Walt Disney World has revealed booth menus for the 2026 EPCOT International Festival of the Arts, our favorite event of the year! This post previews new & returning savory snacks and decadent desserts, including food photos of new items, including the (many) Figment-inspired dishes at the 2026 FARTs (or FotA, if you insist).
EPCOT’s International Festival of the Arts runs from January 16 through February 23, 2026, making it about on par with Festival of the Holidays and significantly shorter than the Flower & Garden or Food & Wine Festivals. The Food Studios are all located throughout the World Showcase pavilions and portions of the neighborhoods of Future World, like the Holiday Kitchens and Global Marketplaces before them.
Also akin to its Christmas-time counterpart, EPCOT’s International Festival of the Arts offers a smaller slate of food booths than the the park’s “flagship” fall foodie event. It may not seem like it, but that’s actually a good thing for guests as the menus are more carefully curated. The Food Studios are a celebration of the culinary arts and, quite frankly, it shows.
As we’ve pointed out time and time again, food is the least important element of the festival. There’s so much substance to this event beyond food…and it’s totally FREE! You can watch artists create art right in front of you, peruse booths and galleries, attend free seminars, participate in the creation of art, and so much more.
Festival of the Arts is great, but the food isn’t the main course, it’s the icing on the proverbial (and literal) Figment-inspired cake. If you’re interested in knowing what not to miss in terms of non-food offerings, read our Guide to the 2026 EPCOT International Festival of the Arts.
With that said, we’d highly recommend eating your way around the Food Studios during the 2026 EPCOT Festival of the Arts. This is usually our favorite food event of the year. It’s become a close call between this and Flower & Garden, depending on each year’s menus. Both are better than the two festivals that follow, although Food & Wine’s cuisine scene has improved in the last couple years thanks to Harvest Hollow.
I’d also add that bang for buck is generally pretty good at the Food Studios. Yes, they’re pricey. But the portions are often surprisingly sizeable, and the quality easily surpasses the park’s counter service restaurants–and even some table service spots.
As regular restaurants have gotten worse–with smaller portions, cheaper ingredients, and higher prices–I’d argue that the Food Studios have largely gotten better or held steady. Of course, we’ve yet to eat anything at the 2026 EPCOT Festival of the Arts, so this assessment is based on last year’s festivals.
Ironically, cuisine not being the cornerstone to Festival of the Arts relieves pressure on the Food Studios and, counterintuitive as this may sound, results in even better food. Because fewer people are there for food, the booth menus can be more ambitious and artful with their presentation, rather than having to churn through thousands of guests per hour.
This has started to change for some of the booths on busier weekends over the last couple of years, which is why certain fan-favorite items are the only dishes served at their respective Food Studios, and why others only have a couple of menu items. While we’d love to see a return to the days of 3-4 dishes per menu (and some do still have that many), it’s a compromise we’ll accept to maintain higher quality.
As you snack your way around EPCOT, be sure to pick up a Festival Passport to take part in the Wonderful Walk of Colorful Cuisine, a returning food stroll filled with true works of culinary art. With each bite, collect stamps by purchasing five of these decadent dishes to redeem a special prize from Deco Delights to enjoy. To see all the tasty bites included in this year’s food stroll, look for the menu items designated with a 🎨 below.
On that note, let’s take a look at the food & drink menus for the Food Studios that showcase the best in culinary art, blending colorful ingredients, unique cooking techniques, and imaginative presentations to create edible masterpieces…
Opening Bites Menu
Location: CommuniCore Plaza
Food Items:
- Soft Shell Crab Slider: Green papaya slaw and mango ketchup on a sweet roll
- 🎨 Enchanted Rose: Dark chocolate mousse rose
Beverages:
- Crooked Can Brewing Company Fantasia Fusion IPA
- von Trapp Brewing Bohemian Pilsner
- Southern Tier Brewing Co. Caramel Cookie Bar Imperial Stout (New)
- Beer Flight
- Charles Heidsieck Brut Réserve Champagne
Connections Eatery Menu
Food Item:
- BBQ Chicken Pizza: Two slices of freshly baked pizza topped with smoked chicken, sweet barbecue sauce, cheese blend, peppers, and red onions (New)
- Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich: Spicy hand-breaded chicken, roasted garlic aïoli, and southern slaw on a toasted brioche bun (New)
Beverage:
- Classic Mojito with mint foam (New)
The Deconstructed Dish Menu
Location: Near Test Track
Food Items:
- 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 (New)
Beverages:
- Deconstructed Strawberry Mint Julep: Frozen mint and simple syrup blended with strawberry purée (Non-alcoholic beverage)
- 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 Menu
Food Items:
- 🎨 Popcorn, Popcorn Chicken and Waffles with rainbow popcorn, popcorn chicken, mini mozzarella, and maple syrup (New)
- Figment Fantasy Cake: Sponge cake filled with strawberry whipped cream topped with a white chocolate ganache, orange icing, and white chocolate Figment wings (New)
- 🎨 Color Scheme Cake: Fruit-flavored rainbow-hued cake topped with SKITTLES POP’d Sour and Original Freeze Dried Candy (New)
- Figment Artist Bucket with Rainbow Popcorn (Available while supplies last via mobile order only, limit two per person, per transaction)
Beverages:
- Figment Imagination Lemonade: Simply Lemonade with choice of flavor (Non-alcoholic beverage)
- 3 Daughters Brewing Black Cherry Hard Cider
- 3 Daughters Brewing Orange Cream Hard Cider (New)
- 3 Daughters Brewing Strawberry Banana Hard Cider (New)
- Hard Cider Flight
- Brouwerij Huyghe Floris Cactus Belgian Wheat Ale (New)
- Playalinda Brewing Co. Port of Blue Stout (New)
- The Bruery Enticing Boysenberry Sour Blonde Ale (New)
- Beer Flight
World Showcase
El Artista Hambriento Menu
Food Items:
- Chile Relleno Taco: Flour tortilla filled with seared beef tenderloin, poblano pepper, black beans, and salsa roja (New)
- Tostada de Cangrejo: Crispy corn tortilla topped with guacamole, lump crab, mango, crispy onions, and hot sauce (New)
- Passion Fruit Paleta: Tropical passion fruit ice pop filled with sweetened condensed milk and topped with chili-lime seasoning (New)
Beverages:
- Mexican Craft Beer
- Matcharita: Contraluz Reposado Cristalino Tequila, matcha tea, strawberry liqueur, and sweet cream (New)
- Pear-fect Margarita: Calenda Mezcal Joven, prickly pear purée, passion fruit purée, and LeJay Crème de Cassis with a potpourri salt rim (New)
Kringla Bakeri Og Kafe Menu
Food Item:
- Hazelnut Praline Boller: Cardamom bun with hazelnut cream (New)
The Painted Panda Menu
Food Items:
- General Tso’s Chicken Shumai: Dumplings filled with chicken, asparagus, onion, and water chestnut topped with General Tso’s sauce (New)
- Char Siu Pork Bun: Sweet-and-savory Cantonese-style BBQ pork in a steamed bun (New)
- Egg Tart: Hong Kong-style egg custard tart
Beverages:
- Strawberry Bubble Milk Tea (Non-alcoholic beverage)
- 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 Menu
Location: In between China and Germany
Food Items:
- Artist Palette Jumbo Chocolate Chip Cookie
Beverages:
- Boyd & Blair Blood Orange Cosmo
- Parish Brewing Co. Blueberry Mochi Berliner Weisse
- Brewlando Liquid Art Pilsner
- Wicked Weed Brewing Abstract Blonde Ale (New)
Pastoral Palate Menu
Food Items:
- 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
Beverages:
- 3 Daughters Brewing Rosé Hard Cider
- 81Bay Brewing Co. Rosé Blonde Ale
- Frozen Rosé
- A Play on Rosé Flight
- Hex Vom Dasenstein Pinot Noir (New)
L’Arte di Mangiare Menu
Food Items:
- Mozzarella Fritta: Flash-fried breaded fresh mozzarella with artist palette condiments
- Polenta Pasticciata: Polenta, bolognese, Parmesan, mozzarella, and tomato sauce (New)
- Raspberry Spuma: Vanilla sauce, mint whipped cream, and puffed rice (New)
Beverages:
- Peroni Pilsner
- Prosecco
- Moscato
- Chianti
- Italian Red Sangria
- Italian-inspired Margarita with Tequila and Fabrizia Blood Orange Liqueur (New)
- Sicilian Sunrise: Canella Granriviera Mimosa and Luxardo Aperitivo (New)
The Artist’s Table Menu
Location: The American Adventure
Food Items:
- Steakhouse Lobster Caesar Salad with romaine and red oak lettuces, warmwater lobster, radish, herbed breadcrumbs, and house-made Caesar dressing (New)
- Peppercorn-crusted Striploin with grilled asparagus, potatoes au gratin, and au poivre butter (New)
- Dark Chocolate Torte: Flourless chocolate cake, whipped cream, and raspberries (New)
Beverages:
- Playalinda Brewing Co. Old Fashioned Playa Ale (New)
- Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon
Funnel Cake Menu
Location: The American Adventure
Food Item:
- 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 (New)
Goshiki Menu
Food Items:
- Taiyaki: Crisp, flaky fish-shaped chocolate-flavored pastry filled with custard and served with whipped topping (New)
- 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 (New)
- Wagyu Bun: Steamed bun filled with sweet-and-savory minced American wagyu beef (New)
Beverages:
- Grapey Apple Boba: Crafted black grape beverage with green apple popping boba (Non-alcoholic beverage) (New)
- Crooked Can Brewing Company Wasabi IPA (New)
- Masu Sake served in a traditional personalized wooden cup
- Sake Flight: Peach, mango, and strawberry-flavored Nigori sake (New)
- Yuzu-Pineapple Punch: Shochu-based cocktail with refreshing yuzu and pineapple flavors (New)
Tangierine Café: Flavors of the Medina Menu
Food Items:
- 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
Beverages:
- Rekorderlig Strawberry-Lime Hard Cider
- Keel Farms Blueberry Lavender Hard Cider
- Blake’s Hard Cider Co. Pomegranate Fizz Hard Cider (New)
- Hard Cider Flight
Vibrante & Vívido: Encanto Cocina Menu
Location: Between Morocco and France
Food Items:
- 🎨 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
Beverages:
- Layered Berry-Piña Colada Smoothie: Wild berry, piña colada, and strawberry (Non-alcoholic beverage)
- 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 Menu
Food Items:
- 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 (New)
- 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 (New)
Beverages:
- Chardonnay, Laroque, Cite de Carcassonne (New)
- 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 Menu
Food Items:
- Wild Mushroom Risotto with aged Parmesan, truffle shavings, and zinfandel reduction (Plant-based)
- 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 (Plant-based)
Beverages:
- Whole Hog Brewery Raspberry Chéret Double Radler
- Schlumberger Cuvée Klimt Brut
- Orin Swift Abstract California Red Blend(New)
- Frozen Scotch Cocktail:Scotch and Twinings Chai Tea garnished with a chocolate nail
World Discovery
Fictional Victuals Menu
Location: Near Disney Traders
Food Items:
- Chapter 1: Beach Oysters: Grilled oysters, mustard seed-peppercorn sabayon, and creamed spinach (New)
- 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 (New)
- Chapter 3: Tea Treat: Twinings Earl Grey Tea Treat Chocolate Pot de Crème, lemon madeleine, rose and raspberry jam, and a tea biscuit crumble (New)
Beverages:
- Upside Down Shake: Yellow cake soft-serve featuring Twinings English Breakfast Tea (Non-alcoholic beverage) (New)
- Central 28 Beer Company Rose Garden Red Ale (New)
- Upside Down Shake: Yellow cake soft-serve with Twinings English Breakfast Tea and whipped cream vodka (New)
Deco Delights Menu
Location: Near Port of Entry
Food Item:
- 🎨Sparkling Spectacle Gâteau: Vanilla bean mousse with a golden caramel center and apricot jam on a hazelnut cookie (New)
Beverages:
- Crooked Can Brewing Company Buttercream Fresco (New)
- Keel Farms Strawberry Shortcake Hard Cider
- Boyd & Blair Espresso Martini
Pop Eats Menu
Location: Walkway between World Showcase and Imagination! Pavilion
Food Item:
- Grilled Cheese served with tomato soup
- Croque Monsieur-inspired Grilled Cheese with Black Forest ham, Gruyère, and béchamel sauce served with tomato soup (New)
Beverages:
- Gulf Stream Brewing Company Pixel Perfect Pilsner (New)
- Blanc de Bleu Cuvée Mousseux with fruit juice-filled pearls
Swirled Showcase Menu
Location: Walkway between World Showcase and Imagination! Pavilion
Food Items:
- Pink Vanilla Soft-serve in a Cone
- DOLE Whip in a Cone (Plant-based)
- 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 (New)
The Craftsman’s Courtyard Menu
Location: Walkway between World Showcase and Imagination! Pavilion
Food Items:
- 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
Beverages:
- 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 Menu
Food Items:
- The Architecture of Drip: Blueberry-flavored gelato topped with scoops of banana and berry whipped cream, a waffle cone, and sprinkles (New)
Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Company Menu
Locations: Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Company throughout the park
Beverage:
- Pop Art Latte: Espresso with choice of milk and vanilla syrup topped with lavender whipped cream and SKITTLES POP’d Original Freeze Dried Candy (Non-alcoholic beverage) (Spirited version available with Baileys Original Irish Cream Liqueur) (New)
Overall, I’m really excited to sample these menus! There are a lot of items that look delicious, and although I don’t plan to do full individual booth reviews of every single dish anymore (need to start eating healthier now that I’m older and a dad), there should easily be enough here for a ‘best of’ top 10…or 20…list.
I could quibble with some of the menus. For instance, Figment’s Inspiration Station is more like Figment’s Sugar Central. Nothing imaginative about what’s on offer there. At the same time, I know variety is the spice of life, and there’s a lot to love about these booths if you’re a more adventurous eater. Plus, those dishes are vibrant and photogenic, and that’s part of the fun. “Deconstructed Filet of Figment” probably wouldn’t be as well-received, anyway.
Speaking of which, the one big thing that hasn’t been revealed is the new 2026 Figment Popcorn Bucket. Assuming there is one? Last year’s bucket is listed on the menus above, so perhaps they had overstock and are simply repeating that.
It seems inevitable that Walt Disney World would release another new Figment popcorn bucket, especially as the company tries to increase quarterly earnings. (If I recall correctly, there was not a new bucket in 2023–it was a repeat of 2022, but with a new strap. So there’s precedent for repeats.)
My hope is that the 2026 Figment popcorn bucket is so good that they want to give it the spotlight with a separate reveal. Is this the year that they finally play the Dreamfinder card?!?! If so, expect a new record line-length for that souvenir!
As you might recall, Festival of the Arts was dominated by headlines a few years ago that EPCOT’s Longest Line Is For Figment Popcorn Buckets. It took a while, but Walt Disney World eventually solved that problem by streamlining the process with Mobile Order.
I’m not the biggest fan of popcorn buckets. But I’m a diehard Figment fan and always love seeing the character get love, so I was really happy with the success of the first bucket. I just wish stellar sales of these popcorn buckets or the recent Figment Christmas sweater actually led to something substantive, as it’s beyond time to Reimagine Journey Into Imagination.
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YOUR THOUGHTS
Any of the new dishes for the 2026 EPCOT Festival of the Arts look good to you? Do you have any favorite savory snacks or decadent desserts from the EPCOT International Festival of the Arts? Any least favorite items? Do you think the food is worth the high price tags given the attention to detail, or is it all still overpriced? What are you looking forward to trying at the Food Studio booths? Any questions? Hearing from you is half the fun, so please share your thoughts in the comments!