Mark Thorson wrote:
> isw wrote:
>> Gases of all sorts are poor conductors of heat. I suspect that
>> even the air over liquid NO2 wouldn't be all that able to cool
>> off the hot strands.
>
> Conduction is less important than specific heat.
> Short bursts of strands, rather than long bursts,
> would allow the atmosphere in the bowl to recover
> through convection.
>
>
This isn't about chocolate in a cotton candy machine per se; rather,
it's about a Japanese cotton candy machine that uses any hard candy of
any flavour to make candy floss:

<http://technabob.com/blog/2008/10/13/ame-de-wataame-makes-cotton-candy-out-of-jolly-ranchers/>

or, if you prefer, tiny url:

http://tinyurl.com/4k5lhz