jkath
Hospitality Queen
Here is some interesting candy info I came across today -
candy - a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
confection, confectionery, sweet - a food rich in sugar
candy bar - a candy shaped as a bar
carob bar - a bar of candy made with carob powder
hard candy - candy that is brittle; "you can break a tooth on that hard candy"
brandyball - a British candy flavored with brandy
patty - round flat candy
bonbon - a candy that usually has a center of fondant or fruit or nuts coated in chocolate
brittle, toffee, toffy - caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
butterscotch - a hard brittle candy made with butter and brown sugar
candy cane - a hard candy in the shape of a rod (usually with stripes)
candy corn - a small yellow and white candy shaped to resemble a kernel of corn
caramel - firm chewy candy made from caramelized sugar and butter and milk
candyfloss, cotton candy, spun sugar - a candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature
dragee - sugar-coated nut or fruit piece
dragee - silver-coated candy bead for decorating cakes
fondant - candy made of a thick creamy sugar paste
fudge - soft creamy candy
gumdrop - a jellied candy coated with sugar crystals
honey crisp - a crisp candy made with honey
mint candy, mint - a candy that is flavored with a mint oil
horehound - a candy that is flavored with an extract of the horehound plant
jelly bean, jelly egg - sugar-glazed jellied candy
kiss - any of several bite-sized candies
Scotch kiss - butterscotch candy kiss
licorice, liquorice - a black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice plant
Life Saver - a candy shaped like a small lifesaver
all-day sucker, lollipop, sucker - hard candy on a stick
lozenge - a small aromatic or medicated candy
marshmallow - spongy confection made of gelatin and sugar and corn syrup and dusted with powdered sugar
marchpane, marzipan - almond paste and egg whites
nougat - nuts or fruit pieces in a sugar paste
nougat bar - a bar of nougat candy often dipped in chocolate
nut bar - paste of nuts and sugar on a pastry base cut into bars
peanut bar - bar of peanuts in taffy
popcorn ball - popcorn combined with a thick sugar or molasses or caramel syrup and formed into balls
praline - cookie-sized candy made of brown sugar and butter and pecans
rock candy - sugar in large hard clear crystals on a string
rock candy, rock - hard stick bright-colored stick candy typically peppermint flavored
sugar candy - made by boiling pure sugar until it hardens
sugarplum - any of various small sugary candies
taffy - chewy candy of sugar or syrup boiled until thick and pulled until glossy
chocolate truffle, truffle - creamy chocolate candy
Turkish Delight - a jellied candy typically flavored with rose water
Easter egg - an egg-shaped candy used to celebrate Easter