flitterbit wrote:
>
> 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:

Interesting, but it's rather expensive for a toy machine.
Machines like this have been sold in the U.S. for much
cheaper. The only difference appears to be that this
machine seems to accept large pieces. I suppose you
could do the same thing with a conventional machine
if you crush up the candies with a mortar and pestle
or whiz them in a food processor before fedding them
into the machine.

Note how small are the portions it produces, necessitated
by the small bowl.