazed. (Why are you laughing? We’re being serious!)
Grilled Cheeeeese
But that’s not all! We also recommend you try our hack! For an extra dollar, you can throw in some bacon too! Adding bacon to anything is usually a good idea, and this hack is no different!
Grilled Cheeeeeese Bacon Donut Sandwich Hack
Of course, Everglazed has many other donuts and cronuts, as well as sandwiches, fries, and coffees!
Check Out How Everglazed and Gideon’s Compare!
Ice Cream – Salt & Straw
Looking for Ice Cream that will take you on a wild journey? Well, that’s what the owners of Salt & Straw intend to do, as they view Ice Cream as a platform for storytelling! These scoops tell your taste buds quite the story, with flavors like Saffron & Honey (with real, crystallized flower petals), Rhubarb Crumbles with Toasted Anise, Pistachio Rose Water with Strawberry Mochi, and…wait for it…Salted Caramel Thanksgiving Turkey (crispy roasted turkey skin added to a candy brittle and salted caramel ice cream). This is another spot with a seasonal/rotating menu, so there’s often something new and exciting to try!
It’ll cost you $6.95 for a single scoop and $9.50 for a double scoop.
Baked Brie and Fig Cheesecake Ice cream and Chocolate Nocino Cherry Pie Ice Cream
They also have a fun series called the Student Inventor Series, where they base their flavors on stories made up by children! Oh, and Salt & Straw is a family-run business, which we think makes it even sweeter!
Check Out Our Review for Salt & Straw’s Deviled Egg Ice Cream!
Waffle Sundaes – Marketplace Snacks
We love a good ice cream cone, but imagine replacing your cone with a waffle! That’s what Market Place Snacks does! We’ve tried Sundaes themed after Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, Donald, and Pluto, which all had waffles, soft-serve, and various toppings! They’re super refreshing (which is perfect for the Florida heat), and bring a little sweetness to your day!
Donald Waffle
They’re also Instagrammable treats, which is a plus in our book — just take those pics quick before yours gets all melty! All of the Waffle Sundaes currently cost $8.99!
Check Out Our Review for the Mickey Bubble Waffle Sundae Here!
Hummingbird Cake – Chef Art Smith’s Homecomin’
You may think of Southern, savory eats when it comes to Homecomin’, but one of our favorite items on the menu is actually a dessert (not an uncommon scenario to find ourselves in, to be honest). Homecomin’s signature Hummingbird Cake is a pineapple-banana cake with cream cheese frosting, finished off with a seasonal fruit gastrique and a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream for good measure! This slice costs $13.
Chef Art Smith’s Hummingbird Cake
It’s super sweet, and is packed with pineapple flavor!
Make the Hummingbird Cake at Home With This Recipe!
Shine Cake – Chef Art Smith’s Homecomin’
There’s another cake at Homecomin’ that makes our list — Shine Cake! But caution — this dessert is for adults only! It’s a lemon poppyseed butter cake soaked with lemon-infused moonshine syrup, served with a blueberry compote and scoop of vanilla bean ice cream!
Shine Cake
At a $12 price, The Shine Cake is slightly cheaper than the Hummingbird Cake. So save room for cake when you visit Homecomin’. You can’t go wrong with either cake option we’ve mentioned!
Check Out Our Review of Homecomin’
Ger’s Bread Pudding – Raglan Road
Ger’s Bread Pudding over at Raglan Road is also another great addition to any meal! It’s a layered, golden bread pudding flanked by caramel sauce and vanilla creme anglaise, and costs $11.
Ger’s Bread & Butter Pudding
We recommend using alllll of both of those luscious sauces for the ultimate rich finish. Poor it on!
Check Out Our Latest Review for Raglan Road!
Orange Blossom Pie – The Polite Pig
The Orange Blossom Pie at The Polite Pig is definitely a DFB favorite! It’s packed with citrus flavors, and costs $7. This lighter dessert is a refreshing end to a barbecue meal at this Disney Springs restaurant.
Orange Blossom Pie
And a little pro-tip for our readers over the age of 21 — it pairs really well with their Grapefruit Margarita!
Speaking of Options For Adults, Check Out Our Review of this BOOZY Frozen Coffee!
Mickey Mousse – Amorette’s Patisserie
Amorette’s Patisserie has tons of pastries, cakes, and champagnes to choose from! It can honestly get overwhelming (and expensive), so we want to mention our absolute favorite iconic treat — the Mickey Mousse for $9! It’s a Chocolate Chiffon Cake with Dark Chocolate and White Chocolate Mousse!
Mickey Mousse
We love a good Mickey-shaped snack (and this one is super tasty), so the Mickey Mousse definitely had to appear on our list!
Check Out Our Review for Amorette’s Patisserie Ube Banana Mousse!
Midnight Reverie Sundae – Ghirardelli Soda Fountain & Chocolate Shop
There are a ton of Sundae options over at Ghirardelli Soda Fountain & Chocolate Shop, but one of our favorites is the Midnight Reverie Sundae! It’s a Dark Chocolate Sundae with Dark Chocolate Hot Fudge, Mini Chocolate Chips, and Whipped Cream. It also has a 72% Dark Chocolate Square! The sundae is currently $14.75.
Ghirardelli Midnight Reverie Sundae
It tastes like a brownie in ice cream form, even though there’s no brownie in it. Chocolate lovers will adore this one!
Check Out Our Review of the White Chocolate Caramel Steamer!
Gelato – Vivoli il Gelato
We told you we’d mention the Gelato at Vivoli il Gelato! Their Gelato is rich and creamy, and they have a wide variety of unique flavors! We’ve tried Rice Pudding, Pistachio, Bacio (Chocolate Hazelnut), and more! One scoop costs $7.50 and two scoops are $8.75!
Founders Porter Gelato from Vivoli il Gelato
It’s another great refreshing treat that you can find in Disney Springs!
Check Out Our Review of Beer Gelato!
DOLE Whip Flight – Swirls on the Water
Okay, most of us have tried a DOLE Whip. But have you ever tried a Dole Whip…flight?! Swirls on the Water provides fun and unique takes on the classic Pineapple DOLE Whip, and you can try various flavors in a flight! We’ve tried flavors like Habanero Lime, Pineapple and Vanilla Swirl, and Cookie Dough and Lemon Swirl!
The DOLE Whip Flight
This is a great option for adventurous eaters! The flight is currently $6.49!
Check Out Our Review of the Dole Whip Flight!
Create-Your-Own-Treats – Goofy’s Candy Co.
We’re finishing off with a treat you’re going to love. No seriously — this treat is created by you, for you! All you do is fill out a card with exactly what you’re looking for! Choose between treats like a caramel apple or a Mickey Rice Krispie treat, then pick which dipping flavor you want (white chocolate or milk chocolate), and then you can choose your toppings! One topping is included with the price, and additional toppings are $1 each. This cake pop we made was $4.99!
Go Make Your Own!
These are actually great for picky eaters, as you get to decide what goes on your treat!
Check Out How the Process Works Here!
That wraps up our list of the BEST desserts in Disney Springs! We have a sweet tooth now…do you?! If you’re looking for more of the best locations in Disney World, check out our list of the BEST Restaurants in Disney World in 2022! Or, if you’re looking for some 50th Anniversary Eats, check out our list of 50 Foods to Eat in Disney World for the 50th Anniversary!
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We stopped by Salt & Straw last week. That was the absolute WORST ice cream we have ever tasted.
But the nice thing was that they let you taste everything before you bought anything.
Ya’ll forgot the best one of all: Peanut Butter Snickers Pie at City Works.
Brandon what happened at Salt and Straw?
I’m curious why I’ve never seen anyone talk about the Big Issue with Dole Whips. Maybe you have and I missed the article. But I never hear anyone else mention this where as we’ve noticed it repeatedly. Our most recent was at Swirls on the Water, during our trip last month.
We got our first Dole Whips at Magic Kingdom back in the day, and were SOLD. Ever after, it was THE treat to make sure we got. Then we heard it branched out to AK. That was where we tried it outside of Magic Kingdom for the first time and… it was DIFFERENT.
The Magic Kingdom Dole Whip, and the Dole Whip at the Pineapple Linai at Poly, are creamy. They taste like pineapple soft serve ice cream.
The one we had at Animal Kingdom was… odd. They were more… icy. They were more like pineapple whipped up sorbet. Kind of grainy.
To this day, the Dole Whips at anywhere but Magic Kingdom and Poly are still this odd different texture. We thought Swirls on the Water, as a Dole Whip STAND, would have the real thing but nope… thinner and icier, more like whipped up sorbet. Epcot, Animal Kingdom, Boardwalk… we’ve tried at each place and… wrong.
We’ve stopped getting them anywhere else but MK and Poly. I’ve always wondered why I don’t see people mentioning it. Maybe people don’t notice? If you put them side by side, you can even see a slight color difference — the original is a lighter yellow. Creamier.
Maybe they just don’t use AS MUCH soft serve in the other park Dole Whips?