Create Delicious Homemade Cotton Candy with the BELLA 13572 Cotton Candy Maker in Red and White

Jane Cantrell: I was really worried about trying this with my third graders. They showed me how to use it. Awesome product.

United States on Jul 05, 2023

AB: Bought this for a party. It was a big hit with the kids. It’s messy and does have a bit of a learning curve. The spoonful of sugar produces a small amount of cotton candy, so it takes a few rounds to produce enough to fill a small bag of cotton candy. Sugar tends to stick inside the pot. You have to stop the machine tap the edge of the pot to loosen the sugar and restart the machine. If you don’t do it fast enough, the sugar will burn and make bad tasting cotton candy once you loosen it. Cleaning the plastic is easy. The problem is that sugar gets into the burner area and it’s very hard to get out. If you can get this for ~$20 it’s worth it. If you pay more than that you’re wasting your money. It’s really a one time use machine.

United States on Mar 02, 2023

Laura Fennell: I have used the machine 10+ times and with 3 different types of sugar and have not been able to get a good outcome. Got one once but then it didn’t work well again. Definitely wasted my money

Canada on Oct 01, 2022

Vancouver: The instructions were very easy to follow and cleanup was very easy. But after several attempts we were unable to produce anything near what looked like a regular size normal looking cotton candy. Disappointing.

Canada on May 08, 2022

Stephen carter: Liked it used it and made money off it love it

Canada on Nov 02, 2020

apoem: So I have always loved loved cotton candy. I have always wanted my own machine. After watching and looking I have found that the big cotton candy machines are so expensive for just fun use. So I started watching these tiny personal cotton candy machines and it looks like the quality has gone up and the price has come down enough to create an ideal equilibrium between price and quality.

This is a great little machine.
It is easy to set up and easy to clean and within about 5 minutes of taking it out of the box we were heating it up and getting ready to make cotton candy.

You will not be making a big bag of cotton candy like you might see at a state fair (the kind that takes 3 or 4 people to eat). What you will make is a fairly good personal sized cotton candy batch for one person. It doesn't take long to make but I can't say that I timed it. I'd say about 3 minutes to make a batch after it heats up.

We plan on using this machine for all sorts of fun events. Pinewood derby, possibly some fun raisers, summer fun events, birthday parties. The options are endless.

How this works and some hints:
You assemble this and then you turn it on. It takes ten...

United States on Mar 22, 2018

Diana ScherffDiana Scherff: The media could not be loaded.  I bought this to make cotton candy for my 4 year old's birthday party at preschool. I thought it came with some sugar, but it doesn't, so be sure to buy some. I knew I would at least need extra, so it wasn't a problem. We also bought bags with twist ties and paper sticks with cherry, grape and blue raspberry sugar.

It took about two hours to make 33 cotton candy using 1 scoop of sugar each, so it was much quicker than I thought it would take. That included cleaning the plastic pieces every 10 times due to the sugar build up. They're small, but perfectly sized for preschoolers.

The machine is also super easy to clean. Just run some hot water over the 2 plastic pieces or throw them in the dishwasher. The metal spinning piece is much harder to clean and gets "burnt sugar" marks on it that don't appear to come off even after hours of soaking and scratching with a finger nail. I'm just worried the holes the melted sugar comes out of will get clogged with burnt sugar and it will stop working. Otherwise I love it. I haven't tried putting hard candy in it yet.

The instructions say to wait for the spinning to stop before pouring in...

United States on Jan 01, 2018