This Halloween starts with 110 pounds of sugar, a cotton candy machine, and ends with a line of happy trick-or-treaters Other News. Oct 30, 2023 - 6:35pm ...

You know it as cotton candy, but in the 1890s, a Nashville dentist — yes, a dentist — and a candymaker partnered to invent a fluffy, sugary treat they called "fairy floss." ...

How is cotton candy made? Pouring sugar into the center of a hot, spinning machine will do the trick. While cotton candy used to contain just sugar, today there plenty of other flavors to choose from.