Disneyland candy canes are back again for the 2025 Christmas season and you’re going to have to get up really 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 sold Friday, Nov. 28 and Sunday, Nov. 30 and Dec. 2, 7, 9, 14, 16, 22 and 24 at the Candy Palace and Candy Kitchen in Disneyland and Saturday, Nov. 29 and Dec. 1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 17, 23 and 25 at Trolley Treats in Disney California Adventure during the winter holiday season at the Anaheim theme parks.
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Disneyland and DCA will ditch the mobile waitlist system this year and return to a wristband distribution for candy cane purchases. Sweet cravers will need to look for Disney cast members handing out wristbands at the candy cane locations in the parks. In past years, the color-coded wristbands were printed with return times when visitors could make their purchases.
If you can, your best bet is to get candy canes on a weekday at DCA (Dec. 1, 3, 8, 10, 15 and 17) or when there are fewer annual passholders in the park (Dec. 22-25)
The worst days to go: Sundays at Disneyland (Nov. 30 and Dec. 7 and 14) or Saturday at DCA (Nov. 29).
You probably want to avoid the first day candy canes go on sale — Friday, Nov. 28 — unless you’re a glutton for punishment or peppermint.
MousePlanet recommends showing up an hour before the official park opening to secure your candy cane. Daily visitors and passholders can and should enter Main Street U.S.A. and Buena Vista Street 30 minutes before park opening with the hotel early entry guests.
Walk briskly — no running please — as soon as the gates open to the Candy Palace or Trolley Treats to get in line for a wristband. Depending on when you get in the queue you may have to wait until 3 p.m. to get your holiday treat.
There are no Magic Keyholder discounts or mobile orders available on the cult classic treats.
Disneyland’s candy cane making tradition dates back to 1968.
The five-ounce, 18-inch-long candy canes are handmade each holiday season from pulled sugar and peppermint extract in display kitchens along Disneyland’s Main Street U.S.A. and DCA’s Buena Vista Street.
Park visitors crowd outside the two shop windows to watch Disney candy makers dressed in white with striped scarves pull and mold the gooey sugar into red, green and white hooks. The aromatic Disneyland treats have a familiar peppermint taste with a more airy and flaky texture than their machine-made candy cousins.
Typically fewer than 150 candy canes are sold each day. There’s a limit of one candy cane per person. The sweet treats end up on eBay, under Christmas trees and eaten immediately while they are still fresh.