How do they make cotton candy?
Cotton candy is one of those amazing foods that makes no sense until you know the secret. There is no way to produce cotton candy without special equipment, but if you have the equipment, it is incredibly easy! Cotton candy is nothing but pure sugar. To make the sugar “cottony,” you need four things: • Heat to melt the sugar and turn it into a liquid • A set of very small holes that the liquid sugar can flow through to form threads of sugar • A spinning head that slings the liquid sugar outward so it is forced through the holes • A bowl to catch the threads If you mix water with cotton candy it instantly dissolves, and you can see that it’s nothing but a tablespoon or two of sugar filling the entire bag. It’s amazing how much you can charge for sugar, air and a little coloring!
