Welcome to the show notes that accompany our podcast episode 52 (our show can be found by visiting the iTunes store or by clicking here to listen now. Whether you listen to the show or not, we hope you will enjoy reading about something we hold close to our hears - desserts! Below, we have ten sumptuous categories for your delectation and I am sure between Walt Disney World and Disneyland you will find something to your liking to try.
Category 1 - Most Calories
WDW, Narcoossees at Grand Floridian, Candy
Bar
Dark Chocolate-Mocha Bar with House-made Guanaja
Chocolate Gelato - $11.00
Or California Grill at the Contemporary the Warm
Homemade Fritters
Banana-stuffed,
Cinnamon-dusted Fritters complemented with a Trio of Dipping Sauces - $13.00
Disneyland, Stage Door Café, Frontierland, House-Made
Funnel Cakes
With
strawberry, chocolate, or powdered sugar topping $6.49
Or Entire Ghiradelli
Menu
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| Narcoossees Candy Bar |
Least Calories
WDW, piece of fruit
$1.69 or fruit cup $3.79
Disneyland, pineapple
spear and spice it up with Tajun spice
Fruitiest
WDW, Dole
Whip or pineapple whip
Or Tamu Tamu Refreshments at AK with
either dark rum or coconut rum - $6.50
Or The Wave,
Contemporary, Strawberry-peach Belini Cake
Peach-glazed Sponge
Cake layered with Almonds and Strawberry Mousse accompanied by Champagne Sorbet
- $6.99
Disneyland,
Ritas Baja Blenders in DCA The Tropicool
Strawberry
non alcoholic drink $5.39 though they have lemon and sometimes cherry
Or Jolly
Holiday Bakery, Meyer Lemon and strawberry tart
Crisp
shortbread cookie filled with light creamy sweetened Meyer lemon cream topped
with thinly sliced strawberries and then has a puree of fresh strawberries and
top with cream and a white chocolate square
Or Carthay Circle Summer Pineapple Coconut Semifreddo Rum vanilla pineapple
conserve and chilled tropical fruit broth $12.00
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| Tropicool Drink |
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| Meyer Lemon and Strawberry Tart |
For the chocoholic
Disneyland, The
Plazza, Seasonal Yule Log
Chocolate sponge with
a thick layer of chocolate chestnut cream and covered in a dark chocolate
ganche (recommended by Denise Jones)
Or chocolate mousse
cupcake
Or Village Haus, black
forest cupcake $5.49
Or Carthay Circle, Valrhona Milk Chocolate Creme Brulee
Tart
Fresh
marinated raspberries and chocolate sauce $12.00
Or Ghiradellis Decadent Drinking Chocolate with
Biscotti
- Made with melted semi-sweet chocolate chips and packed with intense chocolate
flavor in every rich, velvety sip $4.95
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| Valrhona Milk Chocolate Creme Brûlée Tart |
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| Yule Log, Photo Credit Denise Jones |
Best Value
WDW, Beaches and Cream
Soda Shop, Kitchen Sink
8 Scoops of Vanilla, Chocolate, Strawberry, Coffee,
and Mint Chocolate Chip smothered in every topping they have plus pound cake, cookies, muffins,
cherries, whole can of whipped cream and everything but the kitchen sink!
Or Sassagoula Floatworks
& Food Factory at Port Orleans French Quarter – Beignets 3 for $2.99 or 6
for $4.29 – proper New Orleans style beignets, little pillows of dough doused
in sugar
Or From Mara, Animal Kingdom
Lodge, Zebra Domes pack of 5
Consist of a thin layer of white cake, a dome of Amarula Liqueur mousse,
coated in a white chocolate ganache with a dark chocolate ganache drizzle.
Disneyland, PCH Grill at Paradise Pier Hotel offers a Kitchen sink for
$22.49
Or Golden Horseshoe Hot Fudge Sundae - two scoops of vanilla
ice cream and two freshly baked chocolate chip cookies topped with whipped
cream, hot fudge, chocolate morsels and a cherry $6.29
Or Ghiradelli Presidio Passion - Strawberry Hot Fudge
Sundae
Vanilla ice cream smothered between layers of sliced strawberry topping and our
freshly homemade hot fudge, beautifully topped with whipped cream and a
chocolate covered strawberry $9.95 when you consider the choc covered
strawberry is $4.95
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| Zebra domes |
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| Kitchen Sink, Photo Credit WDW Website |
Worst Value
WDW, Ghiradelli Ice
Cream & Chocolate Shop at Downtown Disney -The Earthquake Family Favourite
Eight scoops of Ice Cream, eight delicious
toppings, finished with fresh Bananas, Whipped Cream, Chopped Almonds,
Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips and Cherries - $34.95 – simply because this makes
the kitchen sink look even better value!
Disneyland Ghiradelli Ice Cream & Chocolate Shop Earthquake Family Favourite
Eight scoops of ice
cream, eight delicious toppings, finished with fresh bananas, whipped cream,
chopped almonds, semi-sweet chocolate chips and cherries $37.95
Or Anything
lemony!
Most Interesting Way
to Serve Ice-Cream
WDW, L’Artisan des Glaces,
EPCOT, croque en glace
Warm brioche bun with
any flavour ice-cream in the middle with either chocolate or raspberry sauce –
is this just not a posh Arctic Roll?
Disneyland, Clarabelle’s
in DCA, Mickey Sundae
These sundaes are served
in the Mickey pants ice cream dish Chocolate Chip Cookie & Hot Fudge Sundae
Strawberry Sundae
Mint Chocolate Chip
Sundae
Mocha
Almond Fudge Sundae $11.99
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| Mickey's Kitchen Sink, Photo Credit Corey Kivett |
Most Decadently
indulgent Ice-Cream
WDW, Ice Cream Martini
– L’artisan des Glaces
2 Scoops of ice cream, with a shot of Grand Marnier, Whipped Cream Vodka
or Rum
Or Beaches and Cream, Fudge
Mud Slide - $8
A gooey, chewy Brownie covered with Hot Fudge,
Three Scoops of Vanilla Ice Cream, Oreo Cookies, and Whipped Cream topped with
Chocolate Syrup and a Cherry
Disneyland, Club 33, Cheddar
cheese ice cream
As it came with a
three course lunch, it worked out very expensive!
Or Gibson Girl Ice Cream
Parlour
Peppermint ice cream
with crushed candy cane pieces in molten chocolate dipped waffle cone –
seasonal
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| Peppermint Ice Cream |
Most Refreshing Desert
WDW, Dole Whip again or
if not the Citrus Swirl
Also need to mention
School Bread as only $2.99 from Kringla Bakeri go Kafe, Norway, Epcot - Sweet Cardamom Bun filled with
Vanilla Crème Custard and topped with Glazed and Toasted Coconuts – simply
beautiful.
Disneyland, Dole Whip
float served with cherry and an umbrella
Or Gibson Girl Hand-Scooped Ice Cream, Dipped Waffle
Cone
Single or Double; choice of chocolate or chocolate with peanuts or sprinkles
$5.19/$5.69 with rainbow sherbet flavour
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| Dole Whip at WD, Photo Credit WDW Website |
Best non-dessert
dessert!
WDW, Captain Cooks at The Polynesian, Tonga Toast
Banana-stuffed Sourdough
Bread, Battered and Deep-fried, and dusted with Cinnamon Sugar - $5.19. Comes
with sausage or bacon, not sure why, maybe a British thing mixing savoury with
sweet for breakfast?!
Disneyland, Flos V8
Café, French toast brioche
Or Caramel French toast on
the breakfast buffet at Grand Californian Hotel with lashings of buttery
caramel sauce ladled on top
Or Café Orleans or Blue
Bayou, Le Special de Monte Cristo Sandwich - Turkey, Ham, and Swiss
Cheese battered and fried to golden brown, served with a Fruit Skewer $26.49 or
the cheaper version at Café Orleans Monte
Cristo Sandwich - sliced turkey, ham and Swiss cheese fried in a light batter
and served with berry puree dusted with powdered sugar $18.99
Or Turkey
leg – suggested by Jesse Stephenson and we won't make any further comment on that thank you very much!
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| Tonga Toast, Photo Credit WDW Website |
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| Monte Cristo, Photo Credit WDW Website |
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