The donut cart that resides in front of Sleeping Beauty’s Castle at Disneyland is known for its incredible donut creations — and two new donuts are ready-made to celebrate the royal mouse couple.
Disneyland’s Sleeping Beauty Castle
The Mickey Mouse Donut is a yeasted donut sliced lengthwise — bagel style. It’s glazed with red and black and topped with two yellow chocolate Mickey buttons! You definitely feel the spirit of the Mouse with this design!
Mickey Donut
But the real magic is between those donut layers, because that’s where you’ll find a ton of chocolate mousse!
Chocolate Mousse!!
Chocolate. Mousse. It tastes like a combination of hot chocolate and whipped cream — and it is seriously special. The mousse filled the donut and got into every bite, elevating the otherwise simple donut to the next next level. We’re going to say it: it’s one of the best donuts we’ve had from the Donut Cart.
Mickey Donut with magical Chocolate Mousse
The Minnie Mouse Donut starts with a yeast donut as well, but it’s not sliced. Instead, there’s a small dip in the middle that’s filled with chopped strawberries. There’s also the ubiquitous white chocolate Minnie bow.
Minnie Mouse Donut
The strawberries are fresh and complement the glaze (more on THAT in a second), but because they’re so large and separate from the donut — rather than incorporated into it like a jam — it was easier to eat the berries on their own.
Strawberries
The star of the Minnie Mouse Donut is the glaze, which is strawberry lemonade! You can really taste both the strawberry and the lemonade flavors in the glaze, and it’s delicious. Absolutely the glaze makes the donut.
Minnie Mouse Donut
The bottom line? The Minnie Mouse Donut is one you can maybe share with a pal, but the Mickey Mouse Donut? NO SHARING! Keep this one all to yourself! 😉 Each donut costs 6.50, and there’s no AP discount.
DFB Dining Tip: When are donuts actually available at the Donut Cart?
But we also want to share with you a little info about when you can get your hands on donuts at the Donut Cart. Typically, the Donut Cart is filled at park opening and again at 5PM. BUT the Mickey and Minnie Donuts will have three “donut drops” (according to the cast member we spoke with): 11AM, 1PM, and 3PM. Believe it or not, there was a line starting at about 10:30Am that grew about ten-deep by 11, when the Mickey and Minnie Donuts arrived. And while donuts here are usually delivered about 24 at a time, there were noticeably more Mickey and Minnie Donuts in the delivery we saw.
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How hard are you willing to work to get your hands on a donut? Thirty minute lead time on the donut delivery seem a little too steep? Let us know what you think –and whether you’d go for Mickey or Minnie! — in the comments!
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We are in Disneyland right now and after 2 days of searching we were told by a cast member that the coffee cart is gone and that Disneyland has never had donuts?! Anyone know where to find these or if they exist?
Kori, the Donut Cart is a stand to the left of Sleeping Beauty Castle (think about 9/10 o’clock on a clock) if you’re looking at the front of the Castle. A couple weeks ago, we noticed the Cart was behind construction walls (here’s the link to our What’s New post that included a picture). I’m checking with our Disneyland team member for confirmation that it’s still under construction, and I’ll update later this morning.
Kori, the Donut Cart is still behind a construction wall, unfortunately! You can get donuts at Jolly Holiday (back down Main Street, USA), but they probably won’t be the cute Mickey and Minnie ones. Have a wonderful trip!
I was at Disneyland June 1st and I was disappointed to see that the donut cart was nowhere to be found. I have stopped there many mornings for some of the best donuts I’ve ever had!
Elise, from what we’ve heard, it’s being renovated. We’re watching for it!
Any updates about the donut renovation?