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You Can Get MASSIVE Cotton Candy That Looks Like Stuffed Animals In California

TikTokers are waiting hours in line for these viral treats!

Global Staff Writer

In the era of social media, presentation means everything, even for simple carnival treats such as cotton candy.

A little shop in California is winning lots of social media love for selling massive-sized portions of cotton candy shaped into mystical creatures, animals and famous TV cartoon characters.

Located in Huntington Beach, Polar Playground is actually an ice cream shop that sells shakes and frozen desserts.

But it's their cotton-candy art that's the real showstopper, and it's been winning them a ton of business through viral TikTok videos.

Nowadays, anyone who wants a bite of Baby Yoda's ear in candy form needs to get in line and wait, sometimes for hours.

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The shop has popped off on TikTok several times in recent months, and we're always astonished by the designs that we see being shared.

"I paid $16 for this," TikToker Tram writes in one popular post from the shop, while showing off different cotton-candy characters.

@lovetram

I paid $16 for this #cottoncandy #unicorn #kirby #oc #orangecounty #handmade #babyyoda #mickeymouse #viral #foodie

"Sometimes there is a line, so go early," she suggested on the video, which now has 4.6 million views.

"I thought that was a stuffed animal and I naturally wouldn't buy it but when you said it was edible I went running out my door," said one user in the TikToker's comments.

Others in the comments addressed the elephant in the room: the long lines that begin from early on in the day.

"I went there but it’s sooo long the lines probably take like 2-1 hour 😅," said one user in the comments.

"We do not know what time people start lining up but noticed it is before the shop opens at 1pm," said a comment on the Polar Playground's Instagram account.

Polar Playground also offers you a preview of the "handcrafted" characters you can expect each day, so you know what's in stock before you commit to a lengthy line.

So if you're in the L.A. area and you've got a sweet tooth for cartoon characters, hit up the Polar Playground and don't forget to take some pics!

Polar Playground

Price: 💸

Cuisine: Dessert shop

Address:6891 Beach Blvd, Huntington Beach, CA 92647, United States

Why You Need To Go: This Cali ice cream shop makes cotton candy art & the portions are massive.

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  • Cata Balzano (she/her) was a Staff Writer for the Narcity Global Desk. With a Communications degree from Florida International University, she has worked with the Miami Herald, Billboard, Variety, and Telemundo within other media names, covering pop culture, fashion, entertainment and travel. Originally from South Florida, Cata grew up in a Colombian-Italian household, where she grasped a sense of a multicultural lifestyle from an early age. Cata speaks four languages, proudly owns three passports, and she has lived in Bogotá, New York City, Miami, London and the French Riviera before relocating to Rome in 2022. When she's not away exploring a new city, she is spending time around Italy with her French bulldog, Bentley.

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