DAR Cotton Candy
Chicagoland · Fresh-spun on the spot

A robot that makes
cotton candy.

Kid picks a shape on the screen. A little robot arm spins a cloud of fresh sugar in about 90 seconds and hands it over. Adults stand there watching the whole time. Every single one of them. We've stopped being surprised by it.

Put one in my venue Book it for a birthday Wait, how does it work?

No staff to hire. No sticky teenager to schedule. It just stands there being profitable.

Yes it really
glows like that
A DAR robotic cotton candy machine lit up in pink and cyan neon, with a touchscreen menu and a glass chamber where the robot arm spins the candy.
~90 secFrom tap to cloud
32Shapes on the menu
~350Servings per sugar fill
0Employees required
What it actually is

It's a vending machine that cooks.

Not a box of pre-bagged candy going stale under a light. Real sugar goes in, a heated spinner head throws it into floss, and a robot arm winds it onto a stick in front of you. The candy is warm when you get it.

The whole thing is about the size of a big arcade cabinet, plugs into a normal outlet, takes cards and taps, and reports its own sales. Somebody restocks sugar and sticks every so often. That somebody is us.

Cotton candy is, to be completely honest with you, 100% sugar and 0% nutrition. We are not going to stand here and pretend it's a smoothie. It's a treat, it's an event, and children lose their minds over it.

Inside the glass chamber: the spinner head and robot arm mid-build, lit lemon yellow, with a fresh cloud of candy forming on the stick.
Three ways to get one

Pick the one that sounds like you.

A DAR cotton candy machine installed and glowing inside a venue.
For venue owners

Put one in my place

Trampoline parks, indoor playgrounds, kids' cafés, bowling alleys, family entertainment centers.

  • We deliver, install and service it
  • You get a cut of every sale, monthly
  • Costs you nothing up front
  • Takes about the floor space of a claw machine
Send me the numbers
A guest holding a freshly spun cloud of cotton candy nearly the size of their head.
For parents

Book it for a birthday

We roll a machine into your party for a few hours. Unlimited spinning while we're there.

  • Flat fee for the visit — no per-cloud charge
  • We set up, we run it, we clean up
  • Indoor or covered outdoor, needs one outlet
  • Instantly the best thing at the party
Check my date
Half a dozen pastel cotton candy clouds on sticks piled on a table.
For event organizers

Bring it to our festival

Village fests, park district events, school carnivals, grand openings, corporate family days.

  • Licensed, insured, permit paperwork handled
  • Certificate of insurance on request
  • Fast line — no cart, no propane, no smoke
  • Genuinely a photo magnet for your event page
Talk to us about the date
How it works

Four steps. One of them is waiting.

Tap and pay

Card, phone or watch. The screen shows the shapes — bears, flowers, hearts, a few we can't identify but kids order constantly.

Sugar goes in

The head heats up and the machine drops in a measured shot of flavored sugar. This is the part with the satisfying noise.

The arm does its thing

Roughly ninety seconds of a robot arm patiently winding a cloud onto a stick, behind glass, in full view. Nobody walks away during this part.

Door opens, cloud exits

It hands over a warm cloud bigger than the child holding it. Photos happen. You're welcome.

Actual photos, actual machines

No stock photos. This is our stuff.

The pink and maroon DAR machine glowing in the dark, neon sign lit.
The night look
A pastel blue and pink DAR machine in daylight.
We have this one too
An enormous single cloud of pink, blue and yellow cotton candy on a stick.
One (1) serving
Close-up of the machine's magenta and cyan neon tubes above the lemon-lit spinning chamber.
The neon, up close
The boring but important part

We do the paperwork so you don't have to think about it.

Anybody can wheel a sugar machine into your building. Fewer people can hand you the documents your insurance company is going to ask for. Here's what comes with us:

  • Local retail food permits for every county we operate in
  • General liability insurance, certificate on request, you named as additional insured
  • Food handler certification for everyone who touches a machine
  • Temporary food establishment permits pulled per event, by us
  • Sealed sugar, single-use sticks, sanitized chamber between service days
  • A written placement agreement, so everyone knows the split

Allergen note, and we mean this one seriously: it's sugar, flavoring and color. No nuts, no dairy, no gluten in the product itself. Ask us for the exact ingredient sheet and you'll get it the same day.

Questions people actually ask

Frequently asked, honestly answered.

Can it make a cloud bigger than my kid's head?
Yes. We have measured this. We are not proud of it, and we're not going to stop.
How much space does it need?
Roughly the footprint of a claw machine — about 3½ feet wide and 3 feet deep, plus room for a person to stand in front of it. One standard 110V outlet. It does not need water, gas, or a vent hood.
What does it cost me to put one in my venue?
Nothing up front. We own the machine, we deliver and install it, we restock and service it, we carry the insurance. You provide the floor space and the outlet, and you take a percentage of everything it sells. We'll send you the split and the projected monthly numbers for a venue your size.
Who cleans it?
We do. This is the answer to a surprising number of questions on this page.
What if it breaks in the middle of a birthday party?
For parties, a human comes with the machine and stays for the whole booking — so if something jams, it's fixed in a minute rather than ruining an afternoon. For placed machines we monitor them remotely and get out there fast. It's a robot, not a magic trick; occasionally it needs a person.
Is it loud?
It's about as loud as a coffee grinder, in bursts, for ninety seconds. In a trampoline park nobody will ever hear it. In a quiet library — please don't put it in a library.
How far do you travel?
We're based in the Chicago suburbs and regularly cover the northwest, west and north side — Cook, DuPage and Lake counties. Further out is a conversation, not a no.
Can we get our logo on it?
For longer placements and corporate events, yes — we can wrap the panels. We print signage and vehicle wraps in-house, which is a strange thing for a candy company to be good at, but here we are.
Let's do it

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An enormous pastel cotton candy cloud on a stick, fresh off the machine.

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