NEWS: MENUS Announced for 2025 Festival of Holidays at Disneyland Resort

Get ready to celebrate the holidays in Disney California Adventure!

The park’s popular holiday festival is kicking off soon, and we are more than ready to dive in! Disney has heard our pleas and finally released the full menus for the 2025 Festival of the Holidays. Let’s check them out so we know what to chow down on when the festival begins.

Disney California Adventure’s Festival of the Holidays takes place from November 14th through January 7th, 2026. This year, the festival features nearly 30 new bites, snacks, and sips, but enough chit chat! What do the menus look like?

The Festive Foods Marketplaces are a great place to start! At Holiday Duets, you can find:

Food Items:  

• • Al Pastor Mac & Cheese with tortilla crumble and cilantro (New)  
  • Savory Kugel Mac & Cheese with herb breadcrumbs, sour cream, and chives 
  • The Holiday Duet: A half portion of each Mac & Cheese  

Beverages:  

• • Trumer Brewery Doppelgänger Northern Lager (New)  
  • Trademark Brewing Perfect Gentleman West Coast IPA (New)  
  • Great Notion Brewing Northleft Hazy IPA (New)  
  • Kern River Brewing Co. Winter IPA (New)  
  • Holiday Hops Flight (New) 

A Twist on Tradition  will have tons of options, including:

Food Items:  

• • Holiday Turkey Leg with cranberry sauce (New)  
  • Beef Brisket Slider with smoked onions and horseradish ketchup on a pretzel roll (Also available at Studio Catering Co.) 

Beverages:  

• • Salted Caramel Brownie White Russian: Vodka, coffee liqueur, oat milk, and cookie butter and chocolate fudge syrups garnished with salted caramel whipped cream and a brownie (New)  
  • Cranberry Christmas Mule: Gin, elderflower and ginger liqueurs, cherry purée, and cranberry and lime juices topped with a citrus hard seltzer and garnished with a lime wedge gummy candy 

Brews & Bites will have lots of sips:

Food Item:  

• • Chorizo Queso Fundido with tortilla chips (Also available at Cozy Cone 5 – Popcone) 

Beverages:  

• • Cookies and Cream Hazelnut Hot Cocoa:  Hot Cocoa by Joffrey’s with cookies and cream flavors, melted chocolate, hazelnut purée, and Irish cream syrup garnished with whipped cream (Non-alcoholic)  
  • Garage Brewing Co. Churro Ale (New) 
  • Brewery X Apricot Shhhwheat Ale (New) 
  • Unsung Brewing Co. Chocolate Snowball Blonde Ale (New) 
  • Study Break Peppermint Mocha Hard Seltzer (New)  
  • Festive Beer Flight  
  • Irish Hot Cocoa Cocktail: Irish whiskey, Hot Cocoa by Joffrey’s with cookies and cream flavors, melted chocolate, hazelnut purée, and Irish cream syrup garnished with whipped cream (New) 

Grandma’s Recipes will make you feel right at home!

Food Items:  

• • Barbacoa Tamal de Res with Oaxaca cheese, tomatillo salsa, and crema 
  • Cookie Dough Yule Log filled with chocolate chip cookie dough and white chocolate mousse covered with chocolate buttercream 

Beverages:  

• • Café de Olla Cold Brew: Joffrey’s Mexico Origin Coffee, whole and condensed milk, and house-made spiced piloncillo syrup topped with a chocolate dulce de leche sweet cream and garnished with a mini pan dulce (Non-alcoholic)  
  • Café de Olla Carajillo Cocktail: Spanish liqueur, Joffrey’s Mexico Origin Coffee, whole and condensed milk, and house-made spiced piloncillo syrup topped with a chocolate dulce de leche sweet cream and garnished with a mini pan dulce (New) 

Favorite Things will have lots of our favorites, like the:

Food Items:  

• • Braised Pork Belly Adobo with garlic rice  
  • Sticky Toffee Pudding Macaron: Mickey-shaped chocolate macaron filled with vanilla buttercream, date cake, and salted toffee sauce 

Beverages:  

• • Guava Melon Lassi: Yogurt, guava nectar, and rock melon and honey syrups topped with cinnamon whipped cream and honey-flavored cereal (Non-alcoholic)  
  • Winter Citrus New York Sour: Bourbon, Aperol, grapefruit and lime juices, winter citrus syrup, and sweet & sour mix garnished with a float of red wine (New)  

Merry Mashups  will offer snacks and drinks, including:

Food Items:  

• • Holiday Mash Bowl: Chicken, cheddar mashed potatoes, and turkey gravy with cranberry stuffing crunch 
  • Holiday M&M’S Éclair filled with milk chocolate mousse and topped with whipped ganache and M&M’S Milk Chocolate Minis (New)  

Beverages:  

• • Tropical Holiday Punch: Pineapple, orange and lemon juices, blue raspberry syrup, and coconut purée garnished with a blue raspberry gummy candy (Non-alcoholic) (New)  
  • Blue Tropical Cocktail: Rum, pineapple, orange and lemon juices, blue raspberry syrup, and coconut purée garnished with a blue sugar-coated pineapple wheel and a dark rum float (New)  
  • Berry Pomegranate Paloma: Tequila, blueberry purée, lime, cranberry and pomegranate juices, and agave syrup topped with Minute Maid Aguas Fresca and garnished with an orange wheel and a chile-lime rim (Also available at Smokejumpers Grill and Paradise Garden Grill) 

Disney ¡Viva Navidad! will you allow you to indulge in: 

• • Tacos Dorados de Camarón: Two shrimp tacos fried to a golden brown topped with zesty slaw, salsa roja, salsa macha, and crema served with Spanish rice and refried beans (New)  
  • Al Pastor Torta: Pineapple achiote-marinated pork with chorizo beans, avocado spread, tomatillo salsa, cilantro, and onions served with tortilla chips (New)  
  • Esquites Loaded Chips: Chile-lime chips smothered in corn kernels, cotija cheese, chile-lime seasoning, and crema 

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  • Achiote Half Chicken: Roasted achiote-marinated chicken served with Spanish rice, refried beans, and nopal salad  
  • Chocolate Cake Flan: Layers of flan on chocolate cake with caramel  
  • Buñuelos Biónico: Fried tortilla chips coated in cinnamon and sugar, loaded with fresh fruit, toasted coconut, and sweetened condensed banana milk 
  • Berry Pomegranate Paloma: Tequila, blueberry purée, lime, cranberry and pomegranate juices, and agave syrup topped with Minute Maid Aguas Fresca and garnished with an orange wheel and a chile-lime rim  

It isn’t just the food booths with fun bites, though! Throughout the park, you can find lots of bites. At Clarabelle’s Hand-Scooped Ice Cream, you can try the

• • Chocolate-Peppermint Lava Cake: Warm chocolate lava cake topped with a scoop of peppermint ice cream 

Churros at Hollywood Land will have the:

• • Cannoli Churro: Classic churro topped with cannoli cream, chocolate chips, and puff pastry 

Over at Terran Treats, you can try the:  

• • Strawberry Basil Churro: Strawberry sauce, basil dust, and whipped topping (New)  

Aunt Cass Café in San Fransokyo Square will have the:

• • Pumpkin Cheesecake Bread Pudding: Graham cracker crust topped with pumpkin cheesecake filling, whipped cream, graham cracker crumble, and espresso-brown sugar sauce  

Rita’s Turbine Blenders will offer two new drinks!

• • Hot Blueberry Cider: Hot blueberry apple cider (Non-alcoholic) (New)  
  • Bourbon Berry Elixir: Hot blueberry apple cider with bourbon (New)  

Cocina Cucamonga Mexican Grill will also offer several new sips!

• • House-made Orange Yuzu & Cranberry Agua Fresca with cinnamon and clove (New)  
  • Tequila Sunset Agua Fresca Cocktail: Tequila, orange, and Yuzu & Cranberry Agua Fresca with cinnamon and clove (New)  
  • Bottle Logic Brewing Grapefruit Paloma Seltzer served over ice with a chile-lime rim  

Cappuccino Cart will make sure we are fed and fueled! 

• • Cinnamon Caramel Apple Bundt Cake drizzled with salted caramel and filled with cream cheese frosting 
  • Pumpkin-spiced Horchata Cold Brew (Non-alcoholic)  

Sonoma Terrace will have the:

• • Unsung Brewing Company St. Nick R. Doodle Imperial Blond Ale (New) 

Boardwalk Pizza & Pasta is getting in on the fun with:

• • Holiday Pizza: Roasted turkey with roasted butternut squash, cranberries, arugula, fig jam, and cranberry sauce (Available by the slice or as a whole pie)  

Churros near Goofy’s Sky School and Señor Buzz Churros on Pixar Pier will let you snack on something sweet!

• • Fresas con Crema Churro: Classic churro topped with fresh strawberries and condensed milk 

Smokejumpers Grill is bringing the heat this year!

• • Spicy Cajun Loaded Fries: Cajun fries topped with hot links, cheddar cheese, corn, and bell peppers (New)  

Finally, throughout the park, you can try the new:

• • Blackberry Cotton Candy (New)  
  • Mint Chocolate Chip Cotton Candy (New)

We are huge fans of this festival and what it brings to the park! You can be sure we’re going to try tons of these options while bringing you a full review. Be sure to keep following AllEars for more Disney reviews, news, and more!

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