[Roman] When the guests come by and I see that they're eating what I'm making,
it's so fun and reassuring because they have to show me,
"Look, look! I'm eating what you're making."
And I'm like, "Okay. That's so cool. Thank you."
And it's such an amazing feeling
to know that they're getting fresh product that we're making that day.
We are performing. It's a show.
The guests have their cameras. They're ready to see us.
We all love what we're doing,
so it comes natural to us to have fun when we work.
My name is Francheska Roman.
I am a candy maker here at the Disneyland Resort,
and I've been working here for eight years.
The feeling of walking down Main Street before any of the guests come in,
hearing the music and the park being empty,
it just brings so much joy, and it's something that I really love doing.
When I first got hired in Disneyland in 2011, I originally started as a CT,
which is seasonal, in the Fantasyland Toontown stores.
And immediately I was drawn to candy making.
I was checking out guests, ringing them up,
and my eyes just kept going to the candy makers.
And that's when I knew I wanted to transfer into candy making.
And I've been there ever since.
So right now we're setting up the toffee-making process.
We have our six pounds of sugar.
We have our two pounds of ground almonds.
Seven pounds of butter.
We're waiting for the butter to completely melt
and it to come to a boil.
Once it comes to a boil, then we're gonna be adding in our sugar.
The hardest thing for me, when I first started, was English toffee.
I was so scared of the kettle, to burn myself,
and what to do and not to mess up,
and I was just so nervous being on the kettle.
I wanted to be good, and I never stopped trying.
I was fortunate enough to work with many talented candy makers and leaders
who taught me to be the candy maker I am today.
Being a candy maker is very much like being an artist.
It's a lot of detail that goes into it.
A lot of piping work with the chocolate.
You need to make sure that the chocolate's at a certain temperature
so your chocolate isn't too runny when you're doing your detail work.
There's not a lot of jobs like this where you can be creative
and play with chocolate and wave at guests and have a creative mind-set,
and each product is the same but it's different in its own way.
It's all handmade, hand-touched, and it's really unique.
I get to be a candy maker, and I get to create and inspire,
not only guests, but the cast members as well, in my role.
And I get to see them come up to the window and get excited.
It's something that I truly love.