Cotton Candy is healthier than most desserts.
Cotton candy is only made from two ingredients—air and colored sugar, which means that there is no fat content at all. There is actually much more sugar in a 12 ounce can of soda than an average cone of cotton candy. The way in which cotton candy is created, using force that pulls air into threads, places more air than sugar into the treat.
Cotton candy is known by many names.
All over the world, there are different versions of the cotton candy that we are familiar with in the United States, and they are known by some very unique names. For example, in France cotton candy is known as daddy’s beard, in Australia, it’s Fairy Floss, in China, you’ll find dragon’s beard, and in the Netherlands, it’s called sugar spider.
December 7th is National Cotton Candy Day.
It’s not clear where or how this day was established in the United States, and you may not have known of its existence. December 7th is also the day of the infamous Pearl Harbor attack, so some believe that Cotton Candy Day was possibly a means of lightening the mood of the day.