Ingredients
Scale
- 1 bottle of champagne, sparkling wine or rose
- Fresh cotton candy flavor of your choice
Instructions
- Fill each glass with a small handful of cotton candy.
- Slowly pour the champagne over the cotton candy, leaving around one inch of space at the top of the glass.
- Top each glass with a little extra cotton candy, careful not to let the cotton candy touch the drink in the glass.
Notes
- Sugar-rim the champagne flutes! Before the guests arrive, you can decorate the rim of the glasses. You can take a moistened paper towel and rub it against the rim of the glass, or you could even use just a dab of honey around the rim. Dip the moistened glass into a shallow dish of sanding sugar. Choose a color and/or decoration that will go with the color of your cotton candy, or opt for a gold or silver accent color!
- Sealed: The cotton candy must stay sealed until you are ready to use it. If exposed to the elements, it will get hard from sitting out too long or accidentally getting wet. Unfortunately, this is not a drink that can be made ahead.
- Change it up! You might think cotton candy is more summery, but this can be a year-round cocktail. It’s perfect for a bridal shower, baby shower (the mom-to-be can have sparkling water and/or sparkling grape juice), brunch, birthdays, you name it!
- Important: Do not let the cotton candy touch the champagne, or it will dissolve. My instructions are to place the cotton candy in the glass and then have you pour the champagne on top. If you were to fill the glasses with champagne first and try to use a cocktail pick to hold the cotton candy in place, trust me, it’s hard to do! A higher percentage of success is achieved if you use a champagne flute vs. the cocktail glass you see here.
- Prep Time: 5
- Category: Drinks