Cotton Candy History

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As amazing as it may seem cotton candy was invented by four men – Josef Delarose Lascaux, Thomas Patton, William Morrison, and John C. Wharton. Both Wharton and Morrison patented the first electric cotton candy machine back in 1899. Cotton candy was first introduced to the public at the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904.
However it was 50 years later when in 1949 a cotton candy machine with a spring base was introduced that it became easier to process cotton candy. Today cotton candy continues to be popular and sticky fingered children love it.
You have to know what you ask for when you travel and you want to purchase cotton candy. Americans refer to it as “cotton candy”, in the U.K. and in India they call it “candy floss”, in Australia and

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