Kid Friendly Cotton Candy Drink Recipe (2024)

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I love making a fun punch for the holidays or for parties for my kids to enjoy as well. My entire family loves this Kid Friendly Cotton Candy Drink Recipe and it only takes 2 ingredients to create.

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I have a super fun and affordable drink for you and your kids – you have to make this Kid Friendly Cotton Candy Drink recipe.

As many of you know I love to celebrate New Year’s Eve with my kids. We love to talk about the past year and all the great things that have happened and talk about all that we plan for the next year.

This is such a fun and easy kid friendly drink recipe to help your kids ring in the new year. My kids love it but I find that adults enjoy it too. This cotton candy punch and Sherbet Punch is a crowd pleaser for any party you throw this year.

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  • Why Make This Drink Recipe:
  • Ingredients:
  • Variations
  • Step by Step Instructions:
  • How to Serve:
  • Frequently Asked Questions:
  • More Easy Drink Recipes
  • Cotton Candy Punch Recipe

Why Make This Drink Recipe:

Every New Year’s Eve, we love getting into our pajamas early, enjoying our favorite appetizers and playing games together. To go along with these traditions, I also like to create a unique and fun drink for my kids to enjoy.

And what is more fun than cotton candy? One year, I tried this simple and easy cotton candy drink and now it’s a tradition that we make it every year on New Year’s Eve.

Ingredients:

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  • Raspberry Ginger Ale
  • Cotton Candy
  • Cherry for garnish (Optional)

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Variations

This recipe is easy to switch up to make it work for your family or a party.

  • Change Cotton Candy – Generally I use strawberry cotton candy to create this pinkish red color. However, you can use all different types of flavors like blueberry, green apple or banana.
  • Change Ginger Ale – When using the other flavors, I would use regular ginger ale instead of raspberry ginger ale to enhance these flavors of cotton candy.
  • Use Lemon Lime Soda – Also, you can use Sprite or 7 Up instead of Ginger ale if you prefer. This would still taste delicious in the recipe and the carbonation will dissolve the cotton candy into the punch or drink.
  • Cotton Candy co*cktail – This drink is great as an adult drink. Add in prosecco, orange liqueur, triple sec, tequila, and even vanilla vodka. This is a great to serve in martini glass or champagne flutes. Top with pink sanding sugar to leave your tastebuds dancing.

Step by Step Instructions:

  • Step 1 – Place one piece of cotton candy in the drinking glass that I plan on serving this fun drink in.
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  • Step 2 – After this pour the ginger ale over the cotton candy in the drink. It will dissolve the cotton candy immediately but it will dispense the cotton candy throughout the beverage.
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  • Step 3 – Serve immediately and watch all the kids be impressed at this delicious and festive drink that you just created for them.
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How to Serve:

When I’m making these for my family only, I generally make them in individual glasses. It’s quick and easy. Also, the kids can easily make their own which they love doing as well.

However, if you are throwing a large New Year’s Eve Party, birthdays, a girls’ night, or a bridal shower. You can create a larger batch in a punch bowl for everyone to enjoy as a cotton candy mocktail.

I would put a large amount of cotton candy in the punch bowl and fill the rest of the bowl up with the ginger ale. I like to taste test it once it’s done and add more cotton candy if it needs more sweetness.

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Frequently Asked Questions:

How to Store Leftovers:

Leftovers do not store well. We recommend making what you will be serving.

Can I Make Ahead of Time?

This fun drink is best served immediately. We do not recommend making ahead of time.

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  • How to Make Pink Lemonade Recipe
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We love to hear from you. If you make this Cotton Candy Drink, make sure to leave us a comment.

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Cotton Candy Punch

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Try this easy kid friendly cotton candy drink recipe. You only need 2 ingredients to make this yummy cotton candy drink punch for kids and adults.

Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Total Time 5 minutes mins

Servings 6

Cuisine American

Course Dessert, Drinks

Calories 226

Author Carrie Barnard

Ingredients

  • 3 oz bag cotton candy
  • (1) 2 liter strawberry ginger ale

Instructions

  • Divide the cotton candy evenly into the cups.

  • Pour over with the soda.

  • Serve immediately.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 226kcal, Carbohydrates 58g, Sodium 35mg, Sugar 57g, Calcium 15mg, Iron 1mg

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FAQs

How to make cotton candy mixture? ›

Ingredients
  1. 2¼ cups white granulated sugar.
  2. 1/2 cup water.
  3. 1/2 cup corn syrup.
  4. 1 pinch salt.
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How do you add cotton candy to drinks? ›

To make the Cotton Candy co*cktail, simply add a couple of dashes of Angostura bitters to a coupe or champagne flute. Skewer a large piece of pink cotton candy on a co*cktail pick, alongside a lemon twist, and rest over the glass. Pour the bubbly over the cotton and watch it dissolve before your eyes.

How is cotton candy made kids? ›

Having liquefied the sugar, the cotton candy machine then sprays the liquid through tiny nozzles so that it forms fine filaments of liquid that solidify immediately. This quick cooling of the liquid into open air does not allow the sucrose molecules to form crystals, and threads of glass are created instead.

How do you make cotton candy easy? ›

Place 4 cups of sugar, 1 cup of corn syrup, 1 cup of water, and 1/4 tsp. of salt into the saucepan and stir the ingredients together until the sugar is melted. Use a pastry brush to wipe down the sides of the pan to keep sugar crystals from forming. Clip on a candy thermometer and heat the mixture to 320°F (160°C).

How to make cotton candy sugar mix at home? ›

For example, if you are using 100 grams of sugar to make flavored cotton candy, you should add between 0.25% to 5% of 100 grams of flavor powder. To make flavored cotton candy with flavor powders, just mix a small amount of flavor powder into a bowl of sugar. Whisk until both ingredients are combined.

What flavor is pink cotton candy? ›

That said, the colors usually correlate to an associated artificial flavor. The pink cotton candy is almost always flavored with something called “pink vanilla,” which is the most classic flavor you're going to get.

How to make white cotton candy? ›

It's very simple; in fact it's probably simpler than you think. To make white cotton candy, just buy a bag of white cane sugar at your local grocery store. That's it! Just pour it in your machine and wait for the web of white floss to build up.

What drink has cotton candy in it? ›

Fill a glass with fluffy cotton candy and place them on a serving tray. Pour one ounce (2 tablespoons) vodka over the cotton candy. Top with sparkling water and add ice. The cotton candy will melt immediately and sweeten the co*cktail to taste like, well, cotton candy!

Can you make homemade cotton candy? ›

Directions
  1. To make this recipe at home, you will need a pair of wire cutters and an old inexpensive whisk. Cut the round ends off an inexpensive whisk. ...
  2. Place the sugar, corn syrup, and water in a 2-quart heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium-high heat. ...
  3. Dip the tines into the hot sugar.

Can I use regular sugar for cotton candy? ›

For the sugar, any granulated sugar will do, but the finer it is, the better your candy floss will turn out. As for food colouring, liquid or gel options can be used. If you're using coloured sugar, no additional food colouring is needed. Start by cleaning your machine thoroughly.

Can you make cotton candy with just sugar? ›

A: Yes, plain sugar work great. I've even used candy cane that I had crushed in an electric coffee grinder!

What is the chemical formula for cotton candy? ›

The chemical formula for the disaccharide sugar is C12H22O11. The monosaccharide chemical formula is C6H12O6. Cotton candy was originally called “Fairy Floss.” It was renamed because the hardened strands have many of the same characteristics of cotton fiber. Thus being called Cotton Candy.

Does blending sugar make cotton candy? ›

Regular sugar does the trick, but so do pieces of hard candy.

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