Page 26 - HP3A 008 The St. Louis World's Fair

John C. Wharton. The duo created

a device which took sugar and

heated it in a spinning bowl laced

with little holes on the side. The

caramelized sugar flew out of the

holes in tiny wisps as the bowl span.

The wisps of sugar would then be

Many foods and snacks which collected, creating a feathery treat.

are now popular today were also This new candy went on to first be

introduced and sold at the fair. One featured at the Ringling Brothers'

of these was "Fairy Floss" which is Circus in 1900 and was shortly after

known today as cotton candy. Cotton showcased at the World's Fair where

candy was first invented in 1897 by over 68,000 boxes of it were sold.

candy makers William Morrison and