This is a public service announcement to inform you of an important trend in candy floss, currently taking place on Instagram, and presumably also in the world.

If Instagram is to believed, the streets of Manila and Bangkok are bursting with these insane, multicoloured candy floss flowers.

You can have a pastel one.

A photo posted by @tamarasie on Apr 11, 2015 at 8:19am PDT

Or a luminous version.

 

 

A photo posted by Twinkle Twinkle Little Party (@twinkletwinklelittleparty) on Jul 1, 2015 at 1:11pm PDT

 

Is it just us, or does this stuff remind you of balloon art?

A photo posted by @trumpetrachel on Sep 26, 2015 at 9:49am PDT

Alternatively, you could order a monkey.

 

 

皮皮棉花糖🐶 #candyfloss #maltese

 

A photo posted by Yi-Juan Chen (@yieva) on Apr 18, 2015 at 11:44pm PDT

 

Or this magnificent pastel cloud filled with ice cream and strawberries.

“Strawberry in the clouds” #dessert #whatiatetoday #bangkok #candyfloss #karmakamet #wiwt #theresicecreamandstrawberriesbeneath

A photo posted by S A M A N T H A (@samanthabelinda) on Sep 30, 2015 at 8:15am PDT

Or a dinosaur.

 

 

its the awesomest cotton candy ive ever seen in my entire life! #cottoncandy #cottoncandyart

 

A photo posted by christine (@crystynsya) on Sep 27, 2015 at 4:03pm PDT

 

Or an elephant.

Fluffy cotton elephant by @poufcottoncandy! 🐘 #cottoncandy #cottoncandyart #elephants #sweets #spectrumfairmanila

A photo posted by Bea Wolf (@bey_wolf) on Sep 5, 2015 at 11:08pm PDT

Or a giant, pastel, emoji-inspired poop.

 

 

We’re getting ready for #AnimeCalifornia! So you best believe we’re stepping up our poop game 🏽💩 #cloudfoodcreations #candyfloss #cottoncandy #foodporn #dessertporn #animeexpo #animecalifornia #anime #convention #anaheim #sweets #poops #flowers #cloudpoop #cloudflower #cfc

 

A photo posted by Joco Michael Erwin (@cloudfoodcreations) on Aug 27, 2015 at 1:07pm PDT

 

Inspired? Watch this incredibly satisfying video to see how they’re made.

All of the sugar!