The Best Way to Spend $50 at the 2025 EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival

More of a sprint, less of a marathon? Looking for an Outdoor Kitchen sampler that won’t wallop your wallet? We spend lots of money at EPCOT Festivals so that you don’t have to taste the shlock. And at this year’s Flower & Garden Festival, we are budget queens! The seven fantastic dishes below will run you just $46.50, enough to play fast and loose and get two of something if you love love love it. If you prefer, you can spend Disney Dining Plan Snack Credits on these dishes instead. Almost all of them are at least break-even on the $6 value of the Snack Credit.

You can sample as you come to these if you’re mixing in your noshing with other activities. But we’ve put them in order below so that you don’t need to backtrack. This sequence finishes with dessert. But geographically they’re more side-to-side in the park than back-to-front, so you can start at whichever end feels convenient to you.

The Best $46.50 Budget Sampler

Soy-glazed Pork Sticky Ribs | Trowel & Trellis – $7.25

Melt off the bone perfection, with a bright, well-balanced sauce. Loved ’em.⁠ A terrific way to start your sampling.⁠

Avocado Toast | BrunchCOT – $6.25

Yep, it’s back on the list. Every year. We know. It’s great every time, what can we say? It’s bright and fresh, we don’t care that it’s a bit messy to eat, and we’d accept an argument that it’s the mascot dish of Flower & Garden. ⁠

Scallops with Spring Pea Risotto | Farmer’s Feast – $8.00

Bright, sweet, beautifully cooked, with lemon and pea flavors that just sing with spring.⁠ We’re sad these will only be here until April 5 (darn you, ever-changing Farmer’s Feast menu!). If you’re visiting after these are gone you might think “Oh, Canada has scallops too” — but that would be a mistake because these are about 50 times better. Instead, we recommend subbing either the Seafood Bake from Beach Grub ($8.50) or the Grilled Gulf Oysters from Magnolia Terrace.

Grilled Street Corn on the Cob | Beach Grub – $6.00

Oh Street Corn, how do we love thee? Let me count the pictures – we took about 50 of them because this is just so dang good. Vegan cheese adds twang and the garlic sauce highlights the smoky grilled goodness. You won’t want to share but since we’re under budget maybe this is a good time to just get two?

Trio of Dips and Chips | Yacht Grub – $6.50

All 3 dips were fabulous. the onion was nice and not as sharp as some can be, the pimento was tangy, but the SPECTACULAR whipped feta with a bit of lemony punch was the winner. ⁠OK, who are we kidding? The winner was whichever one was scooped on the current chip.

Chicken and Waffles | Honey Bee-Stro – $7.00

It’s big, it’s filling, and the cornbread waffle alone is worth the line. This could be one of the best Festival values because the portion is definitely big enough to share. And if you are a spice weenie, no fears – the spicy honey is more of a warming element.

Liquid Nitro Honey-Mascarpone Cheesecake | Swirled Showcase – $5.50

This gorgeous dish not only looks cool, it tastes great too. The honey elements- drizzle and granulated- make this a perfect spring dessert. This booth is worth a visit just for the show, and love to the CMs behind the dry ice, they were super-patient with questions too! In case you won’t make it to the Festival, you can watch them make ours below.

What would be on your budget sampler? If you’ve been to this year’s Flower & Garden Festival, what did you love? Let us know in the comments!