We taste-tested the new 2025 offerings at the Tuscany Holiday Kitchen during the Epcot Festival of the Holidays. We break down the festival sausage and dessert.
Tuscany Holiday Kitchen
Ah yes… the Italy booth. The culinary roulette wheel of every Epcot festival. Sometimes you hit a winner, but not often. Sometimes you hit a $9 hockey puck covered in tomato sauce. Still, like moths to a carb-filled flame, we return once again. This year for the 2025 Epcot International Festival of the Holidays, where the Tuscany Holiday Kitchen debuts two new dishes: Salsiccia e Peperoni and Pizza e Cioccolato.
Spoiler: They’re fine. Still, for the Italy booth? That’s practically a Christmas miracle.
Salsiccia e Peperoni – $8.75
Sweet Sausage, Roasted Peppers, and Focaccia
Let’s start with the savory option. The good news: the sausage has a surprisingly pleasant snap and a savory, slightly-herby flavor that legitimately works. The focaccia? Shockingly close to Via Napoli quality, which in Italy-booth terms means the culinary gods themselves crafted it.
The bad news:
- The sausage pieces are huge, like someone said “bite-size” and Italy replied, “I’ve never heard that word before.”
- You’ll need a knife. Possibly a sword. Maybe a chainsaw.
- The peppers continue the proud Italy booth tradition of being… not great.
- The tomato sauce tastes like it took a long, thoughtful journey from “fine” to “forgettable.”
Overall? A masterpiece by Italy booth standards and simply “average” by everyone else’s.
Pizza e Cioccolato – $7.00
Fried Pizza Dough with Sugar, Cinnamon & Chocolate
The concept sounds amazing—fried dough dusted in sugar and cinnamon with chocolate drizzled on top. What we actually got: four and a half aggressively chewy, very dough-forward pieces that feel like someone tried to deep-fry a stress ball. They’re not bad, but for $7, you might expect something slightly less… tooth-resistant.
The chocolate is nice and, the cinnamon sugar is festive. However, the texture is doing the heavy lifting of reminding you that you could’ve walked 50 feet to Germany and been happier.
Tuscany Holiday Kitchen at Epcot International Festival of the Holidays
The Christmas miracle here is that neither dish is catastrophically bad. In fact, the sausage dish is a rare moment of competence from the Italy booth. Something we haven’t seen consistently since approximately before the first Trump administration.
Still, between the higher prices, the still-too-chewy textures, and the ongoing tradition of “Why is Italy charging more than everyone else for food that tastes like less?” this booth continues its reign as the lovable chaos gremlin of Epcot festival dining. At least the focaccia slapped. Italy, we’ll take the win.
EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays 2025
Running from November 28 through December 30, 2025, this festival celebrates holiday traditions worldwide. Guests can taste seasonal specialties at over a dozen Holiday Kitchens, featuring new items like the BBQ Char Siu Pork Fried Rice and the Pan de Jamón.
Entertainment highlights include the famous Candlelight Processional, featuring a celebrity narrator and mass choir, and the Holiday Storytellers who share cultural tales in the World Showcase pavilions. Don’t forget the Holiday Cookie Stroll and new appearances from Santa Claus in CommuniCore Hall!
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