2022 - Volume #46, Issue #1, Page #06
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All-Natural Cotton Candy In Tasty Flavors
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Chokecherry, Juneberry, honeyberry and rhubarb are fruits and flavors North Dakotans grow and love, says Becky Binstock, adding that even the beet sugar (Crystal Sugar) they use comes from the region.
“We’ve been through lots of processes so that we don’t have to add anything artificial,” she notes. “We want it to taste like fruit.”
It started in 2018, after the Binstocks decided to make cotton candy as a treat for their three daughters - specifically for the oldest who has food allergies. Instead of purchasing premade sugars for cotton candy that are full of artificial flavoring, dyes and additives, the couple experimented with plain sugar and flavors made from fruit grown by people they know.
Beyond their kids, they discovered interest from people of all ages. It’s still sugar (15-20 grams) Binstock emphasizes, but it’s allergen-friendly and gluten-free so their cotton candy can be enjoyed by almost everyone.
“It’s become popular to have a cotton candy bar for a wedding,” Binstock says, as well as part of birthday parties, business and corporate events and other celebrations. The Binstocks enjoy spending time with their girls attending the events all over North Dakota, as well as selling at Bismarck’s BisMarket farmers market.
They make two sizes. Clouds ($6) are larger, similar in size to cotton candy sold at carnivals, and the smaller Pops ($3) are a great favor size for a treat. In addition to the other fruit flavors, they have strawberry, grape, lemon-raspberry, holiday flavors and coffee.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Mark and Becky Binstock, Simple Sugar (ph 701-471-7737; Facebook: Simple Sugar; simplesugarnd@gmail.com).
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