spun sugar

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But look closer, and you might marvel that these floral arrangements, as spindly as spun sugar, are fashioned from glass.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2023

It's a spectacular tableside experience, complete with spun sugar, smoke and other intricate details that leave you mesmerized.

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2022

The menu does not mention these aren’t pork cracklins but fried chicken skin: six pieces, each the size of a Frito, but as flat and fragile as spun sugar.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2019

Duchowny delivers the most spectacular turn as Polly, whose delectable spun sugar appearance conceals steeliness forged in the mean streets.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2015

For the sweet, each guest was served a skull of spun sugar.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin