{"id":40467,"date":"2015-07-16T12:00:26","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T16:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/?p=40467"},"modified":"2022-05-04T21:47:01","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T01:47:01","slug":"celebration-national-days-featuring-favorite-disney-goodies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/celebration-national-days-featuring-favorite-disney-goodies\/","title":{"rendered":"A Celebration of “National Days” Featuring Our Favorite Disney Goodies"},"content":{"rendered":"

You know how every day is some “special day.” Recently we’ve celebrated National Cat Day, National Hug Day, and even National Donald Duck Day!\u00a0 However, there are also many great days revolving around food!<\/p>\n

We all know that Disney is full of great snacks and other goodies that are stand outs. We all have our favorites, it’s true. So in honor of some upcoming “National Days”, let’s take a look at where you should celebrate these official holidays at Walt Disney World.<\/p>\n

One of the most popular Disney delicacies has to be ice cream. There is just something perfect about grabbing a scoop or two in the parks or at the resorts.<\/p>\n

Did you know that in\u00a01984 President Ronald Reagan signed a Presidential Proclamation declaring July National Ice Cream Month? Ever since, the third Sunday in July is National Ice Cream Day. Where better to celebrate this day but at Walt Disney World? It is certainly not difficult because at Walt Disney World pretty much every day is ice cream day.<\/p>\n

One great way to celebrate is by partaking in The Kitchen Sink at Beaches & Cream Soda Shop at Disney\u2019s Beach Club Resort. Eight scoops of ice cream, \u2013 that is a full gallon of frozen deliciousness, is topped with brownies, Oreo cookies, Milky Way bars, lots of fresh cream, sprinkles, peanut butter morsels, and chocolate shavings. And this is just a partial list of ingredients!<\/p>\n

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At Disney\u2019s water parks Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach the Sand Pail ice cream bucket comes with chocolate and vanilla soft-serve ice cream, cookie pieces, hot fudge, caramel sauce, strawberry sauce, whipped cream and sprinkles.<\/p>\n

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There is of course the iconic Mickey Premium Bar that we all know and love. There is no way around it, you have to have a Mickey shaped ice cream treat at least once.<\/p>\n

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A fabulous grown-up treat is the super delicious Ice Cream Martini at L\u2019Artisan des Glaces at the French Pavilion in Epcot. L\u2019Artisan des Glaces offers 16 flavors of ice cream and sorbet. Then there is the funnel cakes with a slap of ice cream on top at\u00a0the American Adventure pavilion at Epcot. But over at Disney’s Art of Animation, you have lots of choices to pick from!<\/p>\n

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Another fun national holiday is National Hot Dog Day on July 23. How about celebrating with a Chili Dog from the Backlot Express at Disney Hollywood Studios?\u00a0Casey’s Corner at the Magic Kingdom is a classic when it comes to serving fabulous wieners and the specialty dogs at The Lunching Pad, in Tomorrowland are a good alternative. The sophisticated palate however will go crazy about the Macaroni & Cheese and Truffle Oil Gourmet Hot Dog at Fairfax Fare at Disney Hollywood Studios.<\/p>\n

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On August 10th<\/sup> we celebrate National S\u2019mores Day. Once more, there is no better place but Walt Disney World to celebrate the occasion as the popular campfire treat is getting celebrity status year round at Fort Wilderness Campground and around several other campfires at Disney resorts.<\/p>\n

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It is an easy treat to make back home. The ingredients are simple. The original treat consists of roasted marshmallow with a layer of chocolate bar sandwiched between two pieces of graham cracker, \u2013or any variation thereof.<\/p>\n

Several restaurants serve deserts with S\u2019mores but my favorite is the one on the menu at the ’50s Prime Time Caf\u00e9 at Disney Hollywood Studios. Now the latest news is that it is no longer available on the regular menu, but still available as a gluten free desert. While I deplore the fact that it is no longer available on the regular menu, nothing stops us to enjoy the wonderful treat at home.<\/p>\n

Would you like to try it? Here is a simple recipe for four which I made myself for guests using a toaster oven:<\/p>\n

Ingredients for 4 people<\/u><\/p>\n

4 whole graham crackers (each has 2 sections)
\n8 thin chocolate squares such as the dark 60% Cacoa Dark Chocolate square from Ghirardelli (you can also substitute the square with chocolate or Nutella spread)
\n12 large marshmallows (each marshmallow cut in half)
\n2-3 chocolate squares for decoration.<\/p>\n

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