1897 – William Morrison and John C Wharton invented cotton candy
Cotton
candy as we know it was first created in 1897 when a dentist named
William Morrison joined forces with a confectioner by the name of John
C. Wharton.
Together, the duo created a machine that spun
heated sugar through a screen, creating the floss-like texture that we
all know and love.
Morrison and Wharton sold boxes of cotton
candy for a quarter each to fair-goers. The treat was so popular that,
by the end of the fair, over 68,000 boxes of cotton candy were sold.
In 1921, another dentist by the name of Josef Lascaux broke into the cotton candy scene. To avoid association with the original “fairy floss” created by Morrison and Wharton, Lascaux marketed his version of the treat as “cotton candy.” He thought that the treat looked like the cotton grown in Louisiana, the state he resided in.
However you enjoy your cotton candy, you can be assured that the concept of cotton candy is here to stay.
Since its invention over a hundred years ago, cotton candy has grown from the small-town “fairy floss” treat of a two-man company to a cltural phenomenon.
From Tokyo, Japan to Madrid, Spain, you can find cotton candy almost anywhere in the world. — Source: Spun Paradise
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