REVIEW: Ranch Buffalo Wings, Tenderloin Sliders, and Chocolate Hazelnut Crunch at Cluck-A-Doodle-Moo for the 2020 Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival

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REVIEW: Ranch Buffalo Wings, Tenderloin Sliders, and Chocolate Hazelnut Crunch at Cluck-A-Doodle-Moo for the 2020 Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival

Another year for the Cluck-A-Doodle-Moo Marketplace as it returns for the 2020 Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival, means another year of eating chicken wings and beef tenderloin sliders. Let’s see if this year improves with the new flavors.

Cluck-A-Doodle-Moo Marketplace at Disney California Adventure 2020 Food & Wine Festival

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Menu for Cluck-A-Doodle-Moo Marketplace at Disney California Adventure 2020 Food & Wine Festival

Food:

  • 🆕 Ranch Fried Chicken Wings with Buffalo Hot Sauce Drizzle – $8.00
  • French Onion Grilled Beef Tenderloin Slider – $8.50
  • 🆕 Chocolate Hazelnut Crunch – $6.50

Beverages:

  • 🆕 Kronenbourg 1664 Blanc Witbier (Limited-Time Offering) – $11.75
  • 🆕 Pizza Port Honey Blonde Michelada- $12.25
  • 🆕 Golden Road Brewing, Pineapple Cart, Wheat Ale, Los Angeles – $11.75
  • 🆕 Lost Coast Watermelon Wheat Michelada – $12.25
  • 🆕 King Harbor Brewing, Cerveza Hermosa, Mexican Amber Ale, Redondo Beach – $11.75

Although the Beef Tenderloin Slider was available at this booth last year, it comes back this year with grilled french onions, while last year it was served with ranch and a chimichurri sauce.

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Photos of Menu Items from Cluck-A-Doodle-Moo Marketplace at Disney California Adventure 2020 Food & Wine Festival

*NEW* Ranch Fried Chicken Wings with Buffalo Hot Sauce Drizzle – $8.00

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Wings. A classic dish we all know and love… but ranch fried wings? That’s a little different.

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This plate comes with four chicken wings covered in a buffalo hot sauce.

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When tasting this, we thought ranch was going to be a very powerful flavor, and it wasn’t. It tasted like any average wings you’ve ever had.

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The chicken was a little chewy and some parts were still cold.

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The buffalo hot sauce had a kick, but also almost had kind of a buttery aftertaste.

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Sadly, the chicken just didn’t cut it for us.

French Onion Grilled Beef Tenderloin Slider – $8.50

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This French Onion Grilled Beef Tenderloin is served between two pieces of white bread with onion and a lean piece of beef tenderloin.

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This slider is the perfect portion size, taste, and price. The beef tenderloin is topped with a Fermier cheese that is absolutely delicious.

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The meat is cooked perfectly. giving a nice buttery flavor, though the texture was a little stringy.

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The Fermier cheese made this slider. It had almost a fruity taste while also being extremely savory.

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The onion was grilled well, adding a bitter/sour taste that complimented the beef.

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The bread was a normal white bread roll. We wished it was different, as it was very dry.

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This is a slider that’s definitely worth your time.

*NEW* Chocolate Hazelnut Crunch – $6.50

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This round dessert is a chocolate hazelnut crunch topped with gold flakes.

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Cutting into this, we weren’t sure what to expect, but we were happily surprised.

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The outer shell is milk chocolate with toasted hazelnuts, giving a sweet, nutty taste.

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The inside is filled with a hazelnut mousse, which is amazing. The same nutty taste is brought through in an almost whipped cream-textured filling. Inside all of that, we then have a rich chocolate surrounding roasted hazelnuts.

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The chocolate was creamy, smooth, and not too sweet, which I like. The hazelnuts had an almost roasted taste when paired with the chocolate. Overall, this is a great desert option.

Did you find this year’s edition of Cluck-A-Doodle-Moo a better version than last year, or has this marketplace yet to hit its stride?

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