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Cotton candy also known as fairy floss and candy floss, is a spun sugar confection that resembles cotton. It usually contains small amounts of flavoring or food coloring.

The candy is made by heating and liquefying sugar, spinning it centrifugally through minute holes—by which the sugar rapidly cools and re-solidifies into fine strands. It is often sold at fairs, circuses, carnivals, and festivals—served in a plastic bag or on a stick or paper cone.

Cotton candy is made and sold globally—as candy floss in the UK, Ireland, Egypt, India, Sri Lanka, and South Africa, and as fairy floss in Australia and New Zealand. Similar confections include the Korean Kkul-tarae and the Persian pashmak.

How to Make Cotton Candy — Without a Machine

Sugar
Corn syrup
Water
Salt
Raspberry, lemon, almond, vanilla, or other extract or oil for flavoring
Food coloring
Cooking spray or vegetable oil
Candy thermometer
Parchment paper

Prepare your workstation.
You’ll be spinning the sugar on parchment paper, so clear some space on a counter or table. You may want to lay down plastic wrap or newspaper underneath the parchment paper to prevent messes with the hot, sticky sugar.

Combine ingredients and heat to 320 degrees.
Mix the sugar, corn syrup, water, and salt in a large heavy-bottomed pot, then stir over medium-high heat until all the sugar is melted. Use the thermometer to make sure the mixture has reached 320 degrees.

Transfer sugar mixture into a large heat-safe bowl.
This will keep the sugar from continuing to cook and burn.

Spin the cotton candy – and work quickly!
Dip the tines of your whisk into the mixture, then quickly drizzle the thinning sugar strands back and forth across the parchment paper until you have a sizeable “nest” of candy strands. The sugar will start to thicken after about 10 minutes but can be microwaved to return it to the right consistency. From here, you can either eat the cotton candy in clumps or spin it onto lollipop or popsicle sticks.

Serve and enjoy!
Depending on the cotton candy recipe you use, your cotton candy can be eaten from sticks or cones, on ice cream or other desserts, or even by hand.