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If you are spinning for an event and plan to spin a lot of cotton candy, you DO NOT need to turn off the machine between spins, once the machine is not producing anymore cotton candy, pour in another scooper full of sugar and get spinning again! If you have been spinning cotton candy and want to turn off the machine for 10 minutes or less, you do not need to wait 2-4 minutes to heat up the machine again when you come back to spinning. After two minutes, you can turn off the power and control buttons. Pay close attention to not let your hands touch the center of the machine as the head of the machine gets very hot.Ĭool-down: If you were only doing one spin of cotton candy and are now finished, let the Vortex machine run for about 2 mins to burn off any remaining sugar. Grab a cone, the cotton candy will start to spin out instantly when you pour sugar in! This machine releases the cotton candy vertically so you will want to spin and twirl the cone horizontally above the head to catch the cotton candy on your paper cone. Spilling sugar along the sides of the head of the machine can cause damage to the machine, especially if sugar is poured down the sides on a continual basis.
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While the machine is running, try to pour the sugar carefully into the head avoid spilling any sugar on the sides of the head, you want the sugar to pour right into the center of the head of the machine. For a very large cone, fill the scooper completely full, for a smaller cone, fill the scooper half full. Spinning: After 2-4 minutes of warm up time, grab the silver scooper that was included with this machine. Let the machine run for 2-4 minutes to sufficiently heat it up, the machine may smoke a bit which is completely fine, the Vortex will smoke a bit to burn off old sugar or anything that has settled inside of the machine head. Warm Up: Press the power and controller buttons to the “ON” position. This machine needs to be plugged into a grounded electrical outlet. If you bought the clear dome (we HIGHLY recommend the dome) place it on top of the bowl. Clip the bowl into the machine base, there are four clips total. Grab some protective eye-wear, we love this cute vintage pair from Amazon. If you read about our favorite cotton candy catering and small event machine from our previous blog post, you are a proud owner of the super cute and very pink Vortex Cotton Candy Machine. We also recommend protective eye-wear when using this or any cotton candy machine. Turn off the power, wait for the machine to cool and then remove the head for cleaning.Ĭlean Up: One of our favorite features with this machine is clean up- a quick rinse in the sink and you are done! Please remember to supervise children with this machine! The head of the machine spins quickly and does get hot, supervision of children is strongly recommended. It is important to burn off any remaining sugar or it will build up in the machine causing the next spin of cotton candy to burn. You will get one, maybe two medium cotton candy cones from the one pre-measured scoop of sugar floss.Ĭool-down: When you are done making cotton candy let the machine continue to spin for about 2 mins to burn off any remaining sugar. If you need more than the two silicon cones included with this machine, we recommend the Gold Medal brand paper cones or generic paper straws for making mini cones. Be careful to not let your hands touch the center of the machine, the head is hot. When the sugar is poured in, the machine will almost instantly spin out cotton candy, move the cone in a circular motion around the head of the machine, catching cotton candy as it spins until you have a nice size cone. Please do not pour more than one scoop, it will over-fill your machine which can very likely break your machine. Once the machine is heated up, pour ONE scoop of sugar into the moving head of the machine. Spinning: There is a handy little sugar scoop included with the Nostalgia Electrics machine, it’s time to use that. If you put the sugar in before it is heated up, you will most likely end up with burned sugar melted to the sides of your machine. This is the most important suggestion we can give you for this cotton candy machine or any small table top cotton candy machine. Warm Up: Each time you use this machine, it needs to heat up for at least 20 minutes BEFORE you put any sugar in it. Plug your machine in, it’s time to get spinning. If you got a little machine for the kids to play with by following our advice on picking the best cotton candy machine for home use, you are now staring at a Nostalgia Electrics Retro Hard Candy Maker. Nostalgia Electrics Retro Hard Candy Maker