Today, December 7, 2014, is National Cotton Candy Day. Cotton candy is a form of spun sugar. The confection is almost 100 percent sugar with dashes of flavoring and food coloring. Cotton candy was first recorded in Europe in the 18th century. Machine-spun cotton candy was invented in 1897 and first introduced at the 1904 World's Fair. A dentist from New Orleans, Louisiana, invented a similar cotton candy machine in 1921 In the 1970s an automatic cotton candy machine was created. This made it easier to produce and sell.
