Disney Halloween Caramel Apples

Happy Halloween everyone! I thought I would show you a couple of the delicious Halloween caramel apples available at Disneyland. But first, here are some of the decorations at the entrance to Disneyland.

The pumpkin versions of Mickey and the gang are really cute.

I like Minnie Mouse the best.

The orange banners are very festive as well.

I love the partners statue surrounded by flowers in fall colors and pumpkins with some characters carved in them. 

Now for the apples. They are one of my favorite treats to get at Disneyland. I like to take one home since it can be very messy. Of course, I picked the witch Minnie apple. 

 When it's sliced open, you can see the layers of caramel, chocolate, white chocolate, and purple sprinkles, orange M&M's for her polka dots, marshmallow ears, and white chocolate hat with her bow.

 This pumpkin caramel apple is really cute also. This apple is caramel and then white chocolate to make the orange sprinkles pop. 

Picture from Mousewait.com

There is even a Dia de Los Muertos caramel apple this year. I'm a sucker for these seasonal goodies.

Check out the video above from the Disney Parks Blog that shared how they decorate the witch Minnie apple on YouTube.

I'll leave you with this shot of It's a Small World that I took during the Mickey's Halloween Party that I attended. It was really awesome to see during such a fun night. 

What is your favorite Fall/Halloween food or treat?

Halloween Time at Disneyland

 Well, Halloween is over but here is some of the seasonal fun and treats enjoyed this season.

The flowers in front of the train station are always a beautiful welcome. 

 The giant Mickey pumpkin is a great photo op. 

 All the orange and yellow really pops in the hub. This is a good spot to get a picture of the castle in the background even if it does already have snow on it the week before Halloween. Christmas and winter holidays will be in full swing before you know it.

 I love all the pumpkins and flowers surrounding Walt and Mickey's statue.

And now on to the treats.

 There are several different caramel apples available year round at Candy Palace on Main Street and Pooh's Corner in Critter Country in Disneyland and Trolley Treats in Disney's California Adventure, but this one of course is only around for Halloween Time.

 I love candy corn so this apple covered in caramel, chocolate, and candy corn was incredible.

 I enjoyed this caramel apple funnel cake at Hungry Bear Restaurant. The funnel cake was topped with powdered sugar, cinnamon apples, whipped topping shaped like Mickey, caramel, and some sort of cinnamon sugar crumble topping. It was delicious and huge. I shared it with a couple of friends and we still didn't finish it. 

 The are lots of pumpkin treats offered around the resort, but I only tried a couple. First was this piece of pumpkin fudge. It doesn't look like much, but it was SO good. It was hard to stop eating it. I don't think I've ever bought any of the other fudge at Disneyland, but I heard about how good this one was and decided to give it a try. I'll be checking to see if this is still around on my next visit. 

 I stopped by Maurice's Treats to check out the pumpkin twist. I heard good things about this as well, so I was excited to try it. 

 These are all the different twists in their display case. I believe they are chocolate, strawberry, garlic, and the seasonal pumpkin.

The flaky pastry is filled with pumpkin and a little bit of spice and sprinkled with sugar. It's really good.  I would have to say that this was my favorite snack of the season. 

 Over in California Adventure, I headed over to Schmoozies! to try their caramel apple smoothie. 

 I didn't have enough of an appetite to try the pumpkin muffin. Oh well. 

I wasn't too sure about what the smoothie would taste like, but I really enjoyed it. A sweet, refreshing, cool drink while walking around the parks on an 85 degree day was perfect. 

These Mickey Halloween bat cookies are always good. It is a shortbread cookie topped with chocolate and decorated to look like a Mickey bat. They are not only delicious, but cute and quite big. 

Those were all the seasonal items I was able to enjoy this Halloween Time. There were even more that I didn't get to. Maybe next year! I'll leave you with some more of the holiday decorations around the park.

 Near the Rancho Del Zocalo Restaurant in Frontierland is a Dia de Los Muertos display. 

 Here is a little more information about this holiday from the Disney Parks Blog.

 

I took another picture when I was passing by at dusk. 

 Across the way is the Halloween tree. I love it's orange glow at night. 

 I stopped by the Haunted Mansion Holiday, but it was broken down at the time. I've already ridden it a couple this season, but looking forward to riding it again until January.

This was my last picture of the Mickey pumpkin until next year. Soon the giant Christmas tree will take it's spot.

Thanksgiving Treats for Limited Time Magic

This past week, Disneyland chose food as the focus for Limited Time Magic. Of course, that meant that I had to go and check it out. 

This was also my first time seeing the parks decorated for Christmas this year. I love this time of year.

Even the Dapper Dans get into the spirit.

My first food stop was at the Jolly Holiday Bakery. 

I love the Mary Poppins theme. I watched that movie a lot as a kid.

I got a caramel apple muffin for $3.19. I love caramel apples (especially Disney's) so I knew I would like it. Underneath the crumb topping, there were a couple of pieces of thinly sliced apple. The caramel made the muffin a little gooey, but still delicious. I hope  they still have this the next time I'm there. The cast member that helped me said that she waits all year for this to come back in season. Now, I will too.

Then, I headed into California Adventure to Cars Land. It is one of the few areas that transforms for Christmas.

Flo's V8 Cafe had another Limited Time Magic item. 

I love all of the details that they have in here. 

It really feels like you could be thrown back to the 1950's. 

This Christmas tree matches the decor perfectly. 

While I was in Flo's, I ordered the pumpkin pie hot chocolate. This appealed to me because I love hot chocolate and I have been enjoying all the pumpkin treats this season. The subtle pumpkin flavor was nice, but after a while it just tasted like the regular Disneyland hot chocolate to me. This tasty drink costs $3.19.

Later on, I made my way back over to Disneyland. I had to go to Tomorrowland to try the sweet potato turnovers ($5.19) from the Tomorrowland Terrace. 

Sweet potatoes are one of my favorite Thanksgiving side dishes and sweet potato pie is my favorite kind of pie. These turnovers were like eating sweet potatoes in a crispy, fried pie crust that was sprinkled with powdered sugar. They were great!

On that quick trip, that's all my stomach had room for. I can't wait to go back and try some other new things and have some old favorites.

Pumpkin Beignets

The last time I was at Disneyland, I had to get some pumpkin beignets from the Mint Julep Bar. Getting some seasonal treats at Disneyland has become one of my favorite things to do.

We took a seat at the French Market right next to the Mint Julep Bar after picking up our order.

I ordered a 6-pack of the pumpkin beignets to share with my brother again and a large ice water (I love the holiday cup). The 6-pack is $7.19 and the 3-pack is $4.19 before tax.

Here's a look inside the bag after receiving the order. They look and smell really good. I could smell the warm pumpkin spice wafting out of the bag. Before digging in, I had to make sure that they were evenly coated with the powdered sugar. In my original Mickey Beignets post, you can read my instructions on how to do this. :)

The pumpkin beignets did not disappoint. In fact, I think I like them even more than the originals. I really enjoyed the flavor of the pumpkin spices. They are worth the sugary mess.
And now for the Christmas season, they are also offering gingerbread beignets. I'm really looking forward to trying these too. Don't worry, I'll be sure to post about those soon.