All You Need to Know about Cotton Candy

Yale Bologna Festival

8/13/2023

July 28 - 30, 2023

Friday 11am - 7pm
Saturday 11am - 7pm
Sunday 10am - 4pm

Every July, Yale plays host to the Yale Bologna Festival, a 3 day weekend event that closes the streets and transforms this small community of just under 2,000 to a gathering of over 20,000 Bologna starved party-goers! The festival draws people from all around Michigan as well as other states. The Bologna Festival includes such events as the famed outhouses races, a street dance, fireworks and a parade down Main Street that continues to grow each year.

https://www.yalechamber.com/yale-bologna-festival.html

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Applegate Summer Festival

8/13/2023

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Get ready to be amazed at the Applegate Summer Festival's Under the Big Top extravaganza! 🎪🌞 Sweet Spinners is thrilled to be part of the fun on August 19th. As you explore the car show, tractor show, and join the euchre tournament, don't forget to satisfy your sweet tooth with our fluffy cotton candy treats. Let's create magical memories together at this circus-themed celebration! 🎉🍬

#SweetSpinners #ApplegateSummerFestival #CottonCandyMagic #CircusVibes

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History of events

7/10/2023

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June 30 - July 2, 2023

Friday 3pm - 11pm
Saturday 11am - 11pm
Sunday 11am - 6pm

Join us for a 3-day weekend, in the heart of Grand Rapids, where you will enjoy local live music, dance and music performances, finely chosen and curated foods and drinks, local merchants, and much more!

https://imlaycitychamberofcommerce.org/festivals/

August 11 & 12, 2023

Friday 12pm - 9pm
Saturday 10am - 9pm

Summer Sashay 2023 presented by Macomb County Pride

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August 26, 2023

Saturday 12pm - 8pm

🌸 Join Macomb County Pride for the THIRD ANNUAL SUMMER SASHAY festival in Downtown Mount Clemens. We are planning an inclusive and festive day filled with good vibes and lots of fun as we show our pride and support for the LGBTQ+ community. 🌸

49 Macomb Place
Mount Clemens, MI 48043

https://saginawcounty.com/departments/parks-recreation/parks-trails/william-h-haithco-recreation-area/

August 16, 2023

Wednesday 5pm - 10pm

William H. Haithco Recreation Area
2121 Schust Rd
Saginaw, MI 48603

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We're excited to see you in 2022!

3/5/2022

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We've started off the year with our own weekend pop-up event at Fashion Square Mall and it was AWESOME! We have dreams of one day opening a permanent store front and this was a glimpse into our future. Thank you to everyone who stopped by and visited us in February!

Other events that are confirmed are the Shepherd Maple Festival (April), Clio Fireman's Festival (June), and Munger Potato Festival (July), along with many private events at schools, campgrounds, and even a wedding!!
We're also finalizing plans to spin in Frankenmuth, Grand Blanc, Bay City, Traverse City, and Vassar - details to come!

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Frankenmuth Funtown Chowdown Food Truck Festival

5/14/2021

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We couldn't have asked for a nicer day for our first food truck rally of the season! The event ran until 9PM but we stayed open and spun cotton candy clouds for our guests until 10. We were tired by the time we rolled home to Millington around 1AM but we wouldn't trade it for the world. Thank you Frankenmuth; we'll see you at the Funtown Chowdown again on September 9!

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Artisan Row's Makers' Market at Shepherd's Maple Syrup Festival

4/26/2021

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What a weekend we had at the Shepherd Maple Syrup Festival! We cannot thank everyone enough for stopping by and helping support our small business. We were extremely humbled to hear you say that our cotton candy was worth the wait in line. Many, many thanks to Artisan Row Events for making this opportunity possible - we can't wait to see everyone again next year!

Posted by Shepherd Maple Syrup Festival on Monday, April 26, 2021

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We were on TV!

3/12/2021

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First and foremost, the biggest of thank-yous to Lia Kamana and Caleb Holloway for making our television debut so much fun and such a huge success! You two were amazing to work with and we hope to see you again soon!

In case you missed it, here's the link to our story:
Mid-Michigan NOW (NBC25/FOX66)

No kidding!! At least I don’t have a big head I guess □□‍♀️□ https://t.co/GbadPjCrck
— Lia Kamanā (@LiaKamanaTV) March 12, 2021

This is Christy Best, the owner of Sweet Spinners, a local artistic cotton candy business.

She tells us she saw this on YouTube first and just new she needed to bring it to mid-Michigan!

Learn more about what makes Sweet Spinners unique this morning on @midmichigannow pic.twitter.com/fWExXtAQvw
— Lia Kamanā (@LiaKamanaTV) March 12, 2021

SAGINAW, Mich. - This is a story sure to satisfy your sweet tooth and bring out the kid in you.

Mid-Michigan's first artistic cotton candy business,Sweet Spinners, makes hand-crafted Cotton Candy Clouds that are a great treat for the young and young at heart.
Reporter Lia Kamana spoke with owner Christina Best this morning all about these delicious treats.

Best describes artistic cotton candy as a a treat with a show. She says guests are mesmerized by the spinning technique as many have never experienced freshly spun cotton candy.
The other unique aspect is, forget about your typical pink and blue, Best has 18 different flavors to choose from: regular carnival flavors, seasonal like peppermint stick and pumpkin spice latte, citrus including lemon, and lime, and then her premium flavors like green apple, sour watermelon, and sparkling wine.

In 2020, business owner Christina Best reimagined the cotton candy experience when the Coronavirus started to spread. With safety in mind, she launched to-go options like Cloud Drops, Cloud Tubs, and even Cotton Candy Cakes.

Sweet Spinners specializes in family friendly events in the state of Michigan. You may have seen Best at the Renaissance Festival last year and she tells us this year she is hoping for the Traverse City Cherry Festival.
Over the winter, she's been spinning her cotton candy creations at the SVRC Marketplace (203 S. Washington Ave., Saginaw, MI 48607) and will be there on Friday and Saturday, March 12th and 13th, from 10 a.m. till 6 p.m.
Best says Sweet Spinners is also available for private parties and is currently booking it's 2021 summer schedule. You can send your favorite family friendly fairs and festivals as well as inquire about a private party by emailing [email protected].

Not sure how I made it out of shows without being hyped on sugar □

Sweet Spinners, check them out! SVRC Marketplace today and tomorrow, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. pic.twitter.com/UzAqchW03T
— Lia Kamanā (@LiaKamanaTV) March 12, 2021

18 flavors of cotton candy??!!! □

4 different pink flavors, 3 citrus, seasonal... the possibilities are endless with Sweet Spinners.

Check them out today and tomorrow (10 a.m. - 6 p.m.) at the SVRC Marketplace in Saginaw. pic.twitter.com/6CAPc7zNKI
— Lia Kamanā (@LiaKamanaTV) March 12, 2021

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Michigan Sugar Company: Meet a Pioneer

3/2/2021

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MEET A PIONEER: Today, we'd like to introduce you to Christina Best, owner of an artistic cotton candy business called Sweet Spinners.
A native of Vassar, Christina started her business in 2019 just a few months before the COVID-19 pandemic began. Her operation is designed for fairs and festivals, as well as private parties, which has made the last year challenging. But, she said, it also inspired her to create some cotton candy "pivots," like cotton candy cakes, bites, and drops that can be dipped into drinks to make them unique.
But her sweet spot is artistic cotton candy creations she spins using pure, all-nature Pioneer Sugar.
"I buy it in 50-pound bags and wouldn't use any other sugar," she said. "Pioneer Sugar is very consistent and it also has a special place in my heart because many members of my family lived in Bay City and so I grew up seeing those piles of sugarbeets."
Christina is hoping for a busy 2021 filled with festivals and events across the state. If you are interested in having her at your event, send her a message on Facebook or call 989-823-4558.
Click through the photos to learn more about this sweet Pioneer! #BeAPioneer #CottonCandy

As a kid, growing up in Michigan's Thumb, Christina Best loved cotton candy. Blue Raspberry was her favorite flavor.

"But sometimes I couldn't tell the difference in the flavors," said Christina, who graduated from Vassar High School in 1998 and today lives in Millington with her husband Artie and son Sean, 10. "I learned pretty early that some people just put in the colors, but not the flavors."

Fast forward to about six years ago when Christina Best first saw a cotton candy maker spinning incredible creations on bamboo sticks.

"I remember thinking to myself, 'Wouldn't it be fun to do this?' " she said. "Then, I saw it again a few years later and I decided to teach myself this craft. I am self taught by watching YouTube videos and a lot of trial and error ... and a few tears."

In 2019, Christina Best launched her own cotton candy business now called Sweet Spinners. She describes it as "half cotton candy, half entertainment."

And if you get a chance to see Christina spinning one of her signature cotton candy creations, you'll also quickly come to appreciate her as an artist.

"It is a form of art, just with sugar," said Christina. "Only, when I'm done, my cotton candy creations are as big as a small child."

Sweet Spinners is an operation designed to be taken on the road to places like fairs and festivals, as well as private parties.

Owner Christina Best also sets up about once every month at the SVRC Marketplace in downtown Saginaw. Her next visit there is scheduled for March 12-13.

The past year has been challenging because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but Christina Best said it also inspired her to create some cotton candy "pivots," like cotton candy cakes, bites, and drops that can be dipped into drinks to add a little flavored sweetness.

She mixes up all kinds of flavors for her cotton candy creations, including Strawberry, watermelon, sassy apple, banana, cherry, and lime, as well as some more exotic or non-traditional flavors like sparkling wine, pumpkin spice, peppermint stick, and even one that incorporates Tajín seasoning.

"I've even added Pop Rocks candy," she said.

And, of course, she offers blue raspberry that actually delivers on taste.

No matter what Christina Best is making at
Sweet Spinners, you can bet she's using pure, all-nature Pioneer Sugar.

"I buy it in 50-pound bags and wouldn't use any other sugar," she said. "Pioneer Sugar is very consistent and it also has a special place in my heart because many members of my family lived in Bay City and so I grew up seeing those piles of sugarbeets."

Christina Best's signature cotton candy creations come in four standard shapes - rosebud, blossom, heart, and butterfly.

Christina Best, owner of Sweet Spinners, said she always knew food would somehow be part of her life.

At age 16, she got her first high school job working at McDonald's.

"They taught me work ethic," she said. "They had a saying: 'If you have time to lean, you have time to clean' "

For the past 18 years, Christina has worked as a server at Zehnder's of Frankenmuth, a job she loves and plans to continue even as she works to grow her own business.

Christina Best is hoping for a busy 2021 filled with festivals and events across the state.

If you are interested in having her at your event or booking her for a private party, call 989-823-4558.

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Artistic Cotton Candy in Mid-Michigan

3/1/2021

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Candy Clouds is now Sweet Spinners

Millington, Michigan, March 1, 2021 – Some sweet news to tell everyone! Candy Clouds has a new name: Sweet Spinners! Candy Clouds started in 2019 as Mid-Michigan’s first artistic cotton candy business. The hand-crafted Cotton Candy Clouds is a favorite treat for the young and young at heart. In 2020, business owner Christina Best reimagined the cotton candy experience when the Coronavirus started to spread. With safety in mind, she launched to-go options like Cloud Drops, Cloud Tubs, and even Cotton Candy Cakes! While she is still offering all of her favorites including Cotton Candy Clouds, the expansion of her product line inspired Christina to update her business name to include her newest creations. And that is how Candy Clouds became Sweet Spinners!

Product Availability - Sweet Spinners specializes in family friendly events in the state of Michigan. Over the winter, they’ve been spinning their cotton candy creations at the SVRC Marketplace (203 S. Washington Ave., Saginaw, MI 48607) and will be there next on Friday and Saturday, March 12th and 13th from 10AM to 6PM.
Sweet Spinners is currently booking their 2021 summer schedule and would love to hear from you! Please send your favorite, family friendly fairs and festivals to [email protected]

Let’s Get Social – Sweet Spinners can be found online at SweetSpinners.com, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok!
Sweet Spinners is the first artistic cotton candy business in the state of Michigan that delights in bringing a tasty treat to the young and young at heart.

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