Cotton Candy Express CC1000-S Cotton Candy Machine, with 5-11oz. Jars of Cherry, Grape, Blue Raspberry, Orange, Pink Vanilla Floss Sugar & 50 Paper Cones Easy to Use and Clean

I never write reviews but this impressed me so much! It works well, is very easy to use, and comes with large containers of the flavored sugar and plenty of supplies! The cotton candy is so tasty! My 6 year old daughter loves it! Would def splurge for this one over the $30/40 ones. At first I thought it was going to be a nightmare to clean but nope, only took a minute or two! I think as long as it is cleaned after every use it will stay nice

I don't know what the people who have left negative reviews were expecting. My experience was 100% positive. Here's my list of why: 1. I didn't even notice until I had made a mountain of cotton candy, but inside the box was a card with a 100% satisfaction guarantee. 2. Nothing is left out. The kit is complete. And what makes it special is that you get MUCH more than a teaser. You realistically get enough cotton candy supplies to enjoy over and over again. 3. Simple design was easy to assemble and required no tools to put the 4 pieces together. 4. Making the only confectionery creation more heavenly than sugar is a messy task. This machine cleans up with water and a damp cloth. Side note: I was able to make so much candy I literally couldn't eat any more and only had to wash the floss head and basin 1 time during and once after I was done. Here's what I would have changed: 1. The top guard is worthless. It gets in the way of having enough room to position the cone to most effectively remove the floss before the head contacts the deposited candy and pulls it back toward the center which starts the mess that'll need to be dealt with eventually. My tip is to make a 3 sided enclosure like a voting booth to guarantee the stuff is contained, or like me just have fun with it and realize that it's cotton candy from your kitchen. It's going to make a mess. Make the kids clean it up. (FYI there was no floss that I could see escape the lower basin. With that in mind, and if it was my decision, I would get rid of the top and make the bottom basin larger. 2. The cord is short. Copper is expensive so I get it, it just is slightly inconvenient. 3. Making nice looking fluffy clouds of wonderful spun sugar takes a little trial and error to learn to do. I think that every person who has been tasked with making cotton candy would show you a different method so learning buy reading, and I'm sure trying to teach people how through written language, is a stumbling block. I have no solution for this problem. All I can say is that the more candy on the paper cone the easier it is to collect new candy so dont worry if starting is troublesome. Keep trying you'll figure it out. Overall I wish I had purchased this a long time ago because I am going to get the most out of it. Birthdays, holidays, Mondays, Tuesdays, etc. will never be without the possibility of a normally rare treat. Have confidence in the fact that you can do this, and get over yourself and realize that sometimes the mess is worth the experience. Enjoy.

About 15 years ago rented a commercial machine form a party store and swore never agin, made a huge mess. That one made too much candy to catch up with for me. Had used a smaller "commercial" machine in college for a fair that was not as messy and thought I could handle it, and this one is a good compromise for home use. IT DOES TAKE PRACTICE. Decided to try this one after reading several independent reviews from different groups as well as the ones on here. It was voted in the top 5 machines for home last year. My daughter wanted this for her birthday. At first try I would have given this a lower rating, I read the directions and did as it said but it stuck to the sides and got charred spots when touching the metal spinner in the middle. There was hardly any candy on the cone. Tried again the next day after watching the video from the manufacturer. It does help to see exactly how they spin the cone and realized I needed to hold it higher at the top of the plastic shield once it built up. Also realized the times are off and did much better the second time around. IF you watch the video and let it warm up for ten minutes, not 2-3, then wait until the first string of candy forms a web from each side of the bowl to catch it onto the cone you can actually get the size they show on the box. For being sticky sugar it really does come right off the plastic bowl easily when washed, and wipes easily off the motor head with a damp cloth. We made about 5 cones of candy in a row. I do not know how long it would work before having too much build up on the sides, it may not be best for a large party but OK for a small one. You might have to pry off the build up on the sides of the bowl in between to make more. It does get hot so I would NOT suggest leaving it on for hours at a time, just like any other small kitchen appliance that heats up you would not want your toaster running for 3 hours. I have a laser surface thermometer and pointing it in the middle of the motor where the light and heat are generated the temp. ranged between 300 and 600 during use for 5 cones. My main complaint would be it does smell, as some of the sugar inevitably slips under the floss head into the motor and gets stuck, unable to be cleaned. You just have to let it "burn" off. But the rest of the unit is very easy to clean. My kids love the flavors. The cotton candy is pretty good, not as good as a big machine or what you get fresh on the boardwalk, but you can't really expect it to be. Kids don't care about the slight difference in taste.

Great little cotton candy maker…takes a little practice but once learned makes great cotton candy! ✌️

Toddlers. Soooo cute. But they LOVE that word MINE and when we were all at the OTHER grandmother’s house and she pulled out her cotton candy machine I had HOPES of getting some fresh cotton candy (which is so tender) but her home machine was kept pretty busy producing small cones for the three grandchildren (we were learning.) Eventually they gave me my own cotton candy, but the two year old immediately commandeered it after I pinched off one tiny bite, and I think it’s undignified for a 65 year old Grandma to take (cotton) candy (back) from a baby. Fast forward to my prepping for an upcoming visit to OUR house. (We are four hours away.) I got on Amazon and ordered this cotton candy machine because it had high marks and over 1,000 reviews. I also thought I should try it out beforehand to make sure it worked properly before the children arrived. I bought the one with five flavors and I used pink vanilla. My first attempt wasn’t so good, but i used a wooden chopstick to knock loose that pink melted sugar you see on the inner rim. I then scraped it together and reloaded it into the spinner, added a bit more sugar, and had another go. And because the grandkids aren’t here yet I ate the results of my experiments and satisfied my craving (I mean, jeez, you forget it’s just pure sugar—a little goes a long way.) Clean up was pretty easy—mainly just water and a little soap. I got some Qtips and wiped up most of the bits that fell through the screen into the heated area. It looks like you can undo a bunch of screws to take the screen off to better clean this motorized part but that would be a hassle. I left the machine cooling on the counter for over an hour and returned to find the sugar ants had surfaced from wherever they come from, so next time I will wash up as soon as it cools off. I think this machine is going to be fun to own.

First off I never got the sugars that were supposed to come with it. Luckily I bought the gold medal flossine set that got here in time for Christmas as well. Then there's the issues with the machine it's self. This machine was poorly thought out. The ring does not stay put it spins around as the unit vibrates from the floss head spinning. I bought another model as well and that brand does not have this issue. The poorly thought out ring design also makes this unit far louder then it should be. As well as the noise the spinning ring makes it difficult to make a decent cotton candy as it gets in the way. This unit also only provided burnt cotton candy. The unit gets far hotter then it needs to. As well as paint chipping off the floss head as it's being used. That seems rather unsafe to me as well. Then there's the fact that it's a pain to clean and sugar gets easily sucked into the motor and heating area. Again my other brand does not have this issue I suspect it's the over sized heating component compared to the smaller floss head design that has a way larger gap then the other modle I purchased as well. Just all and all a poorly constructed machine. I'm sending it back.

This machine works .It does make cotton candy however. It makes very small batch. You need to add more and more to make a true ball of cotton candy. I guess this would be great for a little kiddie party. It's smell great when making gets you all excited to create your ball of candy. Great taste best flavors I've experienced. Takes awhile to hear up enough to began process.

Works pretty good. Not as nice as a carnival quality but the kids love it and im happy with it

Machine didn’t work at all. We had it on for less than 5 mins and then heard a loud bang . And it doesn’t turn on anymore