Cotton Candy Champagne

Cotton Candy Champagne: Your favorite sparkling wine and a tuft of cotton candy come together to create a fast, fun, and unique way to celebrate all your special occasions.

Pull out this easy, but impressive combination anytime you’re feeling fancy. We like to serve it on New Year’s Eve, but it’s just as special at birthday parties, wedding showers, anniversaries, or even a girl’s night in.

What Makes these So Great

• Fast: Only two ingredients means they’
• Easy: You don’t even have to measure anything out!
• Memorable: Those fluffy tufts on top will leave a lasting impression with your guests

Step-by-Step Directions:

To make things even easier for you, I created a simple photo guide below. For all measurements and a more detailed guide, check out the recipe card at the bottom of this page.

Step 1 – Add a large tuft of cotton candy to your champagne flute.

Step 2 – Pour champagne over top.

Step 3 – Add another tuft of cotton candy to the top of the glass for garnish.

Essential Tips:

Don’t skip these tips – read them before mixing to avoid any potential mistakes.

• We used a Rose champagne for the photos here, but you can use any nice mid-quality brut champagne.
• Make sure your champagne is well chilled before serving.
• For best results, keep cotton candy sealed just until you’re ready to serve your drinks. Otherwise, any humidity in the air may cause it to melt and it won’t be fluffy anymore
• When garnishing, try to keep the tuft of cotton candy from touching the liquid, so it doesn’t melt.
• Narrow champagne flutes like these stemless glasses work best for this cocktail.

FAQs:

Can I make these ahead of time?

Unfortunately, I don’t recommend making them in advance. The cotton candy will begin to melt and lose its fluffiness if it sits out for more than a few minutes.

If you’re going to have a large group, you may want to consider passing around a tray of 10 drinks at a time.

I can’t find unflavored cotton candy. What flavor works best?

I tested these with three different flavors of cotton candy. Here’s my take:

• Strawberry tended to be a milder flavor and worked well with the champagne.
• Blue Raspberry was way too strong and overpowered the taste of the champagne.
• Cherry was okay, but not my favorite

Just remember, the best combination will also depend on the flavors in the sparkling wine you pick, how strong the flavors are in the cotton candy, and how much candy you add to each glass.

So it may be best to have a variety of flavors and let your guests experiment with which combination they like best.

Can I make a non alcoholic version?

Absolutely! To make it non-alcoholic, simply swap the champagne for a sparkling cider, sparkling lemonade, or a combination of juice and club soda.

How do you drink cotton candy champagne?

While you could simply snack on the cotton candy before enjoying the champagne, the best way to drink it is to dissolve the cotton candy tuft in the champagne, and then sip away.

If you liked my cotton candy champagne, you’re going to love my pink champagne floats with raspberry sorbet. With only 3 ingredients, they’re an easy and delicious drink/dessert combo.

Or you can check out all my cocktail recipes with champagne here and all my festive drink recipes here.

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