DL handmade candy canes

[WonkaKid]

Here are a few pics I’ve taken over the last few years of the candy canes that are handmade in the parks. As many of you know, they’re only available on specific days between Thanksgiving and Christmas - usually alternating between one day at DL and the other at DCA. They’re highly sought after and guests have to get in line the moment the park opens simply to get a wristband to buy one. I don’t eat sugar so I’ve never had one myself but I’m told they’re awesome. One couple I spoke with was eating theirs and said they were still warm. Such magic.

To keep them from setting too early, the temp in the room has to be maintained at around 104°. There wasn’t a single time when I watched them being made that I didn’t see the CMs in the Candy Palace kitchen sweat.







I thought it was my lucky day when I saw this; that they’d somehow made a cc in my honor. I later learned that it was in memoriam of a candy-making CM who’d passed earlier that year

 

[theluckyrabbit]

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I thought it was my lucky day when I saw this; that they’d somehow made a cc in my honor. I later learned that it was in memoriam of a candy-making CM who’d passed earlier that year
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This is an article about Rob McHargue, the legendary DL candy maker, who passed away in 2017:
https://www.ocregister.com/2017/12/...dies-after-43-years-of-making-sweet-memories/
And a video:

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

I've live-streamed them making the candy for the past few years and Rob talked to me while I was recording for the DIS on Facebook. They've always been so friendly about it, and that candy cane is delicious. He showed me a small bottle of peppermint oil, and it was $80 at the time. Best candy cane I've ever tasted.