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Valentine’s Sweets At Disneyland

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The chefs at Disneyland are preparing to celebrate Valentine’s Day with a delicious array of tempting treats. Here's what you can expect to find at locations throughout the Disneyland Resort.

Disneyland Park

Red Rose Taverne 

• Gorgeous Grey Stuff: Red shortbread cookie, red velvet cake, raspberry, cookies & cream mousse, and heart sprinkles 💗
• Heart-shaped Butter Cookie: Heart-shaped shortbread cookie with strawberry glaze, white chocolate drizzle, and heart sprinkles 💗
• Strawberry Sweet Tea: Black Tea with lemon and sweetened with strawberries 💗

Gibson Girl Ice Cream Parlor

• Sweetheart Sundae: Strawberry, vanilla and chocolate ice cream, strawberry sauce, caramel and chocolate drizzle, whipped cream, and red sugar sprinkles topped with a chocolate-covered strawberry 💖

Tomorrowland Churro and Pretzel Stands

• Sour Cherry Pretzel: Cream Cheese-filled pretzel with sour cherry sugar 💗
• Sour Cherry Churro with sour cherry sugar 💗

New Orleans Square Churro Stand and Critter Country Churro and Lemonade Cart 

• Strawberry Churro: Churro rolled in strawberry sugar 💗

The Tropical Hideaway 

• Valentine Swirl: DOLE Whip watermelon and cherry swirl 💗

Fiddler, Fifer & Practical Café

• Valentine Macaron: Red and white macaron and strawberry buttercream filled with strawberry jam and brownie 💝

Clarabelle’s Hand-Scooped Ice Cream

• True Love Sundae: Scoops of vanilla and strawberry ice cream served in a waffle cup and topped with strawberry sauce, cherry whipped cream, sprinkles, and a chocolate-covered strawberry 💖

Town Square Churro Stand

• Sweet Strawberry Dipping Sauce: Sweet strawberry dipping sauce💗

Various Candy Locations Including: Marceline’s Confectionery, Trolley Treats, Bing Bong’s Sweet Stuff, Candy Palace, Candy Kitchen, & Pooh Corner

• “Bee Mine” Apple: Granny Smith apple dipped in caramel and red chocolate and decorated in white and dark chocolate with cute little chocolate bee 💕
• Strawberry Cake Pop: Chocolate cake pop dipped in pink strawberry-flavored chocolate and drizzled with red chocolate 💕
• “Bee Mine” Cereal Treat: Heart-shaped cereal treat dipped in red chocolate and decorated in white and dark chocolate with a cute little chocolate bee 💕
• Dark Chocolate Marshmallow Wand: Marshmallow wand dipped in caramel and dark chocolate drizzled with red and pink chocolate 💕
• Dark Chocolate Dipped Strawberry: Long-stemmed strawberry dipped in dark chocolate and drizzled in white chocolate 💕
• Milk Chocolate Swirl Strawberry: Long-stemmed strawberry swirled in milk, white, and dark chocolate 💕

Disney’s Grand Californian Resort & Spa

GCH Holiday Cart (available Feb. 1 through Feb. 19)

• Mickey Mouse-shaped Valentine’s Cookies 💕
• Heart-shaped Sugar Cookies 💕
• Chocolate Minnie Mouse-shaped Crisped Rice Treats 💕
• Chocolate-dipped Strawberries Ombre Macarons 💕

Craftsman Bar

• Tuxedo Strawberry: Raspberry rum, dark crème de cacao, strawberry purée, and half and half served “up” in a chocolate-coated martini glass with strawberry garnish 💗
• California Crush: Apple whiskey, strawberry purée, lemon, and agave served with a mint sprig and strawberry heart garnish 💗
• Love’s Lantern: Citrus vodka, raspberry Liqueur, and lime garnished with edible flowers and a glow cube 💗

Disneyland Hotel

Coffee House

• Red Velvet Cupcake 💗
• Sablé Heart Cookie with raspberry filling 💗
• Raspberry Mocha 💗
• Iced Raspberry Mocha 💗

Tangaroa Terrace Tropical Bar & Grill

• Red Velvet Cupcake 💗
• Sablé Heart Cookie with raspberry filling 💗

💕 Available February 1-14

💖 Available February 11-14

💝 Available February 14

💗 Available February 1-28

Valentine's Sweets At Disney World

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Now that February has arrived, the chefs at Disney World have tuned their thoughts to l'amour. There are many limited time desserts to savor throughout the Parks and Resorts. Here are a few to look forward to.

EPCOT 

Coral Reef Restaurant

• Flourless Chocolate Cake: Flourless chocolate cake and dark chocolate crémeux with fresh berries, raspberry whipped cream, and raspberry méringue 💝

Le Cellier Steakhouse

• Flourless Chocolate Cake for Two: Flourless chocolate cake and dark chocolate crémeux with fresh berries, raspberry whipped cream, and raspberry méringue 💝

Disney’s Hollywood Studios

ABC Commissary

• Engagement Ring Cake: Chocolate cake filled with raspberry sauce atop a shortbread cookie complete with a white chocolate engagement ring 💕

The Hollywood Brown Derby

• Red Velvet White Chocolate Mousse: Red velvet white chocolate mousse atop a chocolate cookie 💕

The Trolley Car Café 

• Red Velvet Whoopie Pie: Red velvet cake filled with cream cheese buttercream topped with strawberry buttercream 💕

Resorts

Available at Multiple Resorts

• Sweetheart Chocolate Cupcake: Chocolate cupcake filled with hazelnut cream topped with chocolate hazelnut and strawberry buttercream, a white chocolate heart, and strawberry crisp pearls. ❤

Disney’s All-Star Music Resort 

Intermission Food Court

• Sweetheart Sundae: Mickey and Minnie red velvet waffle with strawberry and chocolate swirl, hot fudge, strawberry sauce, and whipped cream ❤ (also at World PremiereFood Court at All-Star Movies
• Mickey and Minnie Bouquet: Mickey and Minnie red velvet cake with chocolate topped sugar cookies 💕

Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge

Sanaa

• Valentine’s Day Candy Bar: Coconut, apricot, caramel, pistachio, and cashew bar coated with milk chocolate and topped with chai cream, red velvet crumbs, and raspberry gel 💝

Disney’s BoardWalk 

BoardWalk Bakery

• Marshmallow Mountain Cookie: Sugar cookie with a mountain of vanilla marshmallow dipped in white chocolate and finished with Valentine’s sprinkles 💖
• Chocolate Dipped Strawberries: Available individually or in a pack of six 💖
• Cannoli, Coconut Macaron, Sugar Cookies, and Mickey Cinnamon Rolls in pink & red colors 💖

Flying Fish

• Cocoa Breach Vanilla Custard: Cocoa breach vanilla custard with milk chocolate bavarois and feuilletine crunch topped with a heart-shaped under a red chocolate disk 💕

Trattoria al Forno

• Porterhouse Beefsteak for Two: Garlic butter, truffled gnocchi gratin, and pancetta brussels sprouts 💕
• Cherry Cordial Brownie: Cherry cordial brownie base, chocolate crunch mousse, cherry filling, and amaretto panna cotta 💕

Disney’s Contemporary Resort 

Steakhouse 71

• Strawberry Chocolate Chip Pancake: Chocolate chip pancake with a raspberry cream cheese icing, fresh strawberries, and a chocolate strawberry sauce 💗

Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa

Gasparilla Island Grill

• Valentine’s Day Chocolate Cherry Blondie Pop: Chocolate cherry blondie pop dipped in dark chocolate 💖

Disney’s Port Orleans Resort – French Quarter

Scat Cat’s Club

• Mickey Beignet: Mickey-shaped beignet drizzled with cinnamon candy drizzle and Valentine’s Day quins with crushed cinnamon candies 💗
• Baton Rouge Beignets: Two traditional beignets with cinnamon candy drizzle, Valentine’s Day quins, and crushed cinnamon candies with a pipette of cinnamon whisky 💗

Disney’s Wilderness Lodge

Roaring Fork

• Valentine’s Day Cupcake: Strawberry cupcake with chocolate custard filling topped with buttercream, white chocolate hearts, and heart sprinkles 💝

Disney Springs

Amorette’s Patisserie

• Chocolate-dipped Strawberries ❤
• Hearts of Romance Cake: Strawberry shortcake ❤

Marketplace Snacks

• DOLE Whip Chocolate and Strawberry: Chocolate soft-serve swirled with DOLE Whip strawberry garnished with a chocolate-dipped strawberry 💗

The Ganachery

• Sweetheart Minnie Piñata: Chocolate sphere filled with marshmallow and chocolate 💖
• Ruby Kiss Bon Bons: Kiss-shaped bonbon made from ruby chocolate 💖
• Strawberry & Champagne Ganache Squares: Strawberry and Champagne chocolate ganache squares 💖

💖Available February 7-14

💕Available February 11-14

💝 Available February 14 only

❤ Available February 9-20

💗Available all month long

Shadow or No Shadow, That Is the Question

Sony

Today is, once again, Groundhog Day. The day when Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog prognosticator of prognosticators, looks for his shadow to predict the end of winter. It's a hilarious tradition (and a hilarious movie from the 90s.)

Whether you are hoping for six more weeks of winter or the swift arrival of spring, here's hoping your Groundhog Day goes better than Phil's.

We Don't Talk About Bruno Is So Catchy

Disney

The music in Encanto has a tendency to get stuck in your head, in a good way. Anytime anyone simply mentions the name Bruno, someone in my house will start singing "We Don't Talk About Bruno" and it will keep playing in my head for hours.

Disney's Encanto is available on DisneyPlus.

Death On The Nile

20th Century Studios

I've always loved a good mystery. I discovered the Agatha Christie mysteries as a child when I saw my first Miss Marple, The Body in the Library, on PBS. And when the Hercule Poirot mysteries joined the lineup, I was hooked. I've enjoyed the many different incarnations of the characters over the years, from Joan Hickson to Geraldine McEwan and Julia McKenzie as Miss Marple, even Angela Lansbury once played the spinster sleuth, but Poirot was always David Suchet. 

As such, I wasn't too certain I would enjoy Kenneth Branagh's turn as the Belgian detective, but I was in for an unexpected delight. Murder on the Orient Express is a classic Agatha Christie story and it was an excellent introduction for Branagh's Poirot. While the story s quite sad, the acting was fantastic and the cast was absolutely stellar.

Branagh's latest Poirot tale is Death on the Nile. The cast is once again amazing, so it should be quite the film.

Here's the official synopsis from 20th Century Studios:

Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot’s Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple’s idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short. Set against an epic landscape of sweeping desert vistas and the majestic Giza pyramids, this dramatic tale of love gone wrong features a cosmopolitan group of impeccably dressed travelers and enough wicked twists and turns to leave audiences guessing until the final, shocking denouement.

Death on the Nile arrives in theaters on February 11.