Disney4me Posted 1 hour ago Report Posted 1 hour ago You know who always has the best holiday food? Grandma! Come with us to check out Grandma’s Recipes at the Disney California Adventure Festival of Holidays. 2026 booth The 2026 Disney California Adventure Festival of Holidays has officially begun at Disneyland Resort, and there are LOTS of things to do. From now through January 6th, 2027, you can devour some tasty eats and drinks, check out unique entertainment, and more. Wondering just what you can eat at Grandma’s Recipes booth? Well, we’ve checked it out, and now we’re sharing our FULL thoughts. Menu This year, Grandma is cooking up some new and returning eats for the holidays. New for 2026 is the Turkey Tamale with gravy, roasted mirepoix, and cranberry relish. This dish debuted way back around 2019 and is new to Grandma’s Recipes this year. The dessert for this year is the returning Sweet Potato Pecan Pie topped with pecan streusel, spiced chantilly, and a candied pecan. If you’re looking for drinks, you’ll find a new Bottle Logic Brewing 3 on the Tree Nectarine Blonde Ale, and the returning Berry Pomegranate Paloma made with Blanco tequila, blueberry purée, lime, cranberry, and pomegranate juices, agave syrup, and Fresca served with a chile-lime rim and garnished with an orange wheel. 2026 Grandma’s Recipes Booth Menu Now that we’ve taken a look at the menu, let’s dive into the food itself! Eats The first dish we checked out is the new-to-this-booth Turkey Tamale with gravy, roasted mirepoix, and cranberry relish for $9.75. When we ate this dish back in 2019, it was one of our Best of the Fest dishes! Well, let’s just say it hasn’t aged well. We really wanted to love it this year, but the turkey was so dry! It’s not bad when blended with the other ingredients, but that dry turkey just isn’t working. The turkey also does not have a lot of flavor without the gravy. Turkey Tamale Next up is the returning from 2016 (!!!) Sweet Potato Pecan Pie topped with pecan streusel, spiced chantilly, and a candied pecan for $8.00. A decade ago, this pie was at the Southern Home Holidays booth, and we named it our favorite dish at that booth. Well, this one still holds up and is probably the best thing we’ve had at the festival. It’s like Thanksgiving and fall were shoved into a pie, and we are here for it. The warm flavors of the spices with the creamy sweet potatoes and nutty pecans…it’s all so beautifully combined that we can’t EVEN. Sweet Potato Pecan Pie We also love the crumble on top for adding texture. Now, this is only for those folks who actually like sweet potatoes, but if you do, this is one snack you do not want to miss out on. It took Disney a decade to bring this pie back, and we’re hoping it stays for good this time. Drinks A new beer is at Grandma’s Recipes booth this year — Bottle Logic Brewing 3 on the Tree Nectarine Blonde Ale for $17.00. The returning Berry Pomegranate Paloma is made with Blanco tequila, blueberry purée, lime, cranberry, and pomegranate juices, agave syrup, and Fresca, served with a chile-lime rim and garnished with an orange wheel, and costs a whopping $20.00. This drink has been around for a few years, and back in 2023 we wanted to hug Grandma for making it. Now, it’s kinda weird having it at a holiday festival because it’s very much more of a summer drink. It IS refreshing, so it’s nice on a hot day. Berry Pomegranate Paloma The chile-lime rim is the predominant flavor, but then the juices kinda come in after that. We couldn’t really taste the blueberry puree, though. However, the other flavors are well-balanced, but if you’re looking for a warm and cozy winter drink, this isn’t it. OVERALL We’re still not thrilled about the dry turkey tamale here, but we would eat the sweet potato pecan pie every day of the week for as long as it’s available. It really is something straight out of Grandma’s Recipes (like the booth name), and we hope it returns for next year’s festival. The drink was good — don’t get us wrong — but nothing about it says holiday season. Full spread That’s it for this booth, but there’s a LOT more where that came from! Click here to see FULL menus and food photos of EVERY. SINGLE. 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: See our full page on the Disney California Adventure Festival of Holidays here Check out ALL of the Festival menus here And stay tuned for more Disney news! Want to Learn More About Disneyland? Check Out the Links Below! 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