Chocolate Peppermint Shake Recipe From Twinings

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Twinings always has the most delightful tea-based beverages at the various EPCOT festivals. They're always a hit with my family. This year, they have a Chocolate Peppermint Shake at the Holiday Sweets and Treats Holiday Kitchen in the EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays. It sounds delicious. If you can't make it to this year's festival, here is a recipe from Disney and Twinings to make it at home. 

Chocolate Peppermint Shake featuring Twinings Peppermint Cheer Tea

3 oz boiled water

2 Twinings Peppermint Cheer Tea bags

16 oz chocolate ice cream

1 tbsp candy cane bits

Pour freshly boiled water into a heat proof container.Open tea envelopes and remove tea bags from packets. Steep the two tea bags for three minutes or until desired strength; remove tea bags and discard. Chill tea.

In a blender, add ice cream and chilled tea and blend until smooth and creamy. For an adult twist: Add three ounces of whipped cream vodka into the blended mixture.

Pour into glasses and top with candy cane bits.

Pumpkin Chai Milkshake Recipe from the EPCOT Food and Wine Festival

Twinings has a fantastic Pumpkin Chai Tea & Caramel Milkshake at the Ireland booth at this year's EPCOT Food and Wine Festival. And they shared the recipe with guests to the booth. The tea is available from the Tea Caddy in EPCOT's UK Pavilion as well as other tea retailers.

Twinings Pumpkin Chai Tea and Caramel Milkshake

• 16 oz vanilla ice cream 
• 3 oz boiled water 
• 2 Twinings Pumpkin Spice Chai Tea Bags
• 2 Tbsp caramel syrup

Yield: 2 servings

Pour freshly boiled water into a heatproof container. Steep 2 teabags for 3 minutes, or until desired strength. Remove teabag and discard. Chill tea.

In a blender, add ice cream, chilled tea, and caramel syrup. Blend until smooth and creamy. Serve in a glass with a straw.

For an adult twist: Add 2 oz of caramel vodka into the blended mixture or pour over the top as a floater.

At the Food and Wine Festival, they topped the milkshake with crushed 'Nilla Wafers. They add a fun crunch to the milkshake.

EPCOT'S International Festival of the Holidays Looks Delicious

EPCOT is the home of amazing festivals with an international flair. Every Christmas season, it hosts the International Festival of the Holidays. This year, the Festival kicks off on November 29 and continues through December 30. Each country pavilion will have a booth showcasing traditional holiday foods. The menus sound incredible!

Holiday Sweets & Treats - Promenade Refreshments

• Peppermint Sundae: Chocolate Ice Cream, Whipped Cream and Peppermint Candy 🎄
• Santa Mickey Sugar Cookie 
• Hot Cocoa
• Chocolate Peppermint Shake Featuring Twinings Peppermint Cheer Tea

Feast of the Three Kings - near the Mexico Pavilion

• Pastelón: Sofrito-marinated Beef with Sweet Plantains and Olives 🎄
• Queso Fresco-stuffed Arepa topped with Shrimp, Crushed Avocado Aji and Tomato Sauce 🎄
• Arepas topped with Melted Queso Fresco 🎄
• Tres Leches Rice Pudding with Pumpkin Seeds 🎄
• Chocolate Crinkle Cookie
• Coquito: Tropical Eggnog

Las Posadas Holiday Kitchen - Mexican Pavilion

• Giant Tostada de Puerco: Braised Pork served on a Giant Tostada with Chipotle Black Bean Spread, Guajillo Sauce, Queso Fresco, Crema Mexicana, Pickled Onion and topped with Chicharron Dust 🎄
• Tamal de Pollo: Braised Chipotle Chicken served in a Corn Masa with Yellow Mole and topped with Toasted Pumpkin Seeds, Queso Cotija and Crema Mexicana 🎄
• Horchata Cheesecake: Creamy Rice Cheesecake served with Cajeta Sauce

Kringla Bakeri Og Kafe - Norway Pavilion 

• Traditional Holiday Rice Cream

Shanghai Holiday Kitchen - China Pavilion

• Pork and Vegetable Egg Rolls
• Mongolian Beef Bao Bun and a Fortune Cookie
• Celebration Barbecue Pork with Steamed Rice and a Fortune Cookie
• Chengdu Street Fries

Refreshment Outpost - between China & Germany

• Warm Caramel Stuffed Salted Pretzel with Soft-serve Ice Cream and Chocolate Sauce
• Coca-Cola Cinnamon Float

Bavaria Holiday Kitchen - Germany Pavilion

• Potato Dumpling with Mushroom Sauce
• Pork Schnitzel with Mushroom Sauce and Spaetzle
• Cheese Fondue in a Bread Bowl with Fresh Steamed Baby Vegetables and Marble Potatoes
• Black Forest Roulade with Cherry Whipped Cream
• Linzer Cookie

Tuscany Holiday Kitchen - Italy Pavilion

• Bianca Neve: Italian Flatbread, Mozzarella and Parmesan
• La Genovese: Rustic Flatbread, Vidalia Onions, White Wine Braised Beef Tenderloin Tips and Mozzarella
• Collezione Barilla: Pennette Pasta, Sweet Sausage, Caramelized Onions and Creamy Sauce
• Crespelle di Mele: Cinnamon Apple Fritters and a Vanilla Sauce Drizzle with Confectioners Sugar
• Bacio al Cioccolato: Warm Hazelnut Chocolate Cake with Caramelized Berry Sauce
• Panettone Mignon: Miniature Traditional Italian Christmas Fruitcake

American Holiday Table - American Adventure Pavilion

• Slow-Roasted Turkey with Stuffing, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans and Cranberry Sauce 
• Hand-carved Smoked Ham with Green Beans and Sweet Potato Casserole 🎄
• Chocolate Pecan Tart with Whipped Cream and Whisky-caramel Sauce
• Gingerbread Cookie
• Hot Cocoa

Fife & Drum Tavern

• Holiday Apple Pie Sundae with Soft-serve Ice Cream, Caramel Sauce and Crunchy Streusel Topping

Funnel Cake

• Pumpkin Spice Funnel Cake

Shi Wasu Holiday Kitchen - Japan Pavilion

• New Year Celebration Soba: Buckwheat Soba Noodles in Hot Dashi Soup with Kakiage(Vegetable Tempura) and Chopped Green Onion
• Chirashi Sushi Tree: Sashimi-grade Tuna, Salmon, Ikura and Yellowtail with Vegetables decorated on a bed of Rice
• Matcha Crème Brûlée: Creamy Green Tea Custard with a Caramelized Sugar Crust topped with Mochi, Red Bean Jam and Strawberry
• Ichigo Milk Boba: Strawberry Cream Drink with Japanese Calpico and popping Strawberry Boba Pearls

Sapphire Holiday Kitchen - Morocco Pavilion

• Grilled Lamb Kefta Kebab and Grapes with Euro Cucumber, Red Pepper, Pickled Pearl Onions and Harissa-Cilantro Dressing
• Confit of Chermoula Chicken Drum with Cinnamon Granny Smith Apple, Toasted Almonds, Brussels Sprouts and Pinot Noir Glaze
• Sfenj: Warm Beignets with Cream, Cinnamon-Sugar and Chocolate Sauce

L’Chaim! Holiday Kitchen - between Morocco & France

• Pastrami on Rye with House-made Pickles and Deli Mustard
• Smoked Salmon Potato Latkes
• Potato Latkes with Sour Cream
• Sufganiyot: Mini Jelly-filled Donuts
• Black and White Cookie
• Egg Cream: Milk, Chocolate Syrup and Seltzer

Le Marché de Noël Holiday Kitchen - France Pavilion

• Rillette de Saumon: Salmon Spread with House-made Bread
• Bouchée à la Reine Traditionnelle: Turkey and Mushrooms in a Veloute Cream Sauce served in a Light Puff Pastry
• Bûche de Noël au Chocolat: Christmas Log—Chocolate Cake with Dark Chocolate Caramel Ganache 

Les Halles Boulangerie-Patisserie

• Bûche de Noël au Chocolat: Chocolate Christmas Log with Chocolate Orange Cream Mousse and Chocolate Crunch Biscuit

L’Artisan des Glaces

• Glace au Pain d’Epices: Gingerbread Ice Cream with Gingerbread Pieces

The Tea Caddy - United Kingdom Pavilion 

• Twinings Iced Christmas Toddy: Twinings Iced Christmas Tea with Honey

Yukon Holiday Kitchen - Canada Pavilion

• Seared Verlasso® Salmon with Crown Maple Whisky Glaze, Parsnip Silk, Apple Chutney and Hazelnut Croquant
• Canadian Wild Rice and Ham Soup with Almonds served with a Pretzel Roll
• Maple Bûche de Noël: Maple Mousse rolled in Gingerbread Chiffon Cake with Cranberry Sauce and Pecan Crumble
• Peppermint Pinwheel Cookie
• Frozen Coffee

Canada Popcorn Cart

• Pecan Maple Bark with Maple Sugar

Refreshment Port

• Turkey Poutine: French Fries with Turkey Gravy, Cranberry Relish and Crispy Onions
• T.G. Lee Eggnog

🎄 indicates gluten-friendly items

EPCOT Festival of the Arts Menus

All images: Disney

The EPCOT International Festival of the Arts returns tomorrow. In addition to incredible art and performances, there will also be a wide selection of colorful foods. Here's what you can expect to find during the festival, which runs from January 16-February 23. And don't forget to grab a Festival Passport and take part in the Wonderful Walk of Colorful Cuisine. Just collect 5 stamps by purchasing specific dishes, then stop by Deco Delights for a tasty prize.

World Celebration

Opening Bites - CommuniCore Plaza

• Soft Shell Crab Slider: Green papaya slaw and mango ketchup on a sweet roll
• Enchanted Rose: Dark chocolate mousse rose 🎨
• Crooked Can Brewing Company Fantasia Fusion IPA
• von Trapp Brewing Bohemian Pilsner
• Southern Tier Brewing Co. Caramel Cookie Bar Imperial Stout 🖼
• Beer Flight
• Charles Heidsieck Brut Réserve Champagne

Connections Eatery

• BBQ Chicken Pizza: Two slices of freshly baked pizza topped with smoked chicken, sweet barbecue sauce, cheese blend, peppers, and red onions 🖼
• Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich: Spicy hand-breaded chicken, roasted garlic aïoli, and southern slaw on a toasted brioche bun 🖼
• Classic Mojito with mint foam 🖼

The Deconstructed Dish - Near Test Track

• Deconstructed BLT: Pork belly, soft-poached egg, onion bread pudding, watercress espuma, and tomato jam
• Deconstructed Key Lime Pie: Key lime curd, key lime gelée, toasted meringue, and graham cracker crumbs with waffle cone triangles 🖼 🎨
• Deconstructed Strawberry Mint Julep: Frozen mint and simple syrup blended with strawberry purée 🧋
• Wicked Weed Brewing Blank Canvas Wheat Ale
• Deconstructed Strawberry Mint Julep: Frozen mint and simple syrup blended with strawberry purée with Old Forester 86 Bourbon

Figment’s Inspiration Station at The Odyssey

• Popcorn, Popcorn Chicken and Waffles with rainbow popcorn, popcorn chicken, mini mozzarella, and maple syrup 🖼 🎨

• Figment Fantasy Cake: Sponge cake filled with strawberry whipped cream topped with a white chocolate ganache, orange icing, and white chocolate Figment wings 🖼

• Color Scheme Cake: Fruit-flavored rainbow-hued cake topped with SKITTLES POP’d Sour and Original Freeze Dried Candy 🖼 🎨
• Figment Artist Bucket with Rainbow Popcorn
• Figment Imagination Lemonade: Simply Lemonade with choice of flavor 🧋
• 3 Daughters Brewing Black Cherry Hard Cider
• 3 Daughters Brewing Orange Cream Hard Cider 🖼
• 3 Daughters Brewing Strawberry Banana Hard Cider 🖼
• Hard Cider Flight
• Brouwerij Huyghe Floris Cactus Belgian Wheat Ale 🖼
• Playalinda Brewing Co. Port of Blue Stout 🖼
• The Bruery Enticing Boysenberry Sour Blonde Ale 🖼
• Beer Flight

World Showcase

El Artista Hambriento - Mexico

• Chile Relleno Taco: Flour tortilla filled with seared beef tenderloin, poblano pepper, black beans, and salsa roja 🖼

• Tostada de Cangrejo: Crispy corn tortilla topped with guacamole, lump crab, mango, crispy onions, and hot sauce 🖼
• Passion Fruit Paleta: Tropical passion fruit ice pop filled with sweetened condensed milk and topped with chili-lime seasoning 🖼
• Mexican Craft Beer
• Matcharita: Contraluz Reposado Cristalino Tequila, matcha tea, strawberry liqueur, and sweet cream 🖼
• Pear-fect Margarita: Calenda Mezcal Joven, prickly pear purée, passion fruit purée, and LeJay Crème de Cassis with a potpourri salt rim 🖼

Kringla Bakeri Og Kafe - Norway

• Hazelnut Praline Boller: Cardamom bun with hazelnut cream 🖼

The Painted Panda - China

• General Tso’s Chicken Shumai: Dumplings filled with chicken, asparagus, onion, and water chestnut topped with General Tso’s sauce 🖼

• Char Siu Pork Bun: Sweet-and-savory Cantonese-style BBQ pork in a steamed bun 🖼
• Egg Tart: Hong Kong-style egg custard tart
• Strawberry Bubble Milk Tea 🧋
• Dragonfruit Lager
• Silk River Hard Lemonade with vodka, lavender-coconut syrup, and Minute Maid Premium Lemonade
• Butterfly Blue: Butterfly pea flower-infused cocktail with vodka, light rum, lychee syrup, and crystal boba pearls

Refreshment Outpost - Between China & Germany

• Artist Palette Jumbo Chocolate Chip Cookie
• Boyd & Blair Blood Orange Cosmo
• Parish Brewing Co. Blueberry Mochi Berliner Weisse
• Brewlando Liquid Art Pilsner
• Wicked Weed Brewing Abstract Blonde Ale 🖼

Pastoral Palate - Germany

• Red Wine-braised Beef Short Rib with parsnip purée, broccolini, baby tomatoes, and balsamic glaze
• Black Forest Cake: Chocolate mousse with morello cherries and chantilly cream
• 3 Daughters Brewing Rosé Hard Cider
• 81Bay Brewing Co. Rosé Blonde Ale
• Frozen Rosé
• A Play on Rosé Flight
• Hex Vom Dasenstein Pinot Noir 🖼

L’Arte di Mangiare - Italy

• Mozzarella Fritta: Flash-fried breaded fresh mozzarella with artist palette condiments
• Polenta Pasticciata: Polenta, bolognese, Parmesan, mozzarella, and tomato sauce 🖼

• Raspberry Spuma: Vanilla sauce, mint whipped cream, and puffed rice 🖼
• Peroni Pilsner
• Prosecco
• Moscato
• Chianti
• Italian Red Sangria
• Italian-inspired Margarita with Tequila and Fabrizia Blood Orange Liqueur 🖼
• Sicilian Sunrise: Canella Granriviera Mimosa and Luxardo Aperitivo 🖼

The Artist’s Table - The American Adventure

• Steakhouse Lobster Caesar Salad with romaine and red oak lettuces, warmwater lobster, radish, herbed breadcrumbs, and house-made Caesar dressing 🖼

• Peppercorn-crusted Striploin with grilled asparagus, potatoes au gratin, and au poivre butter 🖼

• Dark Chocolate Torte: Flourless chocolate cake, whipped cream, and raspberries 🖼
• Playalinda Brewing Co. Old Fashioned Playa Ale 🖼
• Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon

Funnel Cake - The American Adventure

• Wild Berry Funnel Cake: Funnel cake sandwich with vanilla ice cream and powdered sugar topped with brown sugar brandy-wild berry compote, whipped cream, and dark chocolate sauce 🖼

Goshiki - Japan

• Taiyaki: Crisp, flaky fish-shaped chocolate-flavored pastry filled with custard and served with whipped topping 🖼
• Sushi Doughnut: Doughnut-shaped sushi with salmon, tuna, shrimp, cucumber, and sesame seeds over a decorated plate of wasabi aïoli, sriracha aïoli, and eel sauce

• Tokyo Kawaii Roll: Crispy shrimp tempura wrapped in multicolor sushi rice and topped with refreshing yellow yuzu sauce and tangy plum sauce 🖼

• Wagyu Bun: Steamed bun filled with sweet-and-savory minced American wagyu beef 🖼
• Grapey Apple Boba: Crafted black grape beverage with green apple popping boba 🖼🧋
• Crooked Can Brewing Company Wasabi IPA 🖼
• Masu Sake served in a traditional personalized wooden cup
• Sake Flight: Peach, mango, and strawberry-flavored Nigori sake 🖼
• Yuzu-Pineapple Punch: Shochu-based cocktail with refreshing yuzu and pineapple flavors 🖼

Tangierine Café: Flavors of the Medina - Morocco

• Moroccan Wrap with tomato-cucumber relish and garlic sauce served on warm Moroccan flatbread
• Chermoula Chicken
• Moroccan-spiced lamb
• Plant-based Falafel
• Stone-baked Moroccan Bread with assorted dips
• Rekorderlig Strawberry-Lime Hard Cider
• Keel Farms Blueberry Lavender Hard Cider
• Blake’s Hard Cider Co. Pomegranate Fizz Hard Cider 🖼
• Hard Cider Flight

Vibrante & Vívido - Between Morocco and France

• Chorizo and Potato Empanada with turmeric aïoli and annatto aïoli 🎨
• Spicy Ajiaco Soup with guajillo and árbol chili-spiced chicken, potato, avocado, corn, and crème fraîche
• Passion Fruit-filled Mango Cheesecake with coconut-pineapple cake, dragon fruit gelée, and dragon fruit-strawberry sauce

• Layered Berry-Piña Colada Smoothie: Wild berry, piña colada, and strawberry 🧋
• Collective Arts Brewing Guava Dream Blonde Ale
• Layered Berry-Piña Colada Smoothie: Wild berry, piña colada, and strawberry with spiced rum

L’Art de la Cuisine Française - France

• Crème de Brie en Petit Pain: Warm creamy brie in a house-made bread bowl
• Gâteau de Crabe, Bisque de Homard, Crème Citron et Aneth: Crab cake, lobster bisque, and lemon-dill sour cream 🖼

• Éclair au Chocolat et à l’Orange, Crème à l’Orange, Ganache au Chocolat, Croustillant de Noisettes et Oranges Confites: Chocolate-orange éclair, orange cream, chocolate ganache, crispy hazelnut, and candied oranges 🖼
• Chardonnay, Laroque, Cite de Carcassonne 🖼
• Charles Lafitte, Brut Rosé Prestige, Méthode Traditionnel Champenoise
• Frozen French Martini: Grey Goose Vodka, Vodka, Chambord Liqueur, DOLE Pineapple Juice, Minute Maid Orange Juice, and grape juice with lemon-lime foam

Gourmet Landscapes - Canada

• Wild Mushroom Risotto with aged Parmesan, truffle shavings, and zinfandel reduction 🥬
• Roasted Bone Marrow with onion marmalade, pickled mushrooms, and petite lettuce
• Citrus-braised Beet Tartare with golden beet “egg yolk,” mustard vinaigrette, pickled mustard seeds, pickled mushrooms, spiced pistachios, and “feta” snow 🥬 🎨
• Whole Hog Brewery Raspberry Chéret Double Radler
• Schlumberger Cuvée Klimt Brut
• Orin Swift Abstract California Red Blend 🖼
• Frozen Scotch Cocktail: Scotch and Twinings Chai Tea garnished with a chocolate nail

World Discovery

Fictional Victuals - Near Disney Traders

• Chapter 1: Beach Oysters: Grilled oysters, mustard seed-peppercorn sabayon, and creamed spinach 🖼

• Chapter 2: Plate of Impossible Bites: Roasted turkey breast, onion and bacon custard tart, cherry gel, brown butter toast milk foam, and pineapple-toffee butter 🖼

• Chapter 3: Tea Treat: Twinings Earl Grey Tea Treat Chocolate Pot de Crème, lemon madeleine, rose and raspberry jam, and a tea biscuit crumble 🖼
• Upside Down Shake: Yellow cake soft-serve featuring Twinings English Breakfast Tea 🖼🧋
• Central 28 Beer Company Rose Garden Red Ale 🖼
• Upside Down Shake: Yellow cake soft-serve with Twinings English Breakfast Tea and whipped cream vodka 🖼

Deco Delights - Near Port of Entry

• Sparkling Spectacle Gâteau: Vanilla bean mousse with a golden caramel center and apricot jam on a hazelnut cookie 🖼 🎨
• Crooked Can Brewing Company Buttercream Fresco 🖼
• Keel Farms Strawberry Shortcake Hard Cider
• Boyd & Blair Espresso Martini

Swirled Showcase - Walkway between World Showcase and Imagination! Pavilion

• Pink Vanilla Soft-serve in a Cone
• DOLE Whip in a Cone 🥬
• Lemon
• Lime
• Strawberry
• Imagination Cone: Pink vanilla soft-serve in a lavender cone, “sparks” of imagination, and white chocolate Figment wings
• Candy Trio Flight: DOLE Whip Strawberry with STARBURST MINIS fruit chews, DOLE Whip Lemon with SKITTLES POP’d Original Freeze Dried Candy, and DOLE Whip Lime with chili-lime seasoning and LIFE SAVERS gummies

• Liquid Nitrogen Minnie Cake Pop with cotton candy sponge cake, white chocolate ganache, and colorful chocolate splats 🖼 🎨

Pop Eats - Walkway between World Showcase and Imagination! Pavilion

• Grilled Cheese served with tomato soup
• Croque Monsieur-inspired Grilled Cheese with Black Forest ham, Gruyère, and béchamel sauce served with tomato soup 🖼
• Gulf Stream Brewing Company Pixel Perfect Pilsner 🖼
• Blanc de Bleu Cuvée Mousseux with fruit juice-filled pearls

The Craftsman’s Courtyard - Walkway between World Showcase and Imagination! Pavilion

• Beef Wellington-inspired Croissant Supreme with creamed spinach croissant pinwheel, mushroom-gorgonzola ragoût, mustard-grilled flank steak, red wine sauce, and pickled mustard seeds
• Cast Iron-roasted P.E.I. Mussels with sautéed tomatoes, garlic, and fresh herbs
• BrewDog Black Heart Nitro Oatmeal Stout
• Coffee Old Fashioned Cocktail: Joffrey’s Cold Brew Coffee, simple syrup, orange bitters, and Jim Beam Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

World Nature

Sunshine Seasons

• The Architecture of Drip: Blueberry-flavored gelato topped with scoops of banana and berry whipped cream, a waffle cone, and sprinkles 🖼

Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Company - throughout the park

• Pop Art Latte: Espresso with choice of milk and vanilla syrup topped with lavender whipped cream and SKITTLES POP’d Original Freeze Dried Candy 🖼🧋 (Spirited version available with Baileys Original Irish Cream Liqueur)

And to make paying easy, be sure to pick up this Figment Gift Card, available at festival kiosks, Creations Shop, and other select stores. Just put it on and you can scan it to pay for food, merchandise, and more.

🖼 - New

🧋 - Non-alcoholic 

🥬 - Plant-based 

🥖 - Gluten-friendly

🎨 - Wonderful Walk of Colorful Cuisine