Cotton Candy Creme Brulee is a playful take on the classic French custard, where dissolving cotton candy into a cream and egg yolk base creates a delicate, sweet filling topped with a hard caramelized sugar shell and a cotton candy garnish.
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Preheat oven to 325 F.
Combine cream and salt in a saucepan over low heat until just hot.
Remove from heat.
Put yolks and cotton candy in a heatproof bowl.
Pour about 1/3 of the hot mixture into the cotton candy bowl and stir until most of the cotton candy has dissolved.
Pour the combined mixture back into the saucepan with the rest of the hot mixture. Stir to combine.
Place 4 ramekins in a baking dish, and pour mixture evenly between the four ramekins.
Fill the baking dish with boiling water to halfway up the sides of the ramekins.
Bake for about 40 minutes, till the centers of the crème brulees are barely set.
Remove from oven and take ramekins out of the baking dish. Cool for at least 15 minutes before refrigerating for several hours.
Top with sugar, and torch till sugar is melted. Sugar will harden. Decorate with additional cotton candy!
Refrigerate baked custards in ramekins, covered, for up to 3 days. Torch and garnish immediately before serving; do not store with topping applied.
kitchen torch · ramekins (4 minimum) · heatproof bowl · water bath/baking dish
Yes. Bake and refrigerate the custards for several hours or overnight, then torch and top with sugar and cotton candy just before serving for the best caramelized texture.
Bake for about 40 minutes at 325°F until the centers of the custards are barely set—they should still have a slight jiggle in the middle, not be completely firm.
Use traditional spun cotton candy in pink, blue, or white. The dissolving process works because cotton candy is pure sugar; avoid pre-packaged varieties with added stabilizers if possible.
Yes, a kitchen torch is essential to caramelize the sugar topping and create the signature crackly crust. There is no oven-based alternative for this step.
Yes, multiply all ingredients proportionally. You will need more ramekins and a larger baking dish. Baking time may increase slightly depending on ramekin size; check that centers are barely set.
