spun sugar

American

noun

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

spun sugar British

noun

another term for candyfloss

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The sheep’s milk cheesecake had come ensconced in a cloche made of spun sugar, a special touch the restaurant included as part of the birthday treat.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2023

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

It's a spectacular tableside experience, complete with spun sugar, smoke and other intricate details that leave you mesmerized.

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2022

The menu does not mention these aren’t pork cracklins but fried chicken skin: six pieces, each the size of a Frito, but as flat and fragile as spun sugar.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2019

She had made a vanilla cream cake with custard and spun sugar.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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