spun sugar
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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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
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
Whipple: While winding layers of spun sugar onto a cardboard holder, he realized that cotton candy was remarkably similar to TP, though slightly less digestible.
From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2017
For the sweet, each guest was served a skull of spun sugar.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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