Disneyland‘s highly coveted hand-pulled candy canes have been a tradition for over 50 years. There is always a huge demand for these beautifully crafted treats! The details and dates for the 2025 Disneyland hand-pulled candy canes have now been released.
Keep reading for all details and information on when the candy canes will be available at Disney California Adventure and Disneyland Park. In honor of these historic candy canes, we will also take a trip down memory lane to see what the fuss has been about all these years!
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2025 Disneyland Candy Cane Dates
The hand-pulled candy canes are distributed in late November and throughout December, and are only available on the dates listed below. The hand-pulled candy canes are more expensive than other treats but they sure are a fun thing to try out. Typically the least crowded dates to get the candy canes are the ones that fall after the Disneyland Magic Key Annual Pass blockout dates window starts for December.
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The dates alternate between Candy Palace at Disneyland Park and Trolley Treats at Disney California Adventure. The candy canes sell for $21.99 each (as of last year) and are 5 oz each.
You can see the 2025 Disneyland candy cane distribution schedule below:
Candy Palace at Disneyland
- November 28, 30
- December 2, 7, 9, 14, 16, 22, 24
Trolley Treats at Disney California Adventure
- November 29
- December 1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 17, 23, 25
2025 Disneyland Candy Canes Dates: How to Get Your Own Candy Cane
If you have your heart set on buying a candy cane, you need to plan ahead to secure one! This year, wristbands will be used for candy cane distribution. A mobile waitlist will not be used. You should plan on lining up early, the instant the park opens. Yes, you will want to “rope drop” for these highly coveted treats!
When you get closer to the candy stores that make the candy canes, you can watch the Candy Makers in the windows as they work on batches of candy canes. There will also be fun photo ops with cut-out candy canes, which help brighten the wait. And the wait will be worth it!
These Disneyland candy canes, if you haven’t guessed already, are a big deal. These are hugely popular, and demand will be especially high during the first distribution dates. These are the steps you should follow if you want to secure one!
- Arrive at least an hour prior to opening so that you are among the first at the gates entering the park.
- Then, once you are let in, head right to Candy Palace in Disneyland or Trolley Treats in Disney California Adventure (depending on which park you’re in) and get in line to collect a wristband. Make sure your whole party is in line with you. Remember: only one candy cane per person in your group!
- Your wristband will have the date and a return time listed. Make sure to return on time for your candy cane! You will likely end up waiting in two lines for these candy canes when all is said and done!
Hand-Pulled Disneyland Candy Canes: A Time-Honored Tradition
Some of the Candy Makers have been making these candy canes for over 36 years, which is just another way that Disneyland has honored this classic tradition. So what exactly does it mean to hand-pull a candy cane?
These days, the candy canes you find in retail stores are made by machines. Hand-pulling candy canes is the traditional way to make a candy cane from scratch. This is by no means an easy process; it takes skill and patience to make a candy cane from scratch. The Disneyland Resort Candy Cane makers work hard to make these famous candy canes entirely from scratch by mixing the pulled sugar and peppermint extract, which must be kept boiling hot to keep the sugar pliable, so the room temperature is kept at just under 100 degrees. Then the Candy Makers work hard by hand-pulling the candy by rolling, pulling, and twisting the sugar into the traditional candy cane shape.
To see a quick rundown of how the candy canes are made, check out Disneyland’s video below explaining this historic process, which highlights Disneyland’s commitment to tradition.
Devoted fans of these hand-pulled candy canes swear that they taste fresh, which makes them worth the time and effort to get one. Store-bought candy canes just do not compare. The candy canes themselves are pretty large at over 15 inches in size! For some families, getting a hand-pulled candy cane each year is a family tradition in itself, like meeting Santa or singing Christmas carols.
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I feel the dedication Disneyland has to these hand-pulled candy canes is just another way that Disneyland commits to keeping its traditions alive. Disneyland honors its history, and this is just another example of how they live up to those expectations. For some guests, receiving a hand-pulled candy cane is more about just procuring a delicious candy cane- they are receiving a piece of Disney’s history.
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