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Posted: Wednesday December 23, 2020 10:56am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Gideon's Bakehouse, the legendary local Orlando gourmet cookie store, is now open in The Landing at Disney Springs.

Opening day at Gideon's Bakehouse Disney Springs

Gideon's offers a range of nearly half-pound gourmet cookies (including seasonal varieties), cake slices and coffees.

Opening day at Gideon's Bakehouse Disney Springs

Cookies are $6 each, and cake slices are $9 each. There is a limit of 6 cookies person, and due to high demand, a virtual queue is in place to enter.

Some of the cookies on offer at Gideon's

Each cookie is almost half a pound

Cakes at Gideon's Bakehouse

The interior design offers a level of detail that rivals some of Disney's best, loaded with thousands of real books and custom artwork. It takes on an intimate feel reminiscent of something found in Harry Potter or the Haunted Mansion. Designers even took a cue from Disney's Main Street U.S.A. and are pumping the cookie smell out into the street outside.

Opening day at Gideon's Bakehouse Disney Springs

The counter features a fire-smoke effect.

Opening day at Gideon's Bakehouse Disney Springs

As for the cookies - they are without doubt the best cookies we have ever tried. Gideon's needs to be on your list for Disney Springs shopping - nothing else to say.

Gideon's Double Frosted cake slice

Gideon's Coffe Cake cookie

You can find Gideon's in The Landing, just across from Wine Bar George and Raglan Road. Operating hours are from 10am daily.

Gideon's Bakehouse Disney Springs menu

Click the gallery for more pictures of Gideon's at Disney Springs and check out the video below for a quick look inside.

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MarvelCharacterNerdMar 06, 2024

Huge huge fan of their cookies even though I've only ever had them secondhand - meaning brought back cross-country from someone else's trip or shipped to me. I've had them less than 2 days old (heavenly) and more than 10 days old (their chocolate blooms pretty quickly but the cookies are still quite good) and keep them frozen in my freezer for months at a time and they keep super well! I dream of someday having an actual fresh one but alas the budget doesn't permit the trip for the foreseeable future. So I'm grateful for secondhand Gideon's. lol Admittedly I've quickly become fond of the new Costco cookies, but they're still not in the same league as Gideon's - though thankfully they're easier to get! :D

NunuMar 05, 2024

I'm an Original Chocolate Chip Cookie and True Red Velvet Cake gal. :) The long line looks intimidating, specially on weekends and in the afternoons/evenings, but (in my experience), it usually moves fairly quickly. That being said, as much as I like their cookies, Idk if I'd wait in line for more than 30-40mins to get one.

SoFloMagicMar 05, 2024

I thought the coffee cake one was good, but I've never been back. That line is wild.

AylaMar 05, 2024

Agreed.

UNCgolfMar 05, 2024

Way, way too many chips/toppings. The actual cookie is almost superfluous.

AylaMar 05, 2024

You aren't alone. Every cookie I've ever seen from there looks disgusting. 🤢

FutureCEOMar 05, 2024

I remember the cookie having no flavor to it...after you get past the toppings

Prince-1Mar 05, 2024

Theming = A+ Cookies = C-

RinxMar 05, 2024

It was a one and done for us. Very average and not worth the price, calories, or wait. They aren't even baked at this location.

NunuMar 04, 2024

I like both the theming, and their cookies.

UNCgolfMar 04, 2024

Yeah, I'm not a big fan of their cookies either.

_calebMar 04, 2024

I like the theming of Gideon's bakery more than its cookies. I wish more places at DS did theming like this, but I'm not sure how it works with DS's theming...