![]() ![]() “It’s very fun collaborating around town,” Tamborini says, mentioning that after our meeting, she’d be dropping off a batch of rainbow cotton candy at the new Erskine Street bakery, For the Love of Sugar. The Plymouth-based commercial kitchen is home to local bakeries, cookie shops, and pastry chefs including Darla & Francine’s Cookie Table, Peach & Honey, Two Dolls Bakery, and more. Today, Spun Sugar Detroit is made in a candy land of a space known as the Proud Mitten Shared Kitchen. To my untrained taste buds, they’re equally tasty. “I just think that the plant-based ingredients make it a cleaner product than traditional cotton candy, which has artificial dyes.” Tamborini says the organic formula is lighter and not as sticky as cotton candy made with artificial dyes. “It’s cotton candy so I recognize that it’s still sugar,” Tamborini says as a disclaimer. Tamborini and Young are trying to source organic, plant-based dyes from California as well as ingredients like organic honey from Detroit-based Bees in the D. Perhaps I allowed myself to consume an entire container of cotton candy for its seemingly healthy implications. Pastel Palate: Spun Sugar’s color schemes look familiar, but come in grown-up Flavors such as blueberry champagne, Rock n Rye, Mango Chili, and Cake. I sample the Mango Chili - hell, I devour the Mango Chili, the sweet spice inducing a light sweat. A departure from the standard amusement park varieties, Spun Sugar’s menu has spiked versions like Strawberry and Blueberry Champagne, as well as sophisticated selections like Honey Lavender and Ginger Peach. To create a grown-up version of their childhood favorite, Tamborini and Young confer on unexpected flavor profiles. “Megan’s background is in master gardening, so this is a change for her, but I thought it would provide a lot of happiness.” As one of a set of identical twins - “We’re mirror twins! I’m left-handed and she’s right handed,” she says - tapping her other half, Megan Young, to co-own the business was a must. In that regard, Tamborini has an advantage. Everybody needs happiness.”Įvery entrepreneur has likely thought, “I wish there were two of me.” A clone that could manage day-to-day tasks while the founder handles the bigger picture elements of a startup. “Instagram is my jam,” Tamborini says, adding that today, nearly all of Spun Sugar Detroit’s business is driven by social media ( cotton candy, I’m able to give away happiness. They want to find you.” Within six months, clients found Tamborini, booking the cotton candy cart for private events hosted by the Ford family and the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, where she encountered Instagram influencers like Kate Lazarski and Marina Pia Goldi. ![]() People are going to your website they’re searching for you on social media. “Being in the advertising industry … everything is your brand. Nothing too crazy because cotton candy is so messy, but a cute candy look.” Tamborini envisions a Spun Sugar employee dress code. Imagery of celebratory essentials such as confetti, sprinkles, and balloons dominate the brand’s social media feeds. She set out to create a vibrant but polished aesthetic, which manifests in the form of a pastel color scheme across Spun Sugar Detroit’s platforms with wisps of cotton integrated throughout. Tamborini’s background is evident with the emphasis placed on branding. “Before heading home, I took a trip to a few factories, then came back to Michigan and started branding the company.” Tamborini began research on organic sugars, which she found were largely manufactured in California. Then a sales professional and producer at a marketing company in Farmington Hills, the Livonia native began building the infrastructure for Spun Sugar Detroit as a side hustle. “I thought, ‘Organic cotton candy?’ No one in Michigan’s doing that.” ![]() On a 2016 business trip to Venice Beach, Calif., she struck up a conversation with an organic cotton candy vendor. ![]() Spun Sugar Detroit was born of brighter days than the one that Tamborini and I met on. ![]()
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