Cotton Candy

Cotton Candy

September 8th, 2009 @ 4:51 pm by Mrs. Frozen Yogurt
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Cotton Candy : wedding favors food 114 cotton-candy

I love cotton candy. Yes, I’m 28 and should never eat something so full of sugar (ok, it’s entirely sugar). For a while I felt like I couldn’t buy it because I was too old, and now I have nieces I can buy it for (or at least I can say I’m buying it for them). Which means that maybe I could have some cotton candy at the wedding… you know, for the kids.

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You know kids are dying for people to cut the cake, but this will help keep them full of sugar and totally entertained for the time between ceremony and cutting the cake. These cute designs were created by Hostess with the Mostess. She does everything I wish I knew how to.

And then I started to think that people have chocolate fountains, but I’m not really a chocolate girl, so why not a cotton candy machine? Yes, I can appreciate a good chocolate covered strawberry, but I’d rather have the fluffy goodness of some fresh cotton candy. So I started researching cotton candy machine rental, and it’s actually really inexpensive.

I wanted a cart:

Cotton Candy : wedding favors food 39 cotton_candy cart

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But I can’t find one that is under $400, and that’s just too much.

I did find this cotton candy machine sans cart for only $35 on eBay.

Cotton Candy : wedding favors food 48 cotton_candy

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I’m sold. I can’t wait!!

Are you including any foods in your wedding that are a throwback to your childhood?

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47 Responses to “Cotton Candy”

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SanDiegoAli (message) 3,076 posts, Sugar bee

Just be warned - making cotton candy is SO messy! I used to work at a video store where we made it and by the end of the shift I was always covered!

9/8/09 @ 4:53 pm (reply)

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Laylabelle (message) 3,378 posts, Sugar bee

SanDiegoAli is right it’s SO messy! But sooooo good!!

9/8/09 @ 4:58 pm (reply)

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LatteLove (message) 5,590 posts, Bee Keeper

you can always rent them too. Make sure you hire someone else to make the cotton candy or people will get very very sticky!

I love the idea though!

9/8/09 @ 4:59 pm (reply)

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Amber1279 (message) 319 posts, Helper bee

try your local rental company. We rented a cart for my 2 yr old daughters “JoJo Circus” birthday party.

9/8/09 @ 4:59 pm (reply)

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mary-alice-me (message) 1,864 posts, Buzzing bee

Cotton candy is so fluffy and pretty… it just looks good for a wedding or party!

9/8/09 @ 5:04 pm (reply)

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evelinej (message) 370 posts, Helper bee

Cute, I love cotton candy too!

9/8/09 @ 5:07 pm (reply)

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Gilneas (message) 1,393 posts, Bumble bee

ahhhh I love it!!

9/8/09 @ 5:09 pm (reply)

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Jessie516 (message) 5,480 posts, Bee Keeper

That sounds so fun! I went to a wedding where they had an ice cream cart and it was awesome!

9/8/09 @ 5:14 pm (reply)

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panda in England (message) 210 posts, Helper bee

eeeeee! I’m hoping to be able to have a popcorn cart when we get married - carnival foods are so much fun!

9/8/09 @ 5:16 pm (reply)

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Miss Moonbeam (message) 1,732 posts, Bumble bee

Mmm, food carts. Cotton candy just screams fun!

9/8/09 @ 5:22 pm (reply)

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alvina (message) 807 posts, Busy bee

THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DOOOOOOOO! Please share any leads you find. You can rent smaller stations (table top and not a cart) for like $60-70 plus sugar and paper cones (these are Bay Area prices). But yeah… or you can buy a little one online I guess…

Please update on this when you decide/buy!

9/8/09 @ 5:30 pm (reply)

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photoist (message) 84 posts, Worker bee

I love the idea, my only concern would be that everything would get all sticky! But it’s nothing that a wet nap won’t take care of

9/8/09 @ 5:50 pm (reply)

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tea (message) 7,278 posts, Busy Beekeeper

ahh yes, definitely have someone else to take care of that for you. i remember seeing the boys who worked the cotton candy machine leaving with their shirts covered in cotton candy fragments. you can offer a vest of some kind to protect people’s clothes?

but yeah, i love this idea. i also toyed with the idea of a gelato cart!

9/8/09 @ 5:51 pm (reply)

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mander411 (message) 735 posts, Busy bee

very cute! If I find is cheaply I want to rent one of these and a pop-corn machine to have at the doorway so people can get a treat for the shuttle bus ride to the hotel.

9/8/09 @ 5:57 pm (reply)

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pocketprincess (message) 34 posts, Newbee

I would love to have this for pre ceremony…on second thought maybe not. I can already see the flower girl and ring bearer covered in a sugary crust. FI has wanted an ice cream cart

9/8/09 @ 6:02 pm (reply)

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