Snoopy is back, dressed as Santa, and has Carowinds decked out with millions of lights, new seasonal live entertainment, and loads of new menu items around the park. Winterfest returns select nights November 21 through January 1, 2023. Then in January, Carowinds is open for year round operation.

Did you hear that Fury 325 is also open, weather dependent, for Winterfest this year?

Carowinds Winterfest Menu

Bacon Heaven

– Candy Apple Bacon on a Stick- $9.99
– Maple Sriracha Bacon on a Stick- $9.99
– Salted Caramel Pretzel Bacon on a Stick- $9.99

Beer and Snacks

– Holiday Pretzel

Blitzen’s Fixins (Burrito Café)

– Apple Pie Nachos

Boathouse Bites & Beer

– BBQ Slider Trio

County Fair Christmas Cakes

– Gingerbread Funnel Cake

Dasher’s Diner (Blue Ridge Country Kitchen)

– Cornbread and Italian Sausage Dressing
– Chimichurri Beef Strip Loin
– Fire Roasted Cauliflower
– Shrimp and Polenta
– Smoked Turkey Breast
– Peach Cobbler

Festive Funnel Cakes
– Gingerbread Funnel Cake

Granny’s Ice Cream

– Mini Donuts

Harmony Hall

– Cherry Glazed Duck Breast
– Holiday Ham
– Red Bliss Potato Salad
– Seasonal Soup Bread Bowl
– Spicy Chili Bread Bowl
– Wild Rice Pilaf
– Holiday Popcorn
– Pull Apart Bread

Jingle Bell Boardwalk

– Churro Sundae

Snow Bird Diner (Jukebox Diner)

– Green Bean Almondine
– Open-Faced Turkey Sandwich
– Deep Fried Cornbread with Ice Cream

Sugar’s Cake Factory
– Gingerbread Funnel Cake

Carowinds will also offer a selection of specialty cocktails and mocktails for Winterfest.

Chilly Cranberry Delight – Winter Spiced Cranberry Sprite, cranberry juice with rosemary and cranberry garnish
Elves’ Holiday Brew – Red wine infused with sugar, apples, oranges, and cinnamon
Icy Winter Breeze – Minute Maid Lemonade, Sprite, vodka, gin, rum, blue curacao
I Still Believe Cookie and Milk – RumChata, Bailey’s Irish Crème, vanilla and milk, topped with sugar cookie
Santa-gria – Blend of cranberry, Spanish red wine and Sprite
Midwinter Sprite Spritz – Winter Spiced Cranberry Sprite, whisky, ginger, lime
Mulled Wine – Red wine infused with sugar, apples, oranges, and cinnamon
Naughty – Malibu and Bacardi rum, pineapple, sour, and blue curacao topped with a mixed berry-infused bubble
Nice – Dragon fruit, pineapple and lime juices topped with a mixed berry-infused bubble
Hearthside Toddy – Apple cider, honey, and lemon, apple chips, lemon wheel
Rudolph’s Winter Pear Lemonade – Desert Winter Pear Syrup, Minute Maid Lemonade, whipped cream, gingerbread crumbs

The below drinks will debut at the new Bubbly Bar at the Harmony Hall Patio.

Citrus Pom Mimosa – Sparkling wine, pomegranate juice, grand mariner, ginger beer
Kir Royale – Sparkling wine with Chambord raspberry liqueur
Mimosa – Sparkling wine with choice of juice
Spiced Pear Bellini – Sparkling wine with spiced pear purée
Winter Aperol Spritz – Sparkling wine with pomegranate juice and Aperol

Carowinds will also debut some new seasonal hot chocolates for Winterfest.

– Mint Hot Chocolate
– Spicy Hot Chocolate
– Double Chocolate Hot Cocoa

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