Departing the Happiest Place on Earth is never easy. It’s a bummer having to return to reality. To lessen the pain, many guests like to stock up on favorite snacks before the journey home. I’m partial to the chocolate covered pretzels. 
These sweet treats make the wait at the airport, flight or car ride less agonizing.
Chocolate Caramel Fudge from Karamell-Küche
Tips and Tricks For Bringing Snacks Home
Some guests pack food for the plane or car trip home. These munchies are handy for long flights and/or layovers. Others bring them home as gifts for the pet-sitter, teacher, class and/or as a treat to savor just a few more minutes of Disney magic.
Suggestions for Portable Snacks
If you are on the Disney Dining Plan with leftover snack credits, grab some delectable snacks to bring home!
Ask a Cast Member to Help You Make Sure Your Snack is Safe for Travel
Aren’t sure how to use up your snack credits or what snacks will travel well? Ask a Cast Member! Many guests report being taught by helpful Cast Members as to which items survive a long distance journey. Cast Members at resort gift stores and the Main Street Bakery in the Magic Kingdom seem especially helpful.
Our favorite snack items to take home from Walt Disney World include fudge, caramel apples (these will keep surprisingly well!), chocolate-covered pretzels, rice krispie treats, bakery cookies, candy from the World Showcase pavilions, brownies from Earl of Sandwich, candy from Goofy’s Candy Company, peanut brittle, caramel corn, and shortbread.
But there’s lots more to consider! Let us know some of your favorite portable snacks in the comments section below — and any specific tips you have for transporting them!
Particularly hardy is the peanut brittle, which guests say stands up to the Florida heat. Mickey rice krispie treats also travel well, and Goofy’s Candy Co. wraps them in paper before boxing them. Karamell-Küche in Epcot’s Germany Pavilion will package cupcakes, chocolate covered strawberries, and other candy delicacies in nice containers. Earl of Sandwich does a great job of packaging cupcakes and other items to-go.
Mini Brownies - Earl of Sandwich
If your purchased snacks will be traveling with you, ask the Cast Member to package them extra carefully.
picking up two create your owns
Travel Warnings
International travelers should check their airline’s guidelines for bringing food home. Also consider whether chocolate will last the long trip. Generally, chocolate travels best in a carry-on bag.
Seasoned snackers bring a cooler in their vehicle to keep items fresh such as pastries from Boulangerie Patisserie. The difficulty is getting these home before they get mushy! My solution would be having them as an “on-the-road” snack!
Selma's Chocolate Chip Cookie
Forgotten Items
Walt Disney World Guest Services follows you home! If you forgot to pick up a souvenir, check with the WDW Mail Order Merchandise department. To place an order call 407-363-6200, by fax at 407-352-6369 or by e-mail with the following: Item List, Name, Phone Number, Billing Address, Shipping Address and Credit Card information with Expiration Date. Inquire about shipping costs before placing your order as they can add significantly to the total price.
Please note that perishable items (such as cupcakes…sorry!) can not be shipped.
Need WDW Snacks, but Don’t Have a Trip Planned?
If you’ve left the resort and would like to taste a little WDW at home, check out some of the goodies you can purchase on Amazon.com — just click “Disney Food Memories” on the right-hand side of this page to see some of the foods we’ve gathered that remind us of Disney parks and resorts!
You can also visit www.selmas.com to place a cookie order. Disney Parks sell Selma’s cookies in the candy and gift shops. They are the cookies that are already wrapped!
What snacks do you bring home? Share your methods for getting your fave Disney snacks home safely! We can all benefit from your successful snack tips (and trips)!
wow – I am getting excited about my 2 weeks on DDP…. if those brownies are a snack credit im gonna come back very very fat!! YAY!!
Nicola — not sure if those go for a snack credit or not, but they are yummy!!
Yes, to the cooler! Nothing is worse than melted chocolate in your car (ok, maybe melted gummy bears). I always have ziplocks, too, to keep the chocolate or whatever safe from the ice (my gel packs never refreeze so I have to use resort ice).
I agree with @Nicola – those brownies look delectable!
We took home about 6 pieces of fudge using leftover snack credits last summer— for it being mid-July, those pieces of fudge held up surprisingly well! They even packaged them in cute little Disney boxes with a mini-knife in each in case we needed to sneak a bite before we got home… which we did
We used our remaining credits to bring hom a sack of my wife’s favorite chocolate cupcakes from the POR food court. I told the castmember at the bakery that we were going to travel with them and she packed them up tight in a to-go box. They stayed safe all the way home. At least the ones we didn’t eat on the way back did.
Hi Gang,
Some of the brownies available on property are also a Selma’s product (the “Triple Chocolate” is a particular favorite of mine), and yes a snack credit may be used for these. You can find these in the bakery case at Goofy’s and elsewhere, and I’ve also seen them packaged like the Selma’s cookies (red “Minnie” packaging).
One of my better tricks for getting snacks home safely is to buy one of those Disney reusable shopping bags (like the ones you buy at the grocery store). They have a flat bottom, easy to carry, and fit nicely in the overhead bin on the plane. Just stack your 4 Earl Brownie Cremes on the bottom
, and you have a nice foundation for the rest of the goodies.
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The chocolate caramel dipped pretzel sticks from Karamel Kuche are to die for. Too bad it was too hot when we were there in April to stock up on any more caramel goodies for the ride home.
If you have left over quick service meals on the dining plan you can get 2 snacks with those!! Yummy!! Even more snacks for the trip home!!
I usually do the DDP, and end up ‘collecting’ pre-wrapped desserts with my CS credits (rice krispie mickeys, etc). I give these as ‘souvenirs’ to people when I get home, seems to work out well!
Since we drive, we are able to stock up on bulky snacks, like Mickey pretzels. Chip and Dale Snack Co. items are often one snack credit and encompass both candies and crunchies. Those little canisters of Mickey-shaped Goldfish-style crackers were a nice gift for the folks at home. We also buy the shortbread cookies and hot chocolate mixes. Disney coffee is nice too, as you can gaze at the label each time you make a pot. We brought home Mickey macaroni for a Disney meal a few weeks down the road. Of course, krispy treats are a must!
My husband likes to buy teas at China and Japan, as well as interesting candies or crunchy snacks from the Epcot World Showcase pavilions.
Oddly, we tend to avoid chocolate, since it has a tendency to get smooshed in our packed car…or eaten.
I always bring home a piece of English Toffee. Sure I can buy it at home but there is something extra yummy about bringing it home, opening the mickey bag and smelling disney treats.
I have brought home the animal crackers and fudge for other people and even managed to give it to them!
I was recently given a small tin of Disney hot chocolate mix, really made me happy that someone else brought me a treat.
We just came back and used our snack credits to get a chocolate covered mickey rice krispy treat for everyone at the bus stop.
I was also going to bring home a brownie sandwich from the Earl of Sandwich but……my……have…….eaten…….it……too……soon.
Such great “take home” ideas! And truly admire those who get those treats ALL the way home untouched.
we like to take home some almonds and pecans from the kiosk at down town disney and some of those pre packaged cookies yummy….
Good tips. I used most of my snack credits at the Food & Wine festival last year so I didn’t have any left over. I’ll have the deluxe plan this year so I may have some snack credits left over to bring goodies home.
Used up all my snack credits at Karamel Kuche. Those caramel marshmallow rolls are to die for!
Orlando Airport Security can be very strict about bringing soft food items on board in your carry-on luggage. About a year ago my mother-in-law bought some fudge to bring home to the grand kids. She had it in her carry on bag at the airport. It wasn’t melted but it had gotten just a little soft in the car ride to the airport. Security said it was not “solid” and threw away $25 worth of fudge. : (
I love taking home cupcakes and strawberries from Karamel Kuche and chocolate chip cookies from main street on every trip. we usually bring home a couple of treats from other shops in disney (they vary every year).