The Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights food menu is finally here!
With more than 75 chilling items to choose from, you’ll take a haunted trek through all the different cuisines offered which will highlight the unique ways the ghoulish flavors are brought together.
If you’re like me, then you’re excited to taste and experience the incredible food the Team Members at Universal have conjured together.
Just know that Halloween Horror Nights (HHN) will run from September 1st through November 4th 2023!
This gives you plenty of time to make your trip out to Universal Studios.
If you’re a fan of HHN, then you’ll notice that many of the food and drink items are representing the best aspects of the houses and mazes from this year.
So, be sure to make a list of all of your must-eat items before your trip!
Now let’s check out this year’s BEST options on the Halloween Horror Nights food menu options that includes a variety of gluten-free, vegetarian and vegan options.
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What’s New with the Food at Halloween Horror Nights 2023?
This year you’ll get to eat your way around Halloween Horror Nights with the all-new food & beverage items.
You’ll also be happy to know that many of your favorite foodie items will return like the Pizza Fries.
Peacock’s Halloween Horror Bar:
This new HHN Bar will entice with you the newly themed cocktails as you enjoy the vibe and more in this spine-chilling experience.
Peacock’s Halloween Horror Bar Menu (Located behind Lombard’s Seafood Grille)
- Little Stevie’s Stuffed Pretzel Spinach: Spinach and feta stuffed pretzel
- The Little Stevie’s Stuffed Pretzel Jalapeño: Jalapeño and cheese stuffed pretzel
- Spicy Turkey and Squash Bun: Spicy ground turkey and butternut squash filled steamed bun
- Survivor’s Fizz: New Amsterdam Vodka, club soda, lime juice, with honeydew, kiwi, and pineapple syrups
- Peacocktail: Ole Smokey White Lightning, Caravella Limoncello, Liquore Strega, lemon juice, lemon bitters, blackberry and simple syrup
- Rotten as Chuck: El Jimador tequila, green apple syrup, lime juice, cookie butter syrup, and jalapeno and basil concentrate with smoked sea salt flakes. Garnished with a gummy apple
Taste of Terror
New this year is the Halloween Horror Nights Taste of Terror! This fun experience will allow you to preview the HHN food for this year’s event.
The Taste of Terror took place on select nights from August 10 through August 26 of 2023 and started at $135.99.
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2023 Halloween Horror Nights Food Menu
Now we’re to the good part…the food!
Let’s first start with the savory food at Halloween Horror Nights 2023 before we get into the sweet treats, cocktails and hotel offerings.
1. Surfer Boy French Bread Pizza (Located at Gramercy Park)
This delicious French bread style pizza comes with crispy Spam, pineapple chutney, jalapeno, scallions and mozzarella.
There’s also a vegan option available with vegan sausage crumble and vegan mozzarella.
Menu at the Surfer Boy Pizza Location
- Surfer Boy Hawaiian Pizza: French bread style pizza with crispy Spam®, pineapple chutney, jalapeño, scallions and mozzarella
- The Surfer Boy Vegan Pizza: French bread style pizza with Gardein® sausage crumbles, pineapple, jalapeño, and mozzarella
- Surfer Boy Cheese Pizza: French bread style cheese pizza
- Yuri’s Favorite: Chocolate cake with peanut butter mousse and Reese’s Pieces®
- Surfer Boy Tropical Dream Punch: Cruzan Rum, orange, pineapple, lime, passion fruit, and grapefruit juice, with vanilla bean and garnished with a pineapple gummy
2. Peanut Blooder Smash Burger (Located at Battery Park)
I know you will love this incredible burger!
This year you’ll be able to try the new Smash Burger that comes with a peanut sauce, raspberry jelly, cheddar cheese, shaved onions, jalapeno bacon and cherry peppers on a vampire bun.
Mel’s Die-In HHN Menu
- Peanut Blooder Burger: Smash burger with a peanut sauce, raspberry jelly, cheddar cheese, shaved onions, jalapeño bacon and cherry peppers on a vampire bun
- Cheeseburger or Hamburger: combo with chips
- Confetti Battered Cookies: Battered and fried OREOS®, dusted with powdered sugar
- Chocolate Chip Cookie
- Tinseltown Torment: Old Forester bourbon, cherry brandy, orange and cranberry juices, with chocolate and cherry syrup and orange bitters
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3. Fried ’til The End Chicken (Located at San Francisco)
This comes with fried popcorn chicken tossed in Nashville sauce, drizzled with ranch, topped with scallions and chili threads.
Make sure you get it while it’s nice and warm so you can get the best experience!
Menu for the Chucky Food Booth
- Fried ’til the End Chicken: Fried popcorn chicken tossed in Nashville hot sauce, drizzled with ranch, topped with scallions and chili threads
- Chucky’s Pop-Dead Corn: Flamin’ Hot® Cheetos® flavored popcorn
- Heart of Damballa: New Amsterdam vodka with guava and lime juice, simple syrup, cucumber and mint syrup, sea salt flakes and edible glitter
4. Bloody Campground Poutine (Located at Gramercy Park)
This savory dish comes with crispy fries topped with Asian Inspired gravy, char sui roasted pork, cheese curds, scallions, and crispy chilis.
I know this will be a hit this year and one of the best things to eat at HHN 32!
Yeti Food Menu at HHN
- Bloody Campground Poutine: Crispy fries, topped with Asian inspired gravy, char-sui roasted pork, cheese curds, scallions and crispy chilis
- Vegan Burnt Ends Poutine: Crispy fries, topped with beefless burnt ends gravy, vegan cheeses and scallions
- Bloody Snowball: Chocolate cake with marshmallow buttercream and desiccated coconut
5. Vegan Walking Taco (Located at Café LaBamba)
The Vegan Walking Taco was one of the big hits at the Halloween Horror Nights Taste of Terror preview event.
It comes with Fritos Chips topped with vegan chorizo, shredded mozzarella, roasted corn salsa, pico de gallo, shredded lettuce and cilantro.
Day of the Dead Halloween Horror Nights Food Menu
- Walking Taco: Fritos® topped with taco beef, shredded mozzarella, black beans, queso fresco, pico de gallo, shredded lettuce, sour cream and cilantro
- Vegan Walking Taco: Fritos® chips topped with vegan chorizo, shredded mozzarella, black beans, roasted corn salsa, pico de gallo, vegan sour cream, shredded lettuce and cilantro
- Al Pastor Torta: Al Pastor pork, black bean spread, smashed avocados, tomato, shredded lettuce, pickled onions, queso fresco, torta bread and pickled jalapeños
- Vegan Churritos with Ice Cream: Vegan churros served with vegan gelato, coconut nectar and OREOS®
- Chicharróns De Harina: Fried flour crisps seasoned with cinnamon sugar
- Feliz Muerte: El Jimador tequila and Gran Gala orange liqueur with pineapple, lime, and passion fruit juice with vanilla bean, topped with a dried blood orange
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6. Left Behind Ravioli (Located at Sting Alley)
This was a surprise hit for me when I tried them this year.
All of the flavors married each other so well as the mini cheese ravioli with marinara, truffle cream and tempura fried emoki mushrooms flavors danced happily in my mouth!
Last of Us HHN Menu (Gramercy Park Location)
- Cordyceps Corndog: Korean cheese dog with cordyceps, crispy potato sticks, truffle cream sauce and daikon sprouts
- The Infected Tater: Fried spiralized potato with mushroom emulsion and porcini powder
- Twisted Tater: Fried spiralized ribbon potato, thinly sliced and skewered, seasoned with your choice of:
- season salt
- garlic parmesan
- sour cream & chives
- porcini powder
- ghost pepper
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7. Burnt Ends Poutine (Located at Gramercy Park Yeti Booth)
With this dish you’ll get crispy fries topped with beefless burnt ends gravy, vegan cheese and scallions.
So far it has been a hit with HHN fans and it’s one of the best things to eat at Halloween Horror Nights this year.
8. Mutilated Pork Loin
This Halloween Horror Nights food features a slow smoked applewood bacon wrapped pork loin, roasted root hash with fig and pear and red wine demi with assorted rolls.
I know your mouth is drooling just reading all of the ingredients in this dish!
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2023 HHN Dessert
If you have a sweet tooth, then you’ll looove the dessert options at HHN 32 listed below.
9. Pumpkin Dulce De Leche Puff (Located at Today Cafe)
This sweet treat comes with pumpkin and dulce de leche filled puff topped with whipped ganache, pumpkin seeds and gold accents.
It’s one of my favorite things to eat at Halloween Horror Nights because it was moist with a balance of pumpkin flavor and not too sweet.
Today Café Halloween Horror Nights Food Menu
- Rotting Pumpkin: Pumpkin spice crème brulee garnished with buttercream leaves and ganache stem
- Graveyard Coffee Cake: Cinnamon coffee cake with cake crumbs, chocolate rocks, and bones
- Peanut Caramel Bar: Peanut chocolate caramel bar topped with chocolate whipped ganache
- Pumpkin Dulce de Leche Puff: Pumpkin and dulce de leche filled puff topped with whipped ganache, pumpkin seeds and gold accents
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10. Hellfire Mini Cake (Located at San Francisco Pastry Co.)
This mini cake was also a hit during the HHN food preview event.
It’s layered chocolate cake, with a mango cayenne filling, topped with a chocolate guitar. Soooo good!
San Francisco Pastry Co. Food Menu
- Hellfire Mini Cake: Layered chocolate cake with mango cayenne filling topped with chocolate guitar
- Trick or Treat Bucket: Chocolate crème brûlée topped with peanut butter buttercream, caramel popcorn, candy corn, M&M’s®, Reese’s® pieces, and licorice strip
11. Lost Explorer Coconut Cupcake
This HHN dessert is a delicious vanilla cupcake with a coconut filling and graham cracker dirt.
12. Chicharróns De Harina (Located at Café LaBamba)
This is an easy to eat snack while you’re walking around HHN 32.
It comes with fried flour crisps and seasoned to perfection with cinnamon sugar.
13. Graveyard Mini Cake (Located at the Croissant Moon)
This was my absolute favorite dessert when I previewed it at the Taste of Terror.
It looks like it’s going to be hard but there was a soft crunch on the layered Oreo cake.
I also loved the double chocolate cream cheese filling that was topped with a chocolate tombstone.
Super delicious!
Croissant Moon HHN Food Menu
- Graveyard Mini Cake: Layered OREO® cake with double chocolate cream cheese filling and topped with a chocolate tombstone
- Mummy Cheesecake Pop: OREO® cheesecake pop with candy eyes
14. Trick-Or-Treat Bucket
Don’t forget to try the Trick-or-Treat Bucket that is for you if you’re into sweets but you don’t want something heavy.
It’s a chocolate creme brûlée topped with peanut butter buttercream, caramel popcorn, candy corn M&M’s, Reese’s Pieces and licorice strip.
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15. Bloody Snowball (Located at Gramercy Park Yeti Food Booth)
Be sure to try the Yeti-inspired dish that comes with chocolate cake with marshmallow buttercream and desiccated coconut.
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2023 Halloween Horror Nights Specialty Cocktails
You will want to try this year’s cocktails to help give you the courage to go through all of the houses and mazes at HHN 32!
16. Surfer Boy Tropical Dream Punch (Located at Gramercy Park)
This HHN cocktail comes with Cruzan rum, orange, pineapple, lime, passionfruit, and grapefruit juice with vanilla bean.
17. Salt Lake City Iced Coffee (Located at Sting Alley)
This is brewed coffee with JF Haden’s Espresso Liqueur, Cruzan light rum, vanilla bean, smoked sea salt and hella smoked bitters.
Last of Us HHN Food Menu (Sting Alley Location)
- Left Behind Ravioli: Mini cheese ravioli with marinara, truffle cream, garlic bread and tempura fried enoki mushrooms
- Lakeside “Meat” Stew: Beef cheek stew with fingerling potatoes, wood ear mushrooms, tempura fried enoki mushrooms and white rice
- FEDRA Ration Bar: Scotcheroo bar with coffee flavored chocolate, peanut butter and Rice Krispies®
- Salt Lake City Iced Coffee: Brewed coffee, JF Haden’s Espresso Liqueur, Cruzan Light Rum, vanilla bean, smoked sea salt and Hella Smoked bitters
18. Tinseltown Torment (Located at Battery Park)
Don’t let the ingredients of this HHN cocktail keep you from trying it as it is one of the best things to drink this year!
It comes with Old Forester Bourbon and cherry brandy with orange and cranberry juices complete with chocolate and cherry syrups and orange bitters.
19. Ghoul Juice
This is another Halloween Horror Nights cocktail that you’ll love if you want something fruity and sweet.
The Ghoul Juice comes with Myers’s Dark Rum, cherry brandy, simple syrup, mango nectar, lime juice, Dale Degroff’s Pimento Bitters and Peychaud’s bitters.
Event Bars (Located throughout Universal Studios Florida)
- Ghoul Juice: Myers’s Dark rum, Cherry brandy, Simple Syrup, mango nectar, lime juice, Dale Degroff’s Pimento Bitters and Peychaud’s bitters
- Electric Death: New Amsterdam Gin, Blue Curaçao, lime juice, vanilla bean, simple syrup, pineapple juice and Dale Degroff’s Pimento bitters
- Hacker-Pschorr Oktoberfest
- Whole Hog Pumpkin Ale
- Nightmare Nectar Blonde Ale
- VooDoo Brewing Co. Lacto-Kooler
- Original Sin Crimson Chaos Cider
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21. Electric Death
The Electric Death was by far one of the strongest drinks I tried during the HHN food preview event.
It was sweet but not as sweet as the Ghoul Juice so it had a good balance.
It comes with New Amsterdam Gin, blue curaçao, lime juice, vanilla bean, simple syrup, pineapple juice and Dale Degroff’s Pimento Bitters.
22. Additional New Food Items for HHN
As you can see, there are so many delicious things for you to eat at Halloween Horror Nights.
Let’s go over a couple of more new items below for your trip!
Oddfellow (Located at Gramercy Park)
- Dr. Oddfellow’s Carn”EVIL” Dog: Red hotdog in a confetti hot dog bun, Kool-Aid® pickles, bubblegum mustard and potato sticks
- Sour Apple Pie Funnel Fries: Sour sugar seasoned funnel fries, topped with apple pie filling, sour apple ice cream and streusel
57 Scare (Located across from Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon)
- African Lentil & Potato Sambusa Coffin: African spiced lentils and potatoes entombed in a vegan pie dough
- Pepperoni Pizza Skull: Pepperoni and cheese stuffed pizza skull
- Mummy Cheesecake Pop: OREO® cheesecake pop with candy eyes
Avenue Bites (Located at Gramercy Park)
- Spicy Turkey & Squash Bun: Spicy ground turkey and butternut squash filled steamed bun
- Chicken & Cheese Filled Empanadas: combo with chips
- The Little Stevie’s Stuffed Pretzel Spinach: Spinach and feta stuffed pretzel
- Little Stevie’s Stuffed Pretzel Jalapeño: Jalapeño and cheese stuffed pretzel
- Créme Caramel Flan
- Mummy Cheesecake Pop: OREO® cheesecake pop with candy eyes
Colonial (Located at Expo Circle)
- Butternut & Duck Galette: Duck confit and roasted butternut squash filled pastry, garnished with buckshot candies
- Witches Spell Cauldron Stew: Green chile and chicken stew, served with skeleton cornbread
MiB ICEE (Located at World Expo)
- Soda Pop Churro: Bavarian filled churro topped in Cola glaze topped with carbonated sugar
- ICEE® Floater: choice of ICEE® flavor with floater of New Amsterdam vodka or Cruzan Light rum
- What The Fanta? – zero sugar mystery flavored soda
Stellar Bar (Located at Music Plaza)
- Cheddar Jalapeño Hellfire Club: Jalapeño cheddar bread with shaved pork shoulder, crispy potato sticks, spicy mayo, pineapple chutney and Muenster cheese
- Peanut Butter Smuggler: New Amsterdam Vodka with hot honey, lime juice, raspberry and peanut butter syrups
- Murray’s Brain Tonic: New Amsterdam vodka, peach brandy, triple sec, club soda, grapefruit juice, and lemon bitters, garnished with dried grapefruit
Voodoo Doughnut Orlando (CityWalk)
- The Voodoo Ghost Doughnut: Yeast voodoo doll, rolled in powdered sugar, filled with sour apple Bavarian. Decorated with chocolate chips
- Dashing Pumpkin Doughnut: Pumpkin cake doughnut with cream cheese frosting, a smattering of sprinkles, and a dash of pumpkin spice
- Chucky: yeast shell filled with pumpkin spice Bavarian, dipped in vanilla frosting, featuring the Chucky logo
- Cauldron: raised yeast shell, filled with salted caramel apple filling, decorated to look like a cauldron
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23. Pizza Fries
If you didn’t know, then you should be aware that this is an HHN classic treat and fan-favorite!
The delicious fries are loaded with sausage, pepperoni, marinara sauce and tons of cheese.
If you have a restricted diet, then you’ll be happy to know that there are Vegan Pizza Fries available this year that are topped with marinara sauce, vegan cheese, vegan pepperoni and vegan sausage crumbles.
This is definitely some of the best food at Halloween Horror Nights that you MUST try!
KidZone Pizza HHN Food Menu
- Vegan Pizza Fries: French fries topped with marinara sauce, vegan cheese, pepperoni and sausage crumbles
- Classic Pizza Fries: French fries topped with marinara sauce, melted cheese, pepperoni and sausage
- Sweet Potato S’mores Fries: Sweet potato fries topped with marshmallows, graham crackers, white and milk chocolate chips
24. Traditional Twisted Taters (vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free options):
We ALL LOOOOVE the Twisted Taters at Universal Studios!
This HHN classic come with fried spiraled ribbon potato thinly sliced and skewered with season salt, garlic parmesan, sour cream & chives, or ghost pepper seasoning options.
Twisted Tater (Located at Animal Actors on Location!)
- Let’s get TWISTED combo: Twisted Tater with a Twisted tea® Hard Iced Tea
- Twisted Tater Blood n’ Guts: All beef hot dog wrapped with Twisted Tater, smothered in beef and pork chili, and roasted red pepper queso
- The Twisted Tater: Fried spiralized ribbon potato, thinly sliced and skewered, seasoned with your choice of:
- season salt (VG)
- garlic parmesan (V)
- sour cream & chives (V)
- porcini powder (VG)
- ghost pepper (VG, Spicy)
- Twisted Tea® Hard Iced Tea
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25. The Fortune Teller Milkshake
If you’re not quite ready to take on the horrors of HHN, you’ll be happy to know that you can enjoy some of these dishes outside of Universal Studios over in CityWalk.
The Fortune Teller Milkshake is one of the newest HHN treats available at The Toothsome Chocolate Emporium & Savory Feast Kitchen.
It features vanilla ice cream with a chocolate tarot card, apple pie, dulce de leche, cinnamon, bat sprinkles, candy crystals, and whipped topping
26. Revenge of the Dead Coconut Club 3D
For Halloween Horror Nights this year, the Red Coconut Club will transform to the Dead Coconut Club!
It will come with a new ghastly theme and menu paying homage to the classic Halloween traditions.
Dead Coconut Club HHN Drink Menu
- Red Planet Punch: El Jimador tequila, Gran Gala liquor, passion fruit, pineapple, and lime juice with vanilla bean paste and edible glitter
- Asteroid Attack: Old Forester bourbon with lemon juice, agave, and a Malbec floater with blackberry and mint syrup
- Plasma Punch: Bacardi Light rum, lime juice, dragonfruit and pear syrup, and Bitter Truth Violette, garnished with an edible orchid
- The Ooze: New Amsterdam Gin, lime juice, vanilla bean, kiwi and honeydew syrups with tonic water
- Hacker-Pschorr Oktoberfest
- Whole Hog Pumpkin Ale
- Nightmare Nectar Blonde Ale
- Crooked Can Bloody IPA
- VooDoo Brewing Co. Lacto-Kooler
- Original Sin Crimson Chaos Cider
- Spirit-Free Slime: Lime juice, vanilla bean, kiwi and honeydew syrups with tonic water (mocktail)
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27. Universal Monster Drinks
The Universal Orlando hotel guests will also be able toast to the fog with Universal Monsters-themed drinks!
Universal’s Cabana Bay Resort will be home to the exclusive “Chucky’s Twisted Playground” photo illusion experience.
There will also be the Universal Monsters Gallery of Legends lobby photo-op in all other hotel lobbies at Universal Orlando Resort.
What to Know Before You Go to Halloween Horror Nights 2023
Before you may make your way out to the event this year, I would like to answer some of the most commonly asked questions.
How Much are Halloween Horror Nights Tickets?
Halloween Horror Nights Single-Night Ticket starts at $79.99.
What time is Halloween Horror Nights?
The Halloween Horror Nights hours start at 6:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. each night.
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What are the Halloween Horror Nights 2023 Houses?
Ten total houses with six original ones this year to terrify you and engulf you in the disturbing stories:
- Chucky: This haunted house will be inspired by the USA & SYFY hit series, “Chucky” that will release the iconic killer doll at Universal Orlando Resort to terrify you!
- The Last of Us: You’ll experience the intense struggle as you navigate through a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by a crazy fungal virus.
- Stranger Things: Not only will you go through the iconic scenes in Hawkins, you’ll also come face-to-face with your darkest fears such as the demobats and even Vecna himself.
- The Exorcist – Believer: This house is inspired by Universal Pictures’ terrifying new horror film from Blumhouse and Morgan Creek Entertainment (in theaters Friday, October 13).
- Universal Monsters – Unmasked: Sixty feet below the bustling streets, a sinister secret awaits in the form of Universal Monsters: Unmasked, a brand new haunted house that will send shivers down your spine.
- Dr. Oddfellow – Twisted Origins: Step right up, folks! Welcome to Dr. Oddfellow’s twisted menagerie, an eerie collection of bizarre oddities that will send chills down your spine.
- Dueling Dragons: Choose Thy Fate: With Merlyn out of the picture, there’s now a struggle for power between two warlocks who decide to invade Merlyn’s castle with one goal in mind: steal his spell book.
- YETI – Campground Kills: Imagine being in a 1950s campground, where a pack of monstrous yetis is on a rampage, terrorizing campers, rangers, and anyone unlucky enough to cross their path.
- The Darkest Deal: The Collector has a proposition for Pinestraw – he’s willing to grant him musical glory, but at a huge cost.
- Bloodmoon – Dark Offerings: As you step into this chilling world, your challenge lies in not becoming a sacrificial victim.
What are the 2023 HHN Scare Zones?
If you think you can avoid the scares by avoiding the HHN houses, then you’re WRONG! Throughout the park are five all-new scare zones:
- Dr. Oddfellow’s Collection of Horror: Dr. Oddfellow will lift the veil on all the horrors where you all will soon realize you may not survive the evening.
- Dark Zodiac: Dr. Oddfellow, who has taken a dive into a creepy dark dimension. His goal? To tap into the power of the Zodiac and become immortal.
- Jungle of Doom: Expedition Horror: Dr. Oddfellow is taking his demented ways into the deep jungle to perform terrible experiments on nature. See what terrifying creatures await in the 1920s.
- Vamp ’69: Summer of Blood: The 1960s music fest has landed in a small New York town and while you’re partying it up with popular bands, Dr. Oddfellow is quietly waiting to release ravenous vampires upon you.
- Shipyard 32: Horrors Unhinged: A 1940s San Francisco mysterious shipping yard is filled with unearthly crates and cages that have Dr. Oddfellow’s symbol on them. Just when you think you’re safe, you’re attacked from all sides with the chaos brought on by the petrifying oddities.
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Are Kids allowed at Halloween Horror Nights?
According to Universal, this event may be too intense for young children. Adult discretion is strongly advised. There are no child ticket prices available for this event.
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What are the Best Days to Go to Halloween Horror Nights?
Visit Universal HHN Sunday through Thursday to take advantage of the cheaper days (especially for Florida residents or Universal Annual Passholders) and the smaller crowd.
You’ll also want to avoid weekends and any holidays when choosing the best days to visit Universal Orlando.
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Halloween Horror Nights Food Through the Years
Because I’m an HHN foodie, I want to show you some of the best dishes crafted by Universal over the years.
Major Sweets Ice Cream Sandwich (inspired by “Sweet Revenge” scare zone) and Maggot Covered Cheese Dog (inspired by “Bugs: Eaten Alive” original haunted house)
Major Sweets Ice Cream Sandwich Halloween treat featured candy-corn sugar cookies filled with sweet corn ice cream (vegetarian) and was one of the best things to eat at Halloween Horror Nights 2022.
The Maggot Covered Cheese Dog was a Korean-style hot dog with fresh mozzarella, rolled in puffed rice, topped with gochujang drizzle and black sesame seeds.
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Garlic Philly Cheese “Stake” and Fried Zombie Brains
This Philly Cheese “Stake” was a savory tender shaved beef served on a black hoagie slider roll with caramelized onions, peppers, sautéed mushrooms, muenster cheese sauce and roasted garlic aioli.
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The Fried Zombie Brains was a unique HHN foodie experience that includes fried cauliflower florets tossed in spicy gochujang sauce and garnished with toasted sesame seeds and scallions (vegan).
Petrified Rat Tails and Pizza Skull
What’s better than funnel fries with creamy crab dip, sliced scallions and seasoned with herbs and spices. Sounds too weird for you?
That’s what we got with the Petrified Rat Tails!
The Pizza Skull was one of the winners for HHN 31. This unique Pizza Skull comes with Pepperoni and cheese stuffed skulls served with a refreshing marinara dipping sauce.
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My Final Thoughts on the Halloween Horror Nights Food and Drinks
As you can see, this year’s Halloween Horror Nights Orlando food menu is going to have some heavy hitters!
You’re really going to have a great time, so try not to stress too much if you find yourself spending too much time at the food booths instead of in the houses.
There’s always something going on in the park that will bring great delight to your heart.
I’d like to know which dish are you most excited to try out this year. Please let me know in the comment section below.
Until next time, Happy Park Hopping Hipsters!
About the Author
My name is Nikky. I’m a wife, a mother, a pharmacist turned theme park blogger, and a writer who loves ALL things amusement park related!
Traveling alone to the parks has changed my life and I want to show how you can create your own solo theme park memories.
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(Original Article Date: September 8, 2023/Updated on September 29, 2023)