Disney’s Candy Cauldron has soft reopened at Disney Springs with new items, including Frozen Glaciers, “Poison” Apple Cookies, and more. We tried some of these new items today. Read on for our review of each.
Disney’s Candy Cauldron New Item Review
Though Candy Cauldron doesn’t officially reopen from its August refurbishment until tomorrow, September 24, we were able to try out some of the newest offerings during today’s soft reopening.
Fanta Blue Raspberry Glacier with Whiskey – $13.50
There are multiple Frozen Glacier varieties available at Candy Cauldron. The standard Frozen Glacier flavors are Coca-Cola, Fanta Blue Raspberry, Fanta Wild Cherry, and Minute Maid Lemonade. When we went today, the Minute Maid Lemonade flavor was not ready to be served.
You can also upgrade your Frozen Glacier and add alcohol. The alcohol options are rum, tequila, vodka, whiskey, and cinnamon whiskey. Any alcohol can be added to any Frozen Glacier. We elected to try Fanta Blue Raspberry with whiskey.
For some reason, the Frozen Glaciers here seemed less mixed than they at Goofy’s Candy Company or the various other locations that sell frozen drinks. The combination of being less mixed and whiskey actually made for a really pleasant combination.
Overall, it’s nothing special. After all, it’s just a blue raspberry frozen drink with whiskey in it. That said, if that’s what you want, then this will definitely hit the spot.
Rating out of 7: 5
Cauldron Brew Glacier – $8.99
This won’t change your life, but it’s still good. At the end of the day, it’s just frozen Coke with a layer of Frozen Fanta Wild Cherry, and then another layer of frozen Coke. The twist here is that the drink is topped with marshmallows, gummy worms, and sour apple rings.
The presentation is great, and that is always a plus. Ultimately, this is a basic item elevated by a few pieces of candy, and sometimes, that’s just what you want.
You can add additional toppings for $1 each.
Rating out of 7: 5
“Poison” Apple Cookie – $6.49
This was atrocious. Only get it if you want something cute for a photo and don’t care about taste. Even then, we wouldn’t recommend actually buying this.
The shortbread was super dry and stale, and it was only saved by the light icing. Unfortunately, there wasn’t enough icing to completely save this from being a disaster.
Rating out of 7: 2
Cherry “Poison” Apple – $10.99
This was surprisingly very good. We were expecting it to be overly sweet, but the sweetness is actually very subtle. The cherry flavor isn’t overpowering, and there was just enough of it.
Like all of these candy apples, it was super hard to cut, though we did have an easier time just picking it up and biting it. The presentation is fantastic, and unlike the cookie, the flavor actually matches.
Rating out of 7: 6
New Packaged Candy
Disney’s Candy Cauldron opened with three new packaged candies. The packaging for each item features an iconic Disney villain, and some villains would surely be prouder of the candy associated with them than others.
What a Hottie! – $5.49
Prepackaged candy at Disney Parks tends to result in cheap milk chocolate, so we were very surprised to find that the quality of this was actually pretty good. The tasty chocolate combined with the fairly intense spice of the jalapeño additives made this an enjoyable quick treat.
Sadly, the candy bar doesn’t have a design on it. Really, that’s the only thing that could have made it any better.
Rating out of 7: 7
Cruella De Vil Cookies & Cream Bar-k – $5.49
This was as bad as we thought the What a Hottie! bar was going to be. The white chocolate is incredibly low quality, and because of that, it doesn’t taste good at all. There’s also a very bad ratio of cookie to chocolate. You get very little crunch and almost no flavor. Don’t waste your time with this.
Rating out of 7: 1
Ursula Sour Octopus Gummies – $6.99
This is a cute prepackaged treat where the gummies are octopi. This is very standard, but we still enjoyed them quite a bit. They aren’t overly sour, so even if you don’t enjoy sour treats, you may enjoy a bag of these.
Rating out of 7: 6
Candy Cauldron is located in Disney Springs West Side, between Sunglass Hut and Super Hero Headquarters. Candy Cauldron will officially reopen from its refurbishment tomorrow at 10 a.m. The candy shop will close at 11 p.m. These will be the standard operating hours according to the Walt Disney World website.
Watch our video review below:
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