New Foodie Guide for 2022 Gingerbread Displays and Treats at Walt Disney World Resorts

Disney is one place that knows how to celebrate the holidays and like true form they brought back their Gingerbread displays. This year marks the return of the display at Disney’s Contemporary Resort and new additions to the Jambo House Lobby Display at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge, which may or may not be a life-sized baby zebra, as well as the classic and grand displays at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa at Disneyland Resort and Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa at Walt Disney World Resort.

Disneyland Park or Disney California Adventure park

Starting November 14, Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa will be home once again to one of its best holiday traditions – the “Grand” Gingerbread House.

This giant gingerbread replica of the hotel is a holiday highlight and can’t-miss stop in the lobby. Standing 7 feet tall and 12 feet wide, the structure is created from more than 600 pounds of gingerbread, 600 pounds of powdered sugar, 250 pounds of fondant, 1 pound of pixie dust, and features 25 hidden Mickeys!

Limited-Edition Snow Globe Pins featuring Chip ‘n Dale home with you or stop by the GHC Holiday Cart to enjoy some treats, including:

Mickey Gingerbread
Poinsettia Cookie
Snowman Cookie
Christmas Cookie
Hanukkah Cookie
Holiday Cookie Box
Assorted Macarons (New)
Kwanzaa Sweet Potato Loaf (New)
New Year’s Cookie (New)
Crisped Rice Treat
Hot Chocolate
Hot Apple Cider (Available with Bailey’s Irish Cream, Captain Morgan, Grand Marnier, or Rumchata)
Waffle Shot (Available with milk, low-fat milk, chocolate milk, or eggnog)
Waffle Shot (Available with Bailey’s Irish Cream, Captain Morgan, Grand Marnier, Rumchata, Amaretto, Butterscotch Schnapps, Rumple Minze, Crown Royal Apple, Skrewball Whiskey, Fireball Whiskey, Louis the 13^th)

Walt Disney World Resort

Beginning November 9, you can view the gingerbread house at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa.

As the 50^th Anniversary celebration at Walt Disney World Resort continues, this year’s displays will feature colors and accents inspired by the signature EARidescent look.

Gingerbread House include:

Freshly baked, homemade items, such as Gingerbread Mickeys and Shingles, Stollen Bread, Brownie Christmas Tree, and Chocolate Peppermint Bark
House-made Gingerbread Ornaments and Gingerbread Houses
New items like the Gingerbread Latte Whoopie Pie and Hot Cocoa Bombs

Assorted Gingerbread Cookie Bags, Marshmallow Pops, and Caramel Pecan Fudge Bar
Gluten-friendly, plant-based, and no sugar added treats
Grand Floridian Combo Box featuring assorted fan favorite treats, including the Chocolate Mickey Ornament, exclusive to the Combo Box

Over at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge,whichon November 23will be home to a wild display – a Life-sized Baby Gingerbread Giraffe and Baby Zebra. Starting December 6, you can even purchase a Gingeraffe Cookie to enjoy!

Over in the lobby of Disney’s Beach Club Resort, a holiday classic has returned. Since 1999, this resort has been home to the life-sized carousel.

Commemorate your holiday viewing with limited edition pins, mugs, holiday ornaments and treats including:

Signature Stollen Bread
Candied Pecans (Plant-based)
Trio of Fudge
Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Snowman
Crispy Rice Treat
Chocolate Mickey Cookie (New)
Peppermint Bark
Gingerbread Shingle
Chocolate Gingerbread Cookie (Gluten-Friendly)
Gingerbread Cookie (Gluten-Friendly)

At Disney’s BoardWalk Inn is shore to impress with its display, which will be returning on November 17. Be sure to check out some of the treats you can take home with you, like:

Mickey and Minnie Sugar Cookies
BoardWalk Mickey Sugar Cookie (New)
Giant Gingerbread Mickey Cookie (New)
Gluten-Friendly & Plant-based Gingerbread Mickey Cookie
Artisan Peppermint Marshmallows (New)
Carnival Bark (New)
Gingerbread Frost Cocktail

At Disney’s Contemporary Resort, the 11^th year the Contemporary Bakery team has created a masterpiece so how appropriate that it will open on November 11 at 11:00 a.m. The Cinderella Gingerbread Castle is a Mary Blair-inspired castle designed by Walt Disney Imagineers and will feature a brand-new 50^th anniversary overlay

There are also plenty of treats you can get, including:

50th Anniversary Gingerbread Castle Brick (New)
Family Tradition Cookie Box featuring a Coconut Macaroon from Chef Jeff’s family, a Sugar Cookie from Chef Kelly’s family, a Butterball from Chef Amber’s family, and a Kitchen Sink Cookie representing all the Cast in the Bakery coming together to bring this display back! (New)
Chocolate Peppermint Cookie
Linzer Cookie
Gluten-friendly 5-Legged Goat Sugar Cookie (New)
Dark Chocolate Peppermint Holiday Bar (New)
Hot Cocoa Bombs (New)
Frozen drinks with optional alcohol floaters:
- Frozen Coquito with a rum floater
- Frozen Hot Chocolate with peppermint schnapps
- Frozen Apple Cider with a fireball floater

At The American Adventure at EPCOT also has a display that will be available beginning November 25. This unique display recreates some classic monuments in America and EPCOT with gingerbread versions of the Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, The American Adventure building with Regal Eagle Smokehouse: Craft Drafts & Barbecue, and a Festival Kiosk.