Not much for recipes today, I was much too busy with random family things to do much in the way of baking or cooking.

I’ve been trying really hard not to have any extra candy or goodies in the house, mostly sending the stuff I make for this blog away, and not really buying much in the way of candy or anything else. Sure, sometimes my sweet tooth gets the better of me, and days like today, I give it a little treat, just to keep it from really making its presence known when more overly sugary and sweet treats are within reach.

So while I was cleaning my kitchen, going through my gadgets and appliances, picking out what I want to keep, which I want to store, and which I want to get rid of, I realized I had this big old cotton candy machine just hanging out on top of the fridge. Part of me wanted to just put it in the get rid of box, but another part of me said I should keep it, because you never know when you’ll want a cotton candy machine handy.

Then my sweet tooth chimed in, and I ended up making a batch of cotton candy.  Luckineverbashfulwithbutter.comhttp://www.neverbashfulwithbutter.comly, as the robot in the photos is attempting to explain, it only took one tablespoon of sugar to make the two giant handfuls of cotton candy pictured. One tablespoon of sugar = 45 calories. Not bad when you think that two Hershey’s kisses are 50 calories.

Anyways, I happily snacked on my cotton candy while taking a break from household stuff… but I waited until after I had a little photo shoot with the green robot here…  Hey, I’ll take any excuse to post robot photos!

What’s that off in the distance?

AAAaaacK! ITS COTTON CANDY!

well, its fluffy….

And.. It is soft…

And you made all that cotton candy with only this much sugar???

See ya later sugar, I’ve got a date with a big fluffy ball of cotton candy…

I only wish I could store this stuff without it crystallizing. It would make tea parties so much more fun.
“One puff or two?”
-A.

P.S. This robot needs a name.

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