Doing the EPCOT Holiday Cookie Stroll at the 2022 International Festival of Holidays

One of the most fun things to do at the EPCOT International Festival of Holidays is the Holiday Cookie Stroll, which I did on a recent visit.

It’s easy to do: simply purchase five of the eight designated Holiday Stroll cookies as you make your way around EPCOT, and with each purchase, receive a stamp in the free Festival Passport.

One you collect the five stamps, turn in the page at the Holiday Sweets and Treats Holiday Kitchen (near Port of Entry), and receive a gift.

Here are all the cookies I bought, what I thought of them, and what my gift was.

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The Cookies

Holiday Kitchen: Sunshine Seasons Restaurant in The Land
The Cookie: Jingle Sugar Cookie

This was a basic sugar cookie with M&M’s chocolate candies added on top. It was good, but nothing special. It did have a lot of M&M’s, which was nice. It was $3.

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Holiday Kitchen: Holiday Hearth Desserts (aka The Odyssey Pavilion)
The Cookie: Gingerbread Cookie

Gingerbread cookies are among my favorite, but this was just really bad. It was thick, chewy, and extremely stale. I also couldn’t taste any ginger. Neither my friend nor I wanted to finish it, so we threw half in the trash. A total waste of $3. At least it looked like a gingerbread person but even the frosting was stale. Avoid this one.

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Holiday Kitchen: Nochebuena Cocina
The Cookie: Alfajores Cookie

Mmmm…this had two vanilla shortbread cookies with dulce de leche in the center, coconut flake on the edges, and dusted with powder sugar. This was so good, but very rich, and a bit messy with the sugar. It was large enough to share, and it would also go well with a hot chocolate or coffee to dunk in. Well worth the $3.

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Holiday Kitchen: Bavaria Holiday Kitchen
The Cookie: Linzer Cookie

This featured what tasted like two buttery shortbread cookies with a hint of almond with a raspberry jam in the center, and a dusting of powder sugar on top. A great cookie, but very sweet. It’s worth the $3, but bring your patience as Bavaria had the longest line of any of the booths.

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As a bonus, we got to watch Snow White interact with her fans while we enjoyed the cookie.

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Holiday Kitchen: American Holiday Table
The Cookie: Chocolate Crinkle Cookie

If you love chocolate, you’ll want to try this cookie. It tasted like a cross between gooey Fudgy Brownies and crisp Chocolate Chip Cookies. These weren’t as big as the Alfajores or Linzer cookies, but still big enough to share, and a worth the $3 price.

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Holiday Kitchen: Yukon Holiday Kitchen
The Cookie: SNICKERS-Doodle Cookie

Yes, I already had my five stamps for the stroll, but I can never pass up a snickerdoodle cookie…especially when it’s made with actual SNICKERS candy pieces and drizzled in chocolate.

My favorite cookie of all I tried, this was soft with crispy edges and big chunks of the candy bar baked in. It was also the largest cookie of the bunch, and at only $3, I bought an extra to enjoy the next day.

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The Gifts

After finishing the SNICKERS-Doodle, I went to the nearby Holiday Sweets and Treats Holiday Kitchen and showed them my completed Holiday Cookie Stroll page.

I thought the individual cookie stamps were a nice touch, and after I received a completed stamp, I was allowed to keep the passport.

For completing the Holiday Cookie Stroll, I was rewarded with two gifts: The first was a prepackaged cookie shaped like an ornament with the EPCOT International Festival of Holidays logo. To be honest, it didn’t look very appetizing so we didn’t eat it.

But the second gift was a “Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special” pin, which made me very happy because I love that show.

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Have you done this year’s Holiday Cookie Stroll? If so, which cookies were your favorites? Let me know in the comments. You can also read my review of some of the other Holiday Kitchen offerings at the festival.