BELLA Electrically Powered Cotton Candy Maker, 475 Watts, Red & White

Make sure you're on a hard level smooth surface. It uses suction cups to keep it from wobbling too much when not perfectly evenly loaded. Heat the unit up for at least five minutes. Use two JR hard candies per use. Cut each JR candy in half, for a total of four pieces. Stop the unit, let it coast to a full stop. Quickly, but evenly, distribute the four pieces (mix and match flavors!) and then let 'er rip! Almost instantly, you get perfect carnival-style cotton candy. I find it best to just keep the cone at a 45 degree angle, place it about half-way into the unit, and rotate the cone in my hand. It makes a great serving of yummy cotton candy! Not at all hard to clean. I'm not sure why so many reviews mention a poor fitting lid. Ours works fine. This is a great little unit, perfect for parties and movie night.

Heated up quickly but waited the recommended time anyway! Kids loved it! We tried each flavor. Grape brings me back to my childhood! I got the 3 pack for $18.99 it was worth it though. Don’t forget it doesn’t come with the sugar.. not even a sample so think ahead!

Works great and a great price. Only negative would be the bowl. It doesn't securely sit on the machine, so as it begins to spin the bowl wobbles. Not so much that it comes off but enough to create a noise. I had my daughter help me by holding the bowl firmly in place. Cotton candy tastes great! Would definitely recommend.

I got this item on a sale and I thought it would be nice to have for my kids when they wanted a nice sweet treat.. this is more like a kid's toy than a practical item.. it's a cute gift for a girl who like cotton candy.. my kids enjoy the treat

Item arrived damaged. Followed instructions to preheat before use;immediately overheated and started smoking. It stopped functioning and burned out before I even added product.

This was a Christmas gift to someone. They used it once and the button broke off. Now it's trash. For the money I should've gotten a gift card. Do not buy!

If you only want to make one cotton candy at a time. Go for it…. If you have 3 kids you will find yourself having to take it apart, clean it, let the whole thing cool down, then reheat it again several times (over ab hour of work for 3 decent sized cotton candies). So much wasted sugar because it gets so hot in just melted into itself as it collects around the inner rim. I’ve spent a year trying to troubleshoot, watch product demos, etc. Nothing helps. So sad about that and sad there are so many false positive reviews.

It worked decently well for the first about 5 times I used it, but after that, a layer of sugar melted and got stuck in the spinner, and now it just doesn't work. I have tried cleaning it, but there is no way to get into that thin crack to scrape out the melted sugar, without breaking the spinner.

This was supposed to be the highlight of this Xmas and it was the only present my 4 year old really wanted. I did a ton of research prior ordering this particular one. Had it shipped to the local store, picked it up easily. But once we opened the box, my husband quickly realized that there is the top rim, that protects the sugar from splashing around, missing. We didn't even give it a try because I saw that would be a huge disaster. What a disappointment!!! Luckily we had few other presents that save the joy... Returned it back to store in a huge line. Now it's out of stock...

The second time we used this unit all it did was make burnt sugar and not cotton candy. The first time we used it, it did fine. Now I just have a stinky kitchen and upset kids. The top plastic piece does not sit on the top well. It keeps popping off. Overall a huge disappointment! Do not waste your money. My daughter got an inexpensive machine of another brand a few years ago that lasted us about 4 years. We were hoping the same for this, but only got 1.5 uses.