spun sugar

American  

noun

1. a confection resembling fluff or floss, made from hot boiled sugar that has threaded, used as a garnish, frosting, or in making cotton candy.

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spun sugar British  

noun

1. another term for candyfloss

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Example Sentences

There were still clouds, but so wispy they had an iridescent sheen like spun sugar.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2024

I’m acquainted with the treat made popular by Minibar yet I still smile at the confection, now widely copied, which finds a cube of cognac-spiked foie gras torchon beneath a pink tuft of spun sugar.

From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2023

But look closer, and you might marvel that these floral arrangements, as spindly as spun sugar, are fashioned from glass.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2023

I read about choux pastry, wet caramel, and how to wrap your pastry tower with spun sugar.

From Salon • Dec. 4, 2022

A barn was suddenly made of gingerbread and spun sugar.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill