Forget Dole Whip, turkey legs and Mickey Mouse beignets: All Disney adults want for Christmas is a candy cane.
But these aren’t your momma’s peppermint sticks — Disneyland’s rendition cost a pretty penny, ringing up for just under $22.
If you’re lucky enough to score a pound of the candies, it would run you about $70. That’s about the price of a 12-ounce bone-in fillet at Catch Steak — or, as one mom was horrified to find out recently, a bowl of breakfast cereal for a 4-year-old at Cinderella’s Royal Table in Disney World.
While a box of 20 typically only costs a few bucks, Disney’s 18-inch candy canes — a mere 6 inches longer than the standard variety — are hand-pulled every day in limited batches. Plus, they weigh about 5 ounces — five times as much as a regular candy cane, which is why they’re so costly.
Still, the mind-boggling price tag hasn’t deterred frenzied parkgoers from flocking to the confectionary to join the exclusive waitlist and get their paws on a coveted candy cane.
“It’s pretty incredible — people keep coming back and wanting them,” one of the park’s confectioners, Chris Thompson, nicknamed the “Disneyland Candy God,” previously told Delish.
“Every single year, there’s just such high demand for handmade candy canes.”
The 18-inch candy canes are hand-pulled every day in limited batches. AP
“Every single year, there’s just such high demand for handmade candy canes,” said Chris Thompson, a park confectioner. ZUMAPRESS.comOne TikToker — who goes only by “Megan the Magical Millennial” — scurried to the park at opening to secure a spot on line.
Already at 7:30 a.m., the queue forming outside California Adventure’s Trolley Treats snaked to the entry gate. After half an hour of waiting, Megan joined the virtual line and waited for a text to snag her own peppermint stick, “fingers crossed.”
At 10:19 a.m., she said she received a text beckoning her back to the store to collect her candy cane, which she insisted has a better taste and texture than the store-bought counterparts.
“A lot of people like them, and they’re obviously very popular,” annual Disney passholder Brandy Rodriguez told Mercury News.
“It’s a big candy cane. Plus, it’s Disney.”
The candy canes — offered at Trolley Treats and Disneyland’s Candy Palace on alternating days — have been a holiday staple at the Anaheim, California, theme park since 1968 and are handmade in limited quantities every morning by skilled confectioners in bakery degrees as hot as 90 degrees.
“Ninety-plus degrees is a good place to have it [in order to make candy canes],” Thompson dished. “Sometimes, it’s not easy to work in, though!”
The candy canes cost just under $22. ZUMAPRESS.com
“It’s a big candy cane. Plus, it’s Disney,” one fan said. MediaNews Group via Getty ImagesAs they pour over their candy-cane treat, fevered parkgoers “go crazy” outside the window, where they can watch the candymakers work.
“The time and effort — two hours plus in every batch — that hot room, we’re really creating something great for people to enjoy,” Thompson added.
“The fact that you’re a craftsman of sorts, that you’re creating a well-designed piece of candy, it’s almost like artwork sometimes. That’s pretty awesome.”







