Disney4me Posted 47 minutes ago Report Posted 47 minutes ago We’re eating our way around all of the Festive Food Marketplaces at the 2026 Disney California Adventure Festival of Holidays! 2026 booth Welcome to Merry Mashups, the Festival Food Booth featuring “festive pairings!” The 2026 Disney California Adventure Festival of Holidays is now running at Disneyland Resort through January 6th, 2027. And if you’re wondering whether you should make sure to stop by this Food Booth, we hope you’ll join us for our full review of Merry Mashups! Menu Merry Mashups presents TWO new dishes this year: Reimagined Beef Wellington is joined by the Cookie Butter & Jelly Cheesecake Tart on the menu. Two cocktails are featured, with the new Cran-Blackberry Mule offered alongside the returning Salted Caramel Brownie White Russian. Merry Mashups Menu With three out of four brand new things to try, let’s dig in already! Eats The Reimagined Beef Wellington makes its debut this year! Reimagined Beef Wellington This $10.00 dish features all of the classic elements of beef jus, crispy prosciutto, mushroom duxelles cream sauce, and puff pastry — and even mashed potatoes — but presented in a “reimagined” way. Reimagined Beef Wellington We found this dish quite interesting. For starters, it bluntly didn’t taste much like a Wellington. It’s more beef and potatoes with bacon and a Mickey pastry, and it was missing the mustard that Wellingtons traditionally use. Now, it was still good. The potatoes were creamy, the pastry was crispy and blended nicely with the sauce, which itself was rich and lathered all over. However, it was a bit too bacon-forward, though we probably would’ve liked the beef to be the star. Overall, good but not great. Perhaps if the dish was billed as simply a meat-and-mash plate, we may have enjoyed it more; however, as a deconstructed take on Beef Wellington, it’s missing too many of the best parts. Reimagined Beef Wellington For something sweet, the Cookie Butter & Jelly Cheesecake Tart is available for $8.75. Cookie Butter & Jelly Cheesecake Tart This dessert is a cookie butter cheesecake topped with strawberry jam in a graham cracker tart shell. Cookie Butter & Jelly Cheesecake Tart The dish has a thick cheesecake texture, while the Strawberry jam is the best part and adds a nice sweet element that’s actually a bit light and cuts through all the cream. Despite these competing flavors, the dish held together well to me, though some people may consider it too busy. If you’re craving a creamy dessert, this checks all the boxes, though it may be a bit too sweet for some. Cookie Butter & Jelly Cheesecake Tart Drinks If you’d like to raise a glass at Merry Mashups, the new Cran-Blackberry Mule is up for grabs for $19.50. Cran-Blackberry Mule Bourbon, cranberry juice, blackberry syrup, and sweet and sour are topped with ginger beer and garnished with a lime wheel. Cran-Blackberry Mule Our first thought when trying this drink was that it tasted like a summer lemonade. We couldn’t taste the alcohol even a little bit. The cranberry and blackberry flavor share the spotlight equally, and meld well. In other words, this is hardly a winter drink, so it could be argued to be an odd fit for the Festival of the Holidays, but it is the definition of refreshing. The solo returning item at the Booth is the Salted Caramel Brownie White Russian, and it’s also $19.50. Salted Caramel Brownie White Russian Vodka, coffee liqueur, oat milk, and chocolate and cookie butter syrups are topped with a salted caramel sweet cream. And if that’s not enough for you, the whole thing is garnished with a double chocolate brownie! Salted Caramel Brownie White Russian Now THIS is a wintery holiday drink! The cream was thick, while the drink itself was light and milk/vanilla forward. It was also stronger than a normal Disney festival drink, and the brownie mixed with the cream is so soft and decadent, with a rich chocolate flavor. Almost like a subtle Oreo flavor all around that we enjoyed quite a bit. OVERALL Overall, this booth comes with a lot of conceptual promise, and mostly sticks the landing. The drinks here were both excellent, and the food was certainly worth trying. Just don’t go in expecting a Wellington. Full Spread Thanks for joining us at Merry Mashups! And remember, there’s more where this came from… Click here to see our review of EVERY Food Booth at the Festival of Holidays at Disneyland Resort! Trying to plan the PERFECT trip to the Festival? We’ll be keeping you updated on all of the latest. Click our links below for the information you need to know: Find all the information you need for the Disney California Adventure Festival of Holidays here! Check out ALL of the Festival menus by clicking here. 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