Disneyland Holiday churro guide has arrived, because we made it ourselves! These delicious churros top off a jolly good time during the holidays whether at Disneyland or at home.
Each make at home churro is inspired by ones created at Disneyland Resort and our favorite Disney celebrations. Use these to recreate step by step at home or just as inspiration to come up with your own churro flavors during the holidays.
Whether you’re going to Disneyland Resort during the holidays or not, experiencing Festival of Holidays or not, there’s one thing that I won’t let us miss out on and that’s the churros!
Every year the chefs and culinary teams at Disneyland Resort out-do themselves with amazing eats and treats all around the resort. But this year, the task is up to you to create Disneyland Holiday memories with Disney inspired treats.
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Small World Holiday Disneyland Churro
This churro is inspired by “it’s a small world” Holiday that transforms our usual ride to a holiday version every winter in Fantasyland. Over 50,000 holiday lights fill every spot on the outside of “it’s a small world”, including the inside which gets a makeover of music and decor.
When all is said and done, the ride and area surrounding the attraction has more than 400,000 lights.
To make our small world Holiday Churro you’ll need:
- Churros. Make your own or pick them up at Del Taco (ready to eat) or Walmart, Smart & Final or Aldi frozen food departments.
- Holiday sprinkles that mimic the colors of lights on “it’s a small world” Holiday.
- Red frosting thinned down with a bit of milk and warmed up for easy drizzling.
Disneyland Inspired Small World Churro Recipe
Set out all the ingredients and let your family make it their own way, or prepare it fresh for a surprise after school snack.
- Prepare churros as directed.
- Drizzle with thinned, warmed frosting or slather it on for a full coat.
- Quickly sprinkle desired decor and sprinkles into place.
Season’s Speedings California Adventure Churro
Traditionally you’ll find churro bites at the Cozy Cone in Cars Land. This churro pays homage to the Season’s Speedings post card at the entrance to Cars Land each winter.
This churro reminds us of not only the postcard, but of McQueen’s first visit to Radiator Spring and how we tried to bust outta town but ended up tearing up the road.
To make our Season’s Speedings Churro you’ll need:
- Churros. Make your own or pick them up at Del Taco (ready to eat) or Walmart, Smart & Final or Aldi frozen food departments.
- Crushed Oreos mimicking the look of Route 66.
- Red frosting thinned down with a bit of milk and warmed up, just like the color of McQueen.
Disneyland Inspired Season’s Speedings Churro Recipe
All our churro recipes are created to inspire you to create even more festive combinations. Set out desired toppings and ingredients and enjoy the ride with our recipe or your own.
- Prepare churros as directed.
- Drizzle with thinned, warmed frosting or slather it on for a full coat.
- Press crushed Oreos into place and eat fast, just like our favorite racers.
Viva Navidad Disneyland Churro
This churro is inspired by one of my favorite celebrations at California Adventure Park, Viva Navidad! There’s so much color and life in this celebration. The music gets me moving every time.
To make this Viva Navidad Churro you’ll need:
- Churros. Make your own or pick them up at Del Taco (ready to eat) or Walmart, Smart & Final or Aldi frozen food departments.
- Green frosting, warmed up, or just slather it on as is.
- Green colored sugar.
- Cinnamon sprinkles or gems.
Disneyland Inspired Viva Navidad Churro Recipe
Set out all the ingredients and let your family make it their own way, or make it to enjoy while you watch a clip of Viva Navidad here.
- Prepare churros as directed.
- Slather with warmed frosting.
- Sprinkle with green colored sugar.
- Add cinnamon gem accents on top, with extra dabs of frosting as needed.
Disneyland Candy Cane Churro
This churro is inspired by the iconic Candy Canes sold at Disneyland during the holiday season. They’re certainly a special treat and come for a limited time, so they’re very popular. Luckily, you can use any peppermint candy cane for this recipe.
To make our Candy Cane Churro you’ll need:
- Churros. Make your own or pick them up at Del Taco (ready to eat) or Walmart, Smart & Final or Aldi frozen food departments.
- Red frosting, I warm it up for easy drizzling over the top too.
- Crushed candy canes.
Disneyland Inspired Candy Cane Churro Recipe
Set out all the ingredients and let your family make it however they’d like! Tip, use a butter knife in the warmed colored frosting for an easy way to drizzle over the churros.
- Prepare churros as desired.
- Drizzle with thinned, warmed frosting over churros one color at a time.
- Sprinkle crushed candy canes over the top.
Gingerbread Disneyland Churro
This churro is inspired by none other than the famous Gingerbread houses at Disneyland Resort. The Gingerbread Houses take center stage at Haunted Mansion Holiday and Grand Californian Hotel.
To make our Gingerbread Churro you’ll need:
- Churros. Make your own or pick them up at Del Taco (ready to eat) or Walmart, Smart & Final or Aldi frozen food departments.
- Green, red or vanilla frosting. I warm them up for easy drizzling over the top too.
- Crushed gingerbread or gingersnap cookies.
Disneyland Inspired Gingerbread Churro Recipe
Set out all the ingredients to make your own Gingerbread churro. You can also crush gingerbread it a bag and shake frosting coated churros in the crumbs.
- Prepare churros as desired.
- Drizzle with warmed frosting over churros.
- Quickly sprinkle with gingerbread crumbs or shake in bag.
Frozen Disneyland Churro
We know that the Frozen show in California Adventure is popular year-round. But during the holidays, it’s the perfect chance to merge something cool and something sweet.
To make our Frozen Holiday Churro you’ll need:
- Churros. Make your own or pick them up at Del Taco (ready to eat) or Walmart, Smart & Final or Aldi frozen food departments.
- Snow/winter Funfetti frosting and sprinkles set.
Disneyland Inspired Frozen Holiday Churro Recipe
Set out all the ingredients to make your own Frozen inspired churro and get ready to dig in!
- Prepare churros as desired.
- Drizzle with warmed frosting over churros.
- Quickly sprinkle with Frozen-inspired sprinkles.
Previous Disneyland Holiday Churros
I’d love to hear which flavors you’ll try creating at home at your browse through the churros of Christmas past.
Disneyland Park Churros
- Caramel and Coconut Churro (Town Square Churro Cart and Churros Near Sleeping Beauty Castle)
- Santa’s Cookies and Milk Churro (Churros Near Casey Jr.) – Artisan churro rolled in cookie butter sugar and served with sweet milk dipped sauce
- Toffee-Flavored Churro (Tomorrowland Churro Cart) – add-on chocolate-almond or chocolate dipping sauces available
- Turtle Churro (Frontierland Churro Cart) – Artisan churro rolled in chocolate sugar and served with caramel pecan dipping sauce
- Sugar Plum Candy Churro (New Orleans Churro Cart) – Sweet and tart churro
Disney California Adventure Park Churros
- Peppermint Churro (Churros Near Redwood Creek Challenge Trail) – Churro coated with crushed candy canes and chocolate and vanilla icing
- Milk & Cookies Churro (Hollywood Land Churro Cart) – Churro with chocolate chip cookie and cookies and cream sugar with cookies and cream dipping sauce
- Sugar Cookie Churro (Cozy Cone Motel) – Churro rolled in sugar and topped with white icing and holiday sprinkles
- Horchata Churro with Condensed Milk (Churros Near Goofy’s Sky School)
