Making Spun Sugar

It is important that your sugar syrup is at the correct consistency for making spun sugar. The sugar should fall away from the whisk ends easily, in strands that are fine enough to set as they fall. The surface on which you collect the strands should be clean and dry. Create your own special whisk for making spun sugar (see box), or hold two forks back-to-back so the prongs face away from each other and use as you would a whisk.