Spring has officially sprung at EPCOT with the arrival of the 2025 EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival!

Right up there among the event’s highlights of checking out the Festival’s gorgeous Disney-themed topiaries and Global Gardens and taking in a Garden Rocks Concert is eating and drinking your way around the Festival’s Outdoor Kitchen Food Booths! And right now, we’re hitting up one of our returning favorites — the Bauernmarkt: Farmer’s Market Outdoor Kitchen in the Germany Pavilion — to bring you our complete review.

Menu

What Bauernmarkt: Farmer’s Market lacks in new items (that is to say, there are none this year), it MORE than makes up with an abundance of returning favorites! The Booth’s Potato Pancakes (with either house-made applesauce or ham and onion), the Toasted Pretzel Bread, and Warm Cheese Strudel have become practically synonymous with the EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival.

Beverages include the Bitburger Premium Pils, Stiegl Brewery Raspberry Radler, and Weihenstephaner Hefe Weissbier — each of which can be purchased individually or tried as part of the Beer Flight. The popular Apfelschaumwein is back, too!

And with that we say, “Prost!” Let’s dig in!

Eats

There are two versions of the Potato Pancakes from which you can choose: the plant-based version with house-made applesauce and the version with ham and onion. First up, we’re trying the Potato Pancakes with house-made applesauce.

This plant-based dish costs $5.25 and is an option for guests participating in the Garden Graze food crawl.

When we first saw this, our first thought was, “Why on Earth is there applesauce on potatoes?” But then we tried it, and we totally understood! The sweetness of the applesauce really complements the buttery savoriness of the potato pancakes, which are essentially smashed hashbrowns. It is a really interesting combination, but one we would totally recommend!

Your other option? Potato Pancakes with ham and onion!

The ham-and-onion version costs $5.50, and is further topped with an herbed sour cream. In previous years, we’ve really enjoyed this option, finding that the salt from the ham is so nicely balanced with the sweetness from the caramelized onion, and the sour cream delivers another terrific boost to the flavor combo.

Now, the reputation of the Toasted Pretzel Bread precedes itself; seriously, we look forward to its return EVERY YEAR! Why? Well, the Pretzel Bread itself is topped with black forest ham and oodles of melted cheese!

Coming in at $6.00, this is typically a must-try item. But how does it it stack up this year?

As expected, this rocked our world! It made our Best of the Fest list in 2024 and again this year! Everything complemented each other so well, especially the almost smokey flavor of the ham and the savory saltiness of the cheese. The bread has a hard pretzel exterior, but it is soft on the inside and oily in all the best places.

It’s always good to see the Warm Cheese Strudel with berry compote return to the Festival, as well.

This lovely dessert costs $5.00. While the berry compote lends a bright and tart burst of flavor, it’s the sweet cheese tucked inside the light and flaky pastry that really elevate this dish.

Last year, we did run into a small issue: our “Warm” Strudel was… well, it wasn’t served warm. But when it is, it’s a scrumptious dish!

Oh, one final note: each food item is Disney Dining Plan snack credit eligible here at Bauernmarkt.

Now, how about something to wash it all down?

Drinks

I can’t imagine much of anything that goes better with cheese-topped pretzel bread than Apfelschaumwein. 

This returning Festival cocktail combines Apple Sparkling Wine and Apple Liqueur, and costs $10.50.

Yep, it’s basically apple juice for big kids 😉 , with lots of that sweet and classic apple flavor — as you’d anticipate — shining though. Just, you know… with a kick!

All three beers are returning to Bauernmarkt this year, too: Bitburger Premium Pils, Stiegl Brewery Raspberry Radler, and the Weihenstephaner Hefe Weissbier. 

These are each priced at $5.75 for a 6 ounce pour, or $9.75 for a 12 ounce pour. Of course, you can always partake of all three in the Beer Flight for $10.25!

While there’s not much that stands out with the Pils and Weissbier, we find that the Radler is the most unique of the three, following along the lines of a cider: fruity and sweet.

OVERALL

We are happy that once again, the Toasted Pretzel Bread was just as good as it was the year before! We love this item, and it is the reason why we will be heading to Germany over and over again during the duration of the Flower and Garden Festival!

Thanks for joining us at Bauernmarkt: Farmer’s Market! And remember, there’s a LOT more where this came from…

Click here to see FULL reviews of EVERY. SINGLE. BOOTH. at the Flower & Garden Festival!

Trying to plan the PERFECT trip to the 2025 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival? We’ll be keeping you updated on all of the latest. Click our links below for the information you need to know:

• Learn about the Garden Rocks Concert Series and Dining Packages
• Check out ALL of the 2025 Flower and Garden Booth Menus
• Learn about the Garden Graze right here!

And don’t forget to pick up our 2025 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival e-book! See more details about the book below.

Which items from Bauernmarkt would you most want to try? Tell us in the comments!