6. Citrus Swirl

Location: Magic Kingdom (Orlando, Florida)

When Magic Kingdom opened, its Enchanted Tiki Room and the adjoining Sunshine Tree Terrace were sponsored by the Florida Citrus Growers (a natural fit, owing to Florida’s world famous orange-growing status), who worked with Disney to develop the Orange Bird - an citrus-headed bird who’s risen through the Disney Parks ranks to stand among fan-favorite characters created just for the parks.

Fittingly, the park’s signature snack quickly became the Citrus Swirl. Quite different from a Dole Whip in both flavor and consistency, the Citrus Swirl is a twist of vanilla soft serve and a tart, frozen, orange juice slush. A newer “Orange Cream” variation replaces the sour, citrus slush with a sweet orange soft serve, creating a duo of bases (which can then be served as a float atop orange soda.

7. Potato Patch Fries

Location: Kennywood (Pittsburg, Pennsylvania)

Kennywood is as classic as they come. The sensational family amusement park outside of Pittsburg dates to 1899, and contains some of the most historic rides on Earth, like Garfield’s Nightmare (an overlay of the world’s oldest dark ride), the only remaining Noah’s Ark walkthrough dark ride on Earth, and a handful of ultra-classic wooden coasters.

But the park also offers one of the most iconic “signature” theme park snacks outside of Orlando: its Potato Patch french fries. The park receives about 8,000 pounds of potatoes every day all summer long to fuel the hunger for fries. The fresh-cut, skin-on, Idaho potato fair fries are fried twice and are paired with a list of potential toppings including cheddar cheese, bacon, vinegar, brown gravy and a variety of seasoning salts.

8. Boysenberry Fun Bun

Location: Knott’s Berry Farm (Buena Park, California)

Located just a few city blocks north of Disneyland, Knott's Berry Farm is sometimes billed as the "World's First Theme Park." Originally the literal berry farm of Walter and Cordelia Knott, their recreation 1800s mining town and Mrs. Knott's famous chicken dinners evolved over the decades into its unique modern mix of historic dark rides and Californian settings with a thrilling roster of roller coasters.

But Knott's is also the birthplace of a boysenberry - a botanical cross between a European raspberry and blackberry with an American hybrid dewberry-loganberry. The unique, large berries became a local favorite, and Mrs. Knott's boysenberry preserves put the farm on the map. Today, the annual Boysenberry Festival takes theme park food festivals to the next level... But year-round, you'll find a selection of boysenberry-flavored sodas and snacks, including the beloved (and sugar-coma inducing) Fun Bun.

Like the berry it's topped with, the Fun Bun is itself a hybrid (of a funnel cake and cinnamon bun). The deep-fried cinnamon roll topped with boysenberry icing made its debut in 2015 and has since become not only a fan favorite, but a meme-generating piece of Southern Californian pop culture.

9. Cheese-on-a-Stick

Location: Cedar Point (Sandusky, Ohio)

It's cheese. It's on a stick. What more do you need to know? Cedar Point is probably the world's most well-known traditional amusement park thanks to its unbeatable lineup of roller coasters (including the first coasters to ever break the 100-, 200-, 300-, and 400-foot height records, respectively).

In that sense, it's appropriate that its signature snack is a midway classic: a hunk of fried cheese. Think of it as a mozzerella cheese stick in a corn dog shell, with molten cheese soaking into the bread as you go. The cheese 

10. Butterbeer

Location: Universal’s Islands of Adventure (Orlando, Florida)

Ah, Butterbeer. The Holy Grail of in-universe theme park drinks. Universal struck a gold mine in their licensing of the Harry Potter franchise, singlehandedly redefining guests' tastes... literally. The premise of stepping into a specific, to-scale world plucked from a film had never been done before. But the brick-for-brick recreation of Hogsmeade and the purposeful exclusion of the outside world turned the Wizarding World of Harry Potter into the industry standard. The "Ride the Movies" era was over; now guests wanted to live the movies; to step where their favorite characters stepped; to shop where they shopped; to eat what they eat.

Butterbeer is the pleasantly sweet, cream-soda-meets-butterscotch-flavored beverage sipped by Harry and friends on their snowy excursions to the village of Hogsmeade... and for just 7 Muggle dollars, you, too, can get a taste.

But the best (or for your wallet, worst) thing about Butterbeer is that it's not alone. Universal's culinary team brilliantly expanded from the original, chilled beverage with a marshmallow foam and the frozen edition into seasonal hot Butterbeer, Butterbeer fudge, Butterbeer ice cream (a soft-serve swirl of butterscotch and buttercream with butterscotch ribbon), and Butterbeer potted cream.

The "Butterbeer" formula is one Disney has been trying to crack for the last decade... and from time to time, they've gotten close! Cars Land debuted with "Red's Apple Freeze" (a slushy frozen apple juice topped with toasted marshmallow and passionfruit-mango foam). It's delicious... but it lacks the gotta-have-it-to-be-part-of-the-story sensation (given that the cars drink motor oil). The same apple concoction was delivered to Disney World soon after as "LeFou's Brew" in Gaston's Tavern.

Could Disney ever develop a true Butterbeer equivalent for their parks? Read on...