Cotton candy is a form of spun sugar that is often sold at carnivals and fairs. “Cotton Candy is like eating the ghost of sugar” was posted on Twitter by Nick Neutrality on June 5, 2015.
“Cotton candy - like eating a clown’s ghost” was posted on Twitter by Dana Gould on August 15, 2015.
Wikipedia: Cotton candy
Cotton candy (also known as fairy floss in Australia and candy floss in South Africa, the UK, New Zealand and Ireland) is a form of spun sugar. The confection is made up entirely of sugar, with small amounts of either flavoring or food coloring often being added.
Made by heating and liquefying sugar and spinning it out through minute holes, where it resolidifies in minutely thin strands of “sugar glass”, the final cotton candy contains mostly air, with a typical serving weighing around 1 ounce or 30 grams. It is often served at fairs, circuses, carnivals, and Japanese festivals, and sold on a stick or in a plastic bag.
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Nick Neutrality
@OneTrickTofani
Cotton Candy is like eating the ghost of sugar.
9:17 PM - 5 Jun 2015
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Dana Gould
@danagould
Cotton candy - like eating a clown’s ghost.
6:57 PM - 15 Aug 2015
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Sarcasmo®
@nick_weav
😂😂😂😂😂RT @danagould: Cotton candy - like eating a clown’s ghost.
11:55 PM - 19 Aug 2015
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Zim (Neighborhood Skunk)
@ZimSkunk
What would @GhostSkunk taste like? Can you eat a ghost? I bet it’d be like eating cotton candy.
11:08 PM - 5 Nov 2016
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Sarah Adler
@sarahaadler
Houston: “Eating cotton candy is like eating a ghost.”
10:46 AM - 12 Nov 2016
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Zim (Neighborhood Skunk)
@ZimSkunk
Replying to @GhostSkunk
Is eating a ghost like eating cotton candy?
9:45 AM - 16 Apr 2017
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