REVIEW: We Didn't Know These Treats Would Be the Best Part of Our Day in Disney World – But Here We Are

The holiday season is wrapping up in Disney World, and you know what that means.

The holidays in Disney’s Animal Kingdom

It means we’re already looking forward to 2024. We’ve already seen 2024 merchandise in the parks and online, and we are ready for what 2024 will bring, including LOADS of changes. But now is also the time for special New Year’s 2024 snacks — we tried our first recently, but we just discovered MORE 2024 snacks. Come with us to try them out!

The New Year’s 2024 Cupcake is BACK in Animal Kingdom. It’s a chocolate cupcake with cherry filling, almond frosting, chocolate crispy pearls, and a chocolate 2024 decoration. We’ve absolutely LOVED this treat in the past, so how does the NEWEST version stand up?

New Year’s 2024 Cupcake

So you’ve got what is essentially a chocolate explosion with a hint of cherry flavor AND edible flavor, which SCREAMS New Year’s to us. This cupcake is SO fresh that you might have a bit of a crumbly situation on your hands, but it’s SO good. The buttercream icing is super thick and creamy, but we’ll warn you that because it’s served straight out of the fridge, you’ll want to let it sit for a few minutes before biting into it.

It’s so photogenic

The thing that continues to sell us on this cupcake, though, is the cherry flavor, which adds both a sweet and sour component to the flavor. Our biggest complaint this year, though, is that we want MORE of that filling — we think they skimped a little on it this year compared to last year’s cupcake.

That filling is EVERYTHING

This is one of the freshest cupcakes you’ll find in Disney World (maybe it helps that it’s refrigerated). But you need to love chocolate to truly appreciate it. Grab it now at Pizzafari and Restaurantosaurus for $6.29. Now for the sad news: you’ll only be able to get this treat through January 2nd, so you’ll have to hurry. Are we a little upset that this treat won’t stick around longer? Yes. Yes, we are.

The New Year’s 2024 Cupcake is back in Disney’s Animal Kingdom! We picked this one up at Pizzafari for 6.29!

It’s a chocolate cupcake, cherry filling, almond frosting, chocolate crispy pearls, and chocolate 2024 decoration pic.twitter.com/64wq1kAEKA

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) December 29, 2023

But wait, there’s more! We also tried the New Year’s Float, which we found at Pineapple Lanai at Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort. It’s a Dole Whip Pineapple Float with Passion Fruit, Orange, and Guava Juice, and Boba Pearls topped with Popping Candies for $6.79. Yep, a Dole Whip float — what’s not to love?

New Year’s Float

EVERYTHING just works for this float, but you can never go wrong with a POG juice and Pineapple Dole Whip combo, right? It’s rich and creamy, but those popping Boba pearls STEAL the show, and we’re 99.9% certain they were also filled with POG juice. Like WHAT?

Those Boba pearls!!!

The Dole Whip is also delicious (dur!), but again, mixed with the guava and orange in the POG juice, it’s just perfection because all the flavors combine perfectly so that one doesn’t overtake the others. Know what it feels like to hear the perfect blend of harmonies in a song? It’s like that — but with food. If you’re both a Dole Whip and POG juice fan, GET THIS TREAT. Once again, we went through a RANGE of emotions as we enjoyed this — it’s that good.

Happy (almost) New Year! We started the day out at Pineapple Lanai to try the New Year’s Float for $6.79. It’s a DOLE Whip Pineapple Float with Passion Fruit, Orange, and Guava Juice and Boba Pearls topped with Popping Candies! pic.twitter.com/TFDwJhVvj4

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) December 30, 2023

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!

Snacks Guide Bundle

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!

Happy New Year, DFB Readers! Stay tuned to DFB for more!

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