Y’all…we spent a lot of time waiting in line today…not for a ride in Disney World. Instead, we headed to Orlando’s East End Market and waited in line…for a food truck.

But hear us out. This isn’t just any old food truck. This food truck is owned by Gideon’s Bakehouse and it was a one day deal ONLY with special citrus treats you’re not going to find ANYWHERE else. Today was a test for the food truck at Gideon’s East End Market location, and if the line for the food truck was any indication, we’d say that test was passed with flying colors. So let’s talk about some eats!

So yes, today, was a test of the Stuart and Bonnie’s food truck. If you’re not familiar with Gideon’s Bakehouse, here’s a little background. The bakery has a wonderful little goth back story that includes a host of original characters, including Stuart and Bonnie. You’ll see these characters on merchandise, as well as the monthly menu cards you get when you shop at Gideon’s Bakehouse.

Gideon’s Bakehouse has quite the following, so we spent a total of 225 minutes in line waiting to get our hands on some special treats. So many of the people we met in line are dedicated followers of everything Gideon’s does — they’re superfans in every sense of the word.

The menu at Stuart and Bonnie’s is ALL about citrus.

We had a chance to speak with Gideon’s Bakehouse owner Steve Lewis about this new endeavor. He explained that this was a fairly new idea he’d had. “It’s a new creative challenge to us,” he said. “An answer to all the people who tell me they hate chocolate.” (That wasn’t us, by the way. We love chocolate. But we love citrus, too. And we REALLY love Gideon’s.)

So let’s get into the treats we tried. We started with the Cuban Gelato Sandwich for $7, an item Lewis told us he expected to be the most popular. It’s Gideon’s lemon pie gelato sandwiched between two layers of citrus cake and topped with a dusting of sugar crystals. As you can see, this thing is HUGE.

This sandwich has a lovely tart lemon flavor with a nice pie crust element. The texture and flavor were just PERFECT. So you’ve got this massive solidly frozen chunk of gelato between two thin layers of citrus cake — the cake was like a sponge cake with a strong citrus flavor. Our only complaint was that it was so frozen that we couldn’t tear it in half, so we had to use a knife. In the Florida heat, though, you know that won’t last for long.

The Icebox Citrus Tart for $6 is made with a gingerbread tart shell covered with a thin layer of orange curd, topped with a lemon filling, and finished with light orange whipped cream. Hello, orange lovers’ dream! It’s a pretty dessert and was very easy to eat with a nice texture.

We loved the orange flavor with this one, but you need to like gingerbread flavors because you get that with the tart shell. Again, this is a very citrus-forward dessert. So basically, our whole experience so far has been like what Florida would taste like if it were a dessert.

Bonnie’s Shortbread is a lemon sugar-coated shortbread cookie filled with lemon curd for $3. It’s shaped like a lemon. Also, you can see that lemon curd peeking out through a little hole on top of the cookie. So this one didn’t knock it out of the park for us. We felt like something was off. It tasted fine, but it wasn’t as buttery as you would expect a shortbread cookie to be.

The cookie also wasn’t as firm as we expected — as you can see in the photo below. Was it good? Sure. But was it Gideon’s Bakehouse good? Well, we don’t think it lives up to the Gideon’s standard. It almost feels like they decided they had to offer a cookie since that’s what they’re mostly known for. However, this IS a test menu, so this could be different once the food truck opens up for good.

The Florid a la Mode is an orange cake with an orange curd center and a crumb topping, and it is finished with a scoop of lemon pie gelato for $8. First, this dessert offers good value because it’s a sizable dessert and easily sharable. Again, we have to start by saying we LOVE this gelato. It’s tangy and creamy with that pie crust texture blended in. Just YUM.

The crumb topping added some nice texture, too. However, this one melted REALLY fast, but it didn’t matter because we would’ve drank that gelato up like soup.

Finally, we had to try Stuart’s Soda Pop for $7. It’s an all-natural house-made orange soda, which sounds like the PERFECT thing to drink on a hot Florida day, right? It’s SO good. It’s not like the orange soda you might think of. You get a REAL orange flavor, like there’s real orange juice in it. It’s also a little bubbly, almost like a mimosa, but without the alcohol. This is the perfect drink if you’re hot and thirsty. So refreshing!

Overall, we were pretty pleased with almost everything we tried at the food truck. As we said, this was a one-day-only thing, but Gideon hopes to bring it back for good in summer 2025, and we’ll be ready to revisit it then, FOR SURE.

Stay tuned to DFB for more.

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What do you think? Are you excited about a citrus-only dessert food truck? Let us know in the comments!