 Spinning cotton candy at a fair | |
| Alternative names | Candy floss (candyfloss), fairy floss |
|---|---|
| Type | Confectionery |
| Place of origin | United States |
| Created by | William Morrison and John C. Wharton |
| Main ingredients | Sugar, food coloring |
Cotton candy, also known as candy floss (candyfloss) and fairy floss, is a spun sugar confection that resembles cotton. It is made by heating and liquefying sugar, and spinning it centrifugally through minute holes, causing it to rapidly cool and re-solidify into fine strands.[1] It usually contains small amounts of flavoring or food coloring.[2]
It is often sold at fairs, circuses, carnivals, and festivals, served in a plastic bag, on a stick, or on a paper cone.[3][4][5]
It is made and sold globally, as candy floss in the United Kingdom, Ireland, India, New Zealand,[6] Sri Lanka and South Africa, as fairy floss in Australia, as barbe à papa "daddy's beard" in France, as شعر البنات "girl's hair" in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, as غزل البنات "girl’s yarn" in Egypt.[7] Similar confections include Korean kkul-tarae and Iranian pashmak.
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Cotton Candy (1.5 oz serving) 171 calories, 0 g fat, 45 g carbs, 45 g sugar, 0 g protein
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A 5½-ounce bag of cotton candy can have 725 calories.
- ^ "Cotton candy on a stick (about 1 ounce) has 105 calories, but when bagged (2 ounces) it has double that number: 210". Pocono Record. September 27, 2006. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
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