Well, the canna candy worked out. I made canna sugar, then fired up my bargain cotton candy machine. The Nostalgia cotton candy machine RetroRed805 is normally around $50, but I checked the warehouse price on Amazon, and they had a like new return in a dented box for $22, so I grabbed that. I hadn't had cotton candy in decades, but saw a YouTube video where canna sugar was being used, and I wanted to try it. I mixed the canna sugar with Kirkland organic sugar, and crushed Butter Rum Lifesaver's for flavor for the first round. The surprise was how much fun it was to spin the sugar. I tried paper cones, and I tried paper straws to gather the floss, and both worked well. I tried various hard candies ( Lifesavers, peppermint, lemon drops) tried Pink Vanilla and Blue Berry flossing sugar, then settled on my favorite, actual Maple Sugar.
The Maple Sugar/canna sugar blend is heavenly. I've ordered Honey sugar to try next, and am making Vanilla sugar with vanilla beans to try after that. I used lavender paste, mixed with sugar and gel color in violet and canna sugar, and tried lavender floss. I'm sick of sugar at this point, but this has been a fun and effective way to get medicated, and the canna sugar works well with a variety of flavors. I couldn't finish every flavor, so I squished the remaining puffs into labeled jars to use in coffee, tea. A ring of sugar builds up in the bowl, and after the cotton candy maker cools down, I run a scraper around the edge, then collect the sugar to jar to re-spin or use in drinks. It only takes a total of 1 tablespoon of sugar per cotton candy cone, it's effective, and it's fun.
