Re: Chocolate In A Cotton Candy Machine

In rec.food.chocolate Mark Thorson <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> The thought occurred to me that it might be possible
> to run chocolate though a cotton candy machine.

> Some additive might be necessary so that the filaments
> would be strong.  Sugar might work for that, though
> it would be better if that could be avoided.

> Any thoughts?  Anyone got a machine?

My thoughts are that cotton candy is threads of sugar
and it depends on the crystalization properties of 
sugar.  Chocolate has a large fat/oil content and though
it does crystalize, the properties are very different and
depends on the crystal structure to "capture" the fat.

You might be able to make a chocolate flavored cotton
candy by adding cocoa powder to rugular cotton candy
syrup.  Or, you might get something to work by adding
corn syrup to chocolate.

For sure you are going to have a big sticky mess many
times before you get this to work, if it ever does.

Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, Va.