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When and where to get the holiday cult classics – The Mercury News

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When and where to get the holiday cult classics – The Mercury News

Disneyland candy canes are back this holiday season and you'll have to get up early if you want to take part in the holiday tradition that has been going on for more than half a century.

The limited-time seasonal candy canes will be available on November 29th, December 1st, 3rd, 8th, 10th, 15th, 17th, 22nd and 24th at Disneyland's Candy Palace and Candy Kitchen and November 30th, December 2nd. and sold December 4, 9, 11, 16, 18, 23 and 25 at Trolley Treats at Disney California Adventure.

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Candy makers sculpt fresh hand-pulled candy canes at Trolley Treats on Buena Vista Street at Disney California Adventure in Anaheim, California, on Monday, December 11, 2023. Disney makes candy canes on select days at DCA and Disneyland Park. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

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If you can, it's best to get candy canes at DCA on a weekday (December 2, 4, 9, 11, 16, and 18) or when there are fewer Annual Passholders in the parks (December 18, 19 ). 20, 24 and 25).

Worst days: Sundays at Disneyland (December 1, 8, 15 and 22) or Saturday at DCA (November 30).

You'll probably want to avoid the first day candy canes go on sale — November 29th — unless you're a glutton for punishment or peppermint.

Disneyland and DCA will once again utilize a mobile waiting list system for candy cane purchases. Candy-hungry shoppers can add their names and phone numbers to the mobile waiting lists at candy cane locations throughout the parks to be notified via text message of their return times for their purchases.

MousePlanet recommends arriving an hour before the park officially opens to secure your candy cane. Day visitors and pass holders can and should enter Main Street USA and Buena Vista Street 30 minutes prior to park opening along with early entry hotel guests.

As soon as the Candy Kitchen or Trolley Treats gates open, walk briskly – please do not run – to join the mobile waiting list line. Depending on where you are in the virtual queue, you may have to wait until 3:00 p.m. to receive your vacation voucher.

Magic keyholder discounts or mobile orders are not available for the cult classics.

The candy cane making tradition at Disneyland dates back to 1968.

The five-ounce, 18-inch-long candy canes are handcrafted each holiday season from drawn sugar and peppermint extract in display kitchens along Disneyland's Main Street USA and DCA's Buena Vista Street.

Park visitors crowd outside the two storefronts to watch Disney candy makers dressed in white and wearing striped scarves as they pull and shape the sticky sugar into red, green and white hooks. The flavorful Disneyland treats have a familiar peppermint flavor and a fluffier, flakier texture than their machine-made candy cousins.

Typically, fewer than 150 candy canes are sold per day. There is a limit of one candy cane per person. The sweet treats end up under Christmas trees on eBay and are eaten immediately while they are still fresh.

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