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Wednesday, May 4, 2022

New “Out of This Galaxy” Treats Debut at Disney Parks

 by Beth Keating

News

DisneyBizJournal.com

May 4, 2022

 

“May the Fourth be with you,” Star Wars fans!

 

If you are wowed by the blue and green milk in Galaxy’s Edge, enjoy munching down on some lightsaber churros at Hollywood Studios, or ever had your lips go numb at Oga’s Cantina and been thrilled to tell the story, Disney has some spectacular new treats for you. While many of the treats are celebratory goodies available only today for May the Fourth (Star Wars Day), others will be hanging around a bit longer to give you a chance to sample some out-of-this galaxy delights.


Courtesy of Disney Parks Blog


The new goodies are available throughout the various parks and resorts at both Disney World (Florida) and Disneyland (California), so be sure to stay on the lookout.  Disney’s culinary team has also created a Millennium Falcon display in the lobby of Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel and Spa. Made entirely of edible ingredients, like crisped rice and fondant, it will score big with your Star Wars fans, so if you find yourself on the West Coast, be sure to pop in and take a selfie!

   

Check out Disney Parks Blog for some delicious looking photos of the treats.

 

Walt Disney World Resort

 

Disney’s Hollywood Studios

Churro Carts in Grand Avenue, Market, and Anaheim Produce (available from May 4 through May 5)

  • Lightsaber Churro served with chocolate sauce

 

Courtesy of Disney Parks Blog


ABC Commissary, Backlot Express, PizzeRizzo, and Rosie’s All-American Café (available May 4 through 5; available on Mobile Order)

  • Jettison Juice: Minute Maid Lemonade and watermelon served with a glow cube (non-alcoholic)

 

Backlot Express, PizzeRizzo, and The Trolley Car Café (available May 4 through 5; available on Mobile Order at Backlot Express and PizzeRizzo)

  • Dark Side Chocolate Creation: Malted milk chocolate mousse dome with raspberry mousse filling, slivered almonds, and chocolate shortbread cookie

 

Courtesy of Disney Parks Blog


Backlot Express (available on Mobile Order)

  • Wookiee Cookie: Two oatmeal cookies with vanilla cream filling garnished with a milk chocolate sash on top

 

Brown Derby Lounge, Oasis Canteen, and Sunshine Day Bar (available from May 4 & 5)

  • Cosmic Rum Punch: Parrot Bay Coconut Rum, Bacardi Superior Rum, pineapple juice, Minute Maid lemonade, and grenadine served with a glow cube

 

Docking Bay 7 Food and Cargo (available May 4 through 5; available on Mobile Order)

  • Oi-Oi Puff: Raspberry cream puff with passion fruit mousse

 

Epic Eats (available from May 4 through 5)

  • Galactic Swirl Funnel Cake: Black and white funnel cake with strawberries, space dust, and candy rocks

 

Milk Stand (available on Mobile Order starting May 4)

  • Novelty: Bubo Wamba Family Farms Cup (New)

 

Popcorn Stands near the Hyperion Theater, Animation Courtyard, and Anaheim Produce (available May 4 & 5)

  • Interstellar Sweet and Crunchy Popcorn: Caramel popcorn, cookies ‘n cream pieces, and sweet and spicy pecans

 

Disney Springs

Amorette’s Patisserie (available May 4 through 8)

  • Lightsaber Eclairs: Flavors include Mace Windu berry cherry, Master Yoda pistachio, Rey passion pineapple, Darth Vader Dark Side mousse flavored with cayenne pepper and cinnamon, and Obi Wan Kenobi blue matcha


Courtesy of Disney Parks Blog

Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort

Pineapple Lanai (available on May 4)

  • Millennium Falcon Star Wars Soft Serve Sundae: Galactic gray vanilla soft-serve with chocolate cream cookie crumbles, chocolate drizzle, white chocolate pearl stars, brownie asteroid pieces with stardust sparkles, and a Millennium Falcon chocolate accent piece

 

Disneyland Resort

 

Disneyland Park – Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge

Docking Bay 7 Food and Cargo (available on Mobile Order)

  • Ishi Tib-style Pasta with Braised Beef Bantha: Beef pot roast, coconut curry sauce, pasta, and mixed vegetables (New)
  • Vintian Mineral Mousse: Banana brûlée-centered dark chocolate mousse, strawberry mousse, vanilla chantilly, chocolate crumble, and cherry garnish

 

Kat Saka’s Kettle  

  • Outpost Mix: Colorful blend of seasonal flavors including caramel and chocolate-glazed popcorn
  • Shaak Cheese Popped Grains: white cheddar flavored popcorn

 

Milk Stand (available on Mobile Order)

  • Chocolate Chip Sweet-Sand Cookie: Chocolate chip-toffee cookie topped with pistachios and sea salt (New)
  • Blue Milk – Mon Cala Swirl: Blue Milk with blue mango sour jellies topped with a sour shimmery mango gel (New)
  • Novelty: Bubo Wamba Family Farms Cup (New)

 

Oga’s Cantina  

  • Five-blossom Bread: Warm pretzel knot with Hawaiian black sea salt served with honey-mustard cream foam and Calabrian cheese sauce (New)
  • Fondor Fizz: Toniray Teal Chardonnay, Tito’s Vodka, and Joffrey’s White Tea with flavors of lemongrass and pea flower citrus (New)
  • Sesid Seltzer: Tropical Pineapple-Orange Hard Seltzer (New)
  • Black Squadron Lager – Golden Lager with a touch of Honey (New)

 

Star WarsGalaxy’s Edge Beverage Cart

  • Sullust Garlic Chips: Mix of Buffalo and White Cheddar-flavored Garlic Chips

 

Disneyland Park – Tomorrowland and Main Street, U.S.A

Galactic Grill (available on Mobile Order)

  • Parfait of Mustafar: Chocolate lava cake, chocolate ganache, and red pâte à choux filled with salted caramel pudding and red chocolate mousse (New)

 

Candy Palace and Candy Kitchen

  • Grogu Apple: Granny Smith apple dipped in caramel with marshmallow ears and enrobed in colored white chocolate and gold sanding sugar (available while supplies last)

 

Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa

Holiday Cart

  • Star Wars Sugar Cookie dipped in chocolate with Star Wars decoration (available through May 10) (New)
  • Wookiee Cookie: Chocolate-hazelnut-filled chocolate cookie rolled in sprinkles with a chocolate sash (New)
  • Pretzel Lightsabers: Pretzel sticks dipped in white chocolate with colored sanding sugar (New)

 

Downtown Disney District

Marceline’s Confectionery (available on Mobile Order)

  • Grogu Apple: Granny Smith apple dipped in caramel with marshmallow ears and enrobed in colored white chocolate and gold sanding sugar (available while supplies last)

 

Courtesy of Disney Parks Blog


Black Tap Craft Burgers & Shakes (available through May 31)

  • Light Classic Shake: Electric blue vanilla shake, silver and blue galaxy sprinkles, whipped cream, and chocolate drizzle (New)
  • Dark Classic Shake: Wild cherry shake, red and black sprinkles, whipped cream, chocolate drizzle, and a cherry (New)

 

Splitsville Luxury Lanes (available through May 31)

  • Galaxy Roll: Fresh salmon, cucumber, and avocado rolled in soy paper topped with steamed shrimp and ahi tuna drizzled with spicy kimchi ponzu sauce

 

Kayla’s Cake (available through May 31)

  • Galaxy Caramel Macaron: Satisfy two cravings at once with sea salt caramel with white chocolate ganache

 

Naples Ristorante e Bar (available through May 31)

  • Red Galaxy Cocktail: Light rum, peach schnapps, pineapple juice, squeezed lime, squeezed honey, and a splash of grenadine served on the rocks and topped with mint (New)

 

  • Green Moon Cocktail: Served with either tequila or mezcal, Anchor Reyes, canton ginger, lemon juice, a squeeze of honey syrup, and topped with soda water served in a hurricane glass garnished with green pepper and lime (New)

 

Ralph Brennan’s Jazz Kitchen (available through May 31)

Dueling Fates (New)

  • Empire cocktail with Cruzan citrus rum, blue Curacao, lime juice, and Sprite 
    • Rebel cocktail with Effen cucumber Vodka, watermelon Torani, and Sprite

 

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Beth Keating is a theme parks, restaurant and entertainment reporter for DisneyBizJournal.

 

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Sunday, May 16, 2021

Fill Up the Starbucks’ Star Wars Mugs

 by Ray Keating

Review

DisneyBizJournal.com

May 16, 2021

 

When it comes to collectibles related to my pop culture and sports interests, I’m a sucker for wall hangings, items for display on a bookshelf or in the home office, and mugs and other beverage containers.

 

Starbucks not only does “Been There” mugs for real locations on Earth, but has joined with Disney to offer “Been There” mugs for locales in a galaxy far, far away. On “May the Fourth,” Star Wars Day, 2020, Starbucks introduced three mugs featuring planets from Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, with the film then marking its 40th anniversary. They were Hoth, Dagobah, and Bespin. 


 

I missed those, unfortunately, so when hearing that Starbucks was serving up three more mugs earlier this month, it grabbed my attention. And during a recent visit to the World of Disney store at Disney Springs, I found all three.





The Tatooine mug offers characters and scenes from Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. The planet is the home world to both Anakin Skywalker and Luke Skywalker. I appreciate that Luke, Han Solo, C-3PO, Obi-wan Kenobi and the Millennium Falcon are all featured on the mug. The Force is truly with this mug.





As for the Endor mug, it presents characters and scenes from Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. The forest moon of Endor is home, of course, to the little furry Ewoks, who are prominently displayed on the mug.

 

And finally, we have a mug featuring Batuu from Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, which includes Rey, Kylo Ren, Chewbacca, Stormtroopers, BB-8, and quite prominently, the Millennium Falcon. Since Hollywood Studios is my favorite of the Disney World parks, and Galaxy’s Edge is the place I like to spend a good chunk of time, this was a nice choice for one of the mugs. 





Each of these mugs scores high on the collectibles/interests meter. That is, while drinking, fans can enjoy reflecting on beloved Star Wars tales, characters, droids, and ships. As for the mugs’ functionality, they have a nice handle and a wide mouth – that last point is crucial in a good mug for my tastes.

 

By the way, all of the ceramic mugs are microwave and dishwasher safe, and cost $19.99 each.

 

If you enjoy a cool or hot beverage in a mug that captures something you enjoy, then you’re with me. And if you enjoy Star Wars, you’ll appreciate the Tatooine, Endor and Batuu Star Wars mugs from Starbucks.

 

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