Fairs and festivals boast some of the most delectable foods you'll ever find. We're talking corn dogs, funnel cakes, fried everything, and, of course, cotton candy. Made from heated sugar spun in a ...

Long associated with childhood and county fairs, the food has found its place among a new generation of experimental chefs.

A dentist and a candy maker walk into a fair. That's not the beginning of a joke — it's a historical fact. In 1904, dentist William Morrison and candy maker John C. Wharton of Nashville, Tennessee, ...

Cotton candy is a favorite carnival snack. The melt-in-your-mouth treat has even been used as a beverage garnish. While cotton candy is popularly served at fairs and festivals, you can also make the ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The thought of cotton candy (aka fairy floss or candy floss) tends to send shivers of nostalgia down our spines. After all, most of us only ...

Craving some cotton candy? Stop waiting for the springtime carnival or the circus to come to town. This sweet and whimsical recipe will help you make the sugary treat in the comfort of your own home!

Often found at fairgrounds, carnivals, and circuses, sold on sticks and enjoyed by many, the sticky clouds of brightly colored spun sugar that make up cotton candy are familiar to all. The wispy puffs ...

A young couple is having fun with fairy floss – aka cotton candy – in a mobile business they launched last September. Alexis Flores-Beshures and Jose Jimenez run Cirque du Sucre (Sugar Circus in ...