Another day, another new Disney World snack! Okay, okay, technically this snack isn’t exclusive to Disney World, but we’re excited about it all the same.

Main Street Bakery in Magic Kingdom

Disney World is home to several different Starbucks locations (though you may find them under different names in the parks!) and that means when new snacks come to Starbucks, they come to Disney World too! A new vegan snack has rolled out and we’re spilling everything you need to know about it in this review.

We headed over to Main Street Bakery at Magic Kingdom — the Starbucks location in this park — to try the new vegan Spicy Falafel Pocket for $4.95. The description on the Starbucks website for this item says it’s made with “Smashed falafel, creamy hummus, roasted red bell peppers, pickled onions and a spicy herb sauce wrapped inside a toasted lavash flatbread.”

Vegan Spicy Falafel Pocket

Sounds good, right? Here’s the thing, though. When you order this wrap at Disney Starbucks locations, it won’t come with the “spicy herb sauce.” The Cast Member advised us that because of the official name of the sauce, it wasn’t able to be served at Disney World. This sort of made us scratch our heads — because why would that be the case?

Upon further investigation, it appears the sandwich is supposed to be made with a chipotle almond dip made by Bitchin’ Sauce, and apparently, Disney Cast Members aren’t allowed to say it or show it to anyone if it were to be in the allergy books — so they omitted it altogether.

A decent stretch

Funny story aside, we thought this was a very strange sandwich to be served without any kind of sauce or chutney on the side. We’re assuming the spicy aspect comes from the sauce we weren’t allowed to have, and that made us sad. The hot sauce packets they give out at Pecos Bill would have at least been something. The Cast Member who served it to us warned us it was on the dry side and gosh, they were not wrong.

Inside filling without the sauce

We did like the fact that the falafel was smashed and we didn’t have to bite through big dry balls of falafel, and the flavor of the falafel filling was very delicious — enough that we would order this again and maybe bring our own hot sauce packets. That’s a lot to ask of folks, though, and we find it odd they didn’t come up with something to substitute on their own, as this is not a fully realized dish.

Even without the sauce, though, it was quite delicious — if a bit dry — and we’d get it again as a filling snack!

We still enjoyed it

WE KNOW – there are SO many great snacks at Disney World! How do you choose (we don’t want to choose but will blow our budget on Day 1 otherwise)? We’ve got you covered! We have reviewed nearly EVERY snack available at Disney World, and we’ve written a series of DFB Guides about them! Check out our DFB Guide to Walt Disney World Dining + Snacks Bundle for all the details you need to plan your snackin’ and spending. You can even download them to your smartphone – it’ll be like we’re right there with you in the parks!

In the meantime, we’ll be on the lookout for the latest new eats — plant-based or otherwise — at Disney World! Make sure you stay tuned to the Disney Food Blog so you don’t miss any important announcements or updates.

EVERYTHING You Need To Know About Vegan Dining at Disney World

Will you be trying this snack? Tell us in the comments.