Last month, my mom, my brother, and I met up with my aunt and two cousins in Anaheim for the weekend. As our first mini-reunion in ten years with all six of us present, we planned an incredibly fun and jam-packed three days split between Disneyland and California Adventure.
In between dashing from ride to ride and while standing in lines waiting for our turn, I learned that my two cousins love desserts just as much as I do. Nearly every time we stopped for a snack, a meal, or souvenir shopping, my youngest cousin and I scoured the sweet treats options. She made an unofficial mission out of finding every Disney-themed macaron and caramel apple, with which I excitedly helped.
It’s somewhat rare to find anyone who wants to seek out fun, over-the-top treats as much as I do!
We found all different colors and flavors of macarons between the two theme parks and Downtown Disney… But the cutest ones were the bright green alien-themed macarons from Toy Story at the pizza restaurant outside of Space Mountain and ones shaped in the classic Mickey Mouse silhouette on Main Street!
However, we spotted many more varieties of caramel apples, ranging from the classic Mickey Mouse (dipped in caramel, dark chocolate, white chocolate, and rolled in bright red sparkle sugar to make his shorts), steamboat Mickey (dipped in caramel and chocolate, then topped with a steamboat hat made from a jumbo marshmallow and white chocolate), Pooh Bear’s honey pot (dipped in both caramel and milk chocolate with “hunny” scripted across it), and even Bing Bong from “Inside Out” (dipped in caramel, pink-dyed white chocolate, dark chocolate, and finished with his purple top hat and polka dot bow tie). We even watched a few ladies making the two Mickey Mouse varieties at one of the sweets shops!
While browsing a dessert place in California Adventure, my cousin spotted oversized chocolate covered strawberries, which stood out after seeing all of the caramel apples. When we walked closer to the display case, we nearly gasped…
A single chocolate dipped strawberry cost $14, and it wasn’t even Disney themed! Just plain dark chocolate with a little white chocolate drizzled on top… And a few looked rather sloppy and haphazardly decorated.
Needless to say, we skipped those overpriced strawberries… But when I arrived back at home after our incredible Disneyland weekend, I made my own batch with this recipe for Absolutely Perfect Dark Chocolate Covered Strawberries!
They look just as fancy as those ones in the sweets shop, but these are much cheaper—and they’re actually really easy to make! You just need 2 ingredients and no heavy cream, butter, oil, or added sugar. They’re just 29 calories too!
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