Fairs and festivals boast some of the most delectable foods you'll ever find. We're talking corn dogs, funnel cakes, fried everything, and, of course, cotton candy. Made from heated sugar spun in a ...

A dentist and a candy maker walk into a fair. That's not the beginning of a joke — it's a historical fact. In 1904, dentist William Morrison and candy maker John C. Wharton of Nashville, Tennessee, ...

Often found at fairgrounds, carnivals, and circuses, sold on sticks and enjoyed by many, the sticky clouds of brightly colored spun sugar that make up cotton candy are familiar to all. The wispy puffs ...