Maple Flavored Cotton Candy

[Dennis McGill]

I bought some maple sugar from a local sugar bush, mixed it with C&H Cane Sugar and made cotton candy for a fund raising event. I didn't think it tasted as good as some I've had at other events. Is there a difference in maple sugar? I assume there is. What should I be looking for in maple sugar if I plan to make cotton candy?
Thanks.

[wiam]

Use sugar made from darker grades. There is a limit to the amount of maple sugar you can use so darker sugar gives more maple flavor.

[Dennis McGill]

Thanks, I'll have to shop around. Don't plan to make my own sugar, there are lots of people better at it than I am.

[wiam]

Not familiar with C&H. Is that table sugar?

[Dennis McGill]

Not familiar with C&H. Is that table sugar?
C&H is pure cane sugar.

[jimsudz]

You want to use a good flavor ,coarse, sugar made from a darker syrup. Not sure if it's 70/30 or 75/25 cane to maple. Too fine will blow out the spinning head. You can also buy a little coarser cane sugar.

[maple2]

did a fall festival today. Sold maybe 200 cotton candies.We mix 5 to 1. We grind our maple sugar extra fine. Maple sugar melts at a higher temp than wite sugar

[SeanD]

I've been leaving mine coarse. What do you notice as different about the cotton candy with the extra fine sugar?

Sean

[maple2]

you can use less maple and the large maple chunks dont go pinging around the pan, unmelted

[SeanD]

Ok, thanks. Maybe mine is finer than I thought. I get a ring of unused sugar on the outside of the pan, but not anything flying around.