Candy apples are a favorite every fall, especially those that sweetly embody the Halloween season, but the iconic Evil Candy Apple is the top seller year-round at Disney Springs’ Candy Cauldron . And merchandise hostess Joanne Torres would know. She’s been making them here for more than 20 years.

In fact, Torres and her son, Pedro Sarraga, are Walt Disney World cast member legacies.

Torres has worked here for 31 years. Cerraga, 11.

These days, Cerraga’s title is a long one: senior manager of merchandise products and integration. But he started dipping candy apples alongside his mom.

“I was finishing my senior year in high school,” says Sarraga.

Incredibly, his placement by casting was completely coincidental. They had no idea his mom worked there, too.

“My initial thought was, ‘Is

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