Iced coffee with red pastry topping sits alongside a chocolate roll cake adorned with festive decorations, showcasing the charm of Grandma's Recipes on a colorful table.

Grandma’s Recipes Marketplace Brings Two New Sweet Treats to the 2024 Festival of Holidays

Katie Francis

Disney California Adventure is once again serving up Grandma’s Recipes for the 2024 Festival of Holidays. The Barbacoa Tamal de Res is back, along with a new dessert and cold brew.

Grandma’s Recipes Marketplace

At the Festival of Holidays, a family strolls over to "Grandma's Recipes," a charming food booth nestled among the vibrant marketplace. With towering trees and a clear blue sky as their backdrop, they warmly greet the smiling vendor poised to serve beloved family dishes.

Grandma’s Recipes Marketplace is on Buena Vista Street just past the Carthay Circle Restaurant.

Menu

Explore our Marketplace for "Grandma's Recipes," showcasing a festive Festival of Holidays selection with Barbacoa Tamal de Res, Cookie Dough Yule Log, and Café de Olla Cold Brew—all priced to delight your taste buds.

Food:

  • Barbacoa Tamal de Res
  • 🆕 Cookie Dough Yule Log

Beverages

  • 🆕 Café de Olla Cold Brew

Menu Items

Iced coffee with red pastry topping sits alongside a chocolate roll cake adorned with festive decorations, showcasing the charm of Grandma's Recipes on a colorful table.

Barbacoa Tamal de Res – $9.25

with Oaxaca cheese, tomatillo salsa and crema

The Barbacoa Tamal is one of our favorite items that debuted last year and we’re so glad to see it back. The meat is tender and well-seasoned, the masa is soft, and there’s plenty of tomatillo salsa.

Rating out of 7: 7

*NEW* Cookie Dough Yule Log – $8

filled with chocolate chip cookie dough and white chocolate mousse, covered with chocolate buttercream

When we first took a fork to it, the top layer of icing just fell off. It’s okay. You can tell it’s been sitting in a fridge. The predominant flavor is low-quality milk chocolate.

Rating out of 7: 2

*NEW* Café de Olla Cold Brew – $8.25

Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Co. Mexico Origin Coffee, low fat and condensed milks, house-made spiced syrup with star anise, clove, and cinnamon, topped with a chocolate dulce de leche sweet cream, and garnished with a mini-pan dulce

It’s really good. The spices are strong, especially the cinnamon. The pan dolce was terrible, though. It was stale and sticky. Throw it out and enjoy the coffee.

Rating out of 7: 5

Festival of Holidays at Disney California Adventure runs from November 15, 2024 – January 6, 2025, with Festive Foods Marketplaces, special entertainment, character meet and greets, and more.

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