Cotton Candy

The Mahalo Top 7

Wikipedia: Cotton candy
Candy USA!: Cotton Candy History
CottonCandy.net
Cotton Candy Express: How is Cotton Candy Made?
Food & Wine: Sweet Nostalgia: Retro Candy Trends
Food Network: Jacques' Homemade Cotton Candy
Everyday With Rachel Ray: Cotton Candy Cake

Cotton Candy Recipes

About.com: Cotton Candy Sugar Cookies
Martha Stewart: Iced Coffee Frappe with Cotton Candy
Suite101: Cotton Candy Cake

Where To Get Cotton Candy

Cotton Candy Blogs and Forums

Google Blog Search: Cotton Candy
Taquitos.net: Hulk Cotton Candy Review
Candy Addict: Cotton Candy Chubby Soda | Pop Rocks Cotton Candy Explosion
Ideas in Food: Foie Gras Cotton Candy
The Scent of Green Bananas: Matcha Cotton Candy Floss...

Cotton Candy History and Trivia

The Food Timeline: History Notes on Cotton Candy
How Products Are Made: Cotton Candy

Cotton Candy Merchandise

HTmarket.com: Econo Floss Cotton Candy Machine
Merchandise: Cotton Candy Express
eBay: Cotton Candy
Amazon.com: Cotton Candy

Related Searches

Guide Note

Cotton candy is made with sugar and food coloring. A cotton candy machine has a center bowl that is heated and a larger outer bowl to catch the spun sugar. Sugar and food coloring are placed inside the smaller heated bowl and melted into a liquid state and as the machine spins the liquid sugar comes out through small holes and into the larger outer bowl. This spun sugar can be put on a stick or gathered and put in a bag.

In 1899 John C. Wharton and William Morrison got a patent for the first cotton candy machine and they took the machine to the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904. They called their cotton candy fairy floss. It became a popular hit and still is today.

Fast Facts

Cotton candy is a form of spun sugar

Also known as candy floss and fairy floss

National Cotton Candy Day: December 7

Fairy floss name changed to cotton candy in 1920

Can be made any color

Popular at fairs and circus's