Homemade Cotton Candy

Pico and ME · 08-22-2010, 10:20 AM

Went to the State Fair the other day and had the most awesomest cotton candy. Instead of just being sweet, it actually had flavors, like blueberry, bubble gum and banana. Cotton candy is my weakness and finding it with flavors just made me want to have more - so, lo and behold, I found a recipe and a video. I haven't tried it yet, but I will soon.

wolf · 08-22-2010, 11:08 AM

Seems way too labor intensive. And the hot sugar is napalm. Don't forget that!

I always wanted one of the machines, but my mom would never let me get one. I'm told that even the machines are impossibly messy.

All of the seashore and fair cotton candy I've ever had has always been flavored. The Blue Raspberry is my favorite.

Pico and ME · 08-22-2010, 11:58 AM

Yeah, it does look like it would take a long time to get any worthwhile amount. I still might try it. I love cotton candy just that much.

Sundae · 08-22-2010, 02:08 PM

We call it candy floss.
And you can buy it in many corner shops.
I would never go to this much trouble!

Good luck if you go for it though.

BTW, hers looks like a spider's egg sac.
Just saying...

BigV · 08-22-2010, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

Seems way too labor intensive. And the hot sugar is napalm. Don't forget that! --snip

More like white phosphorus. It burns on contact, and will keep burning regardless of what happens afterward, underwater, wiped off, no matter. Molten sugar==Danger.

Good luck.

Pete Zicato · 08-23-2010, 04:16 PM

I also have a healthy respect for hot sugar. If you like cotton candy that much, maybe this machine would be a better route to go.

Cotton Candy machine from amazon

Pico and ME · 08-23-2010, 04:34 PM

I really didn't want to invest in a machine. I was mostly curious if it could be made otherwise. I will try this method...with great care (Sound like I might even need to wear a hazmat suit

).

jinx · 08-23-2010, 07:19 PM

Martha Stewart does it over a clothes drying rack.

My mom rented a big machine for a block party once, it was awesome, we were all covered in it...

lumberjim · 08-23-2010, 08:01 PM

i reached in to pull some out, and caught my finger on the little spinning around leather thinger.... tore me right open. it took a bout 3 seconds for the blood to well up from the chunk/flap of skin it loosened, so no blood got into the candy, thank fsm... but it hurt like purple hell.

...so that's my gory cotton candy story

Trilby · 08-24-2010, 06:56 AM

I want a Kitchen Carnival - deep fryer, cotton candy maker and hot caramel dispenser!

Sundae · 08-24-2010, 01:35 PM

LJ- EWWWWWW!
They sell "bloody" popcorn at Halloween cinema specials.
The bloody candyfloss hasn't reached our shores yet - I'll look out for it. And your finger. In with the hotdogs.

08-24-2010, 02:50 PM

Oh man they make it look so easy and so good! I have a feeling if I tried to do that it would not end up that way. I am not the best confectionery!

Happy Monkey · 08-24-2010, 03:20 PM

im nt sry bout ur fngr

08-22-2010, 10:20 AM	#1
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	Homemade Cotton Candy Went to the State Fair the other day and had the most awesomest cotton candy. Instead of just being sweet, it actually had flavors, like blueberry, bubble gum and banana. Cotton candy is my weakness and finding it with flavors just made me want to have more - so, lo and behold, I found a recipe and a video. I haven't tried it yet, but I will soon.

08-22-2010, 11:08 AM	#2
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Seems way too labor intensive. And the hot sugar is napalm. Don't forget that! I always wanted one of the machines, but my mom would never let me get one. I'm told that even the machines are impossibly messy. All of the seashore and fair cotton candy I've ever had has always been flavored. The Blue Raspberry is my favorite. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

08-23-2010, 04:16 PM	#6
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	I also have a healthy respect for hot sugar. If you like cotton candy that much, maybe this machine would be a better route to go. Cotton Candy machine from amazon __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

08-23-2010, 04:34 PM	#7
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	I really didn't want to invest in a machine. I was mostly curious if it could be made otherwise. I will try this method...with great care (Sound like I might even need to wear a hazmat suit).

08-23-2010, 07:19 PM	#8
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Martha Stewart does it over a clothes drying rack. My mom rented a big machine for a block party once, it was awesome, we were all covered in it... __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

08-22-2010, 11:58 AM	#3
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	Yeah, it does look like it would take a long time to get any worthwhile amount. I still might try it. I love cotton candy just that much.

08-22-2010, 02:08 PM	#4
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	We call it candy floss. And you can buy it in many corner shops. I would never go to this much trouble! Good luck if you go for it though. BTW, hers looks like a spider's egg sac. Just saying...

08-23-2010, 08:01 PM	#9
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	i reached in to pull some out, and caught my finger on the little spinning around leather thinger.... tore me right open. it took a bout 3 seconds for the blood to well up from the chunk/flap of skin it loosened, so no blood got into the candy, thank fsm... but it hurt like purple hell. ...so that's my gory cotton candy story __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

08-24-2010, 06:56 AM	#10
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I want a Kitchen Carnival - deep fryer, cotton candy maker and hot caramel dispenser! __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

08-24-2010, 01:35 PM	#11
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	LJ- EWWWWWW! They sell "bloody" popcorn at Halloween cinema specials. The bloody candyfloss hasn't reached our shores yet - I'll look out for it. And your finger. In with the hotdogs.

08-24-2010, 02:50 PM	#12
portmanteau Guest Posts: n/a	Oh man they make it look so easy and so good! I have a feeling if I tried to do that it would not end up that way. I am not the best confectionery!

08-24-2010, 03:20 PM	#13
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	im nt sry bout ur fngr __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

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