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Noun (1 meaning)
candy is a type of:
- sweet, confection (noun) - a food rich in sugar
types of candy:
- Easter egg (noun) - an egg-shaped candy used to celebrate Easter
- Life Saver (noun) - a candy shaped like a small lifesaver
- Turkish Delight (noun) - a jellied candy typically flavored with rose water
- bonbon (noun) - a candy that usually has a center of fondant or fruit or nuts coated in chocolate
- brandyball (noun) - a British candy flavored with brandy
- brittle, toffee, toffy (noun) - caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
- butterscotch (noun) - a hard brittle candy made with butter and brown sugar
- candy bar (noun) - a candy shaped as a bar
- candy cane (noun) - a hard candy in the shape of a rod (usually with stripes)
- candy corn (noun) - a small yellow and white candy shaped to resemble a kernel of corn
- caramel (noun) - firm chewy candy made from caramelized sugar and butter and milk
- carob bar (noun) - a bar of candy made with carob powder
- cotton candy, spun sugar, candyfloss (noun) - a candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature
- dragee (noun) - sugar-coated nut or fruit piece
- dragee (noun) - silvery candy beads used for decorating cakes
- fondant (noun) - candy made of a thick creamy sugar paste
- fudge (noun) - soft creamy candy
- gumdrop (noun) - a jellied candy coated with sugar crystals
- hard candy (noun) - candy that is brittle
- honey crisp (noun) - a crisp candy made with honey
- horehound (noun) - a candy that is flavored with an extract of the horehound plant
- jelly bean, jelly egg (noun) - sugar-glazed jellied candy
- kiss, candy kiss (noun) - any of several bite-sized candies
- licorice, liquorice (noun) - a black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice plant
- lollipop, sucker, all-day sucker (noun) - hard candy on a stick
- lozenge (noun) - a small aromatic or medicated candy
- marshmallow (noun) - spongy confection made of gelatin and sugar and corn syrup and dusted with powdered sugar
- marzipan, marchpane (noun) - almond paste and egg whites
- mint, mint candy (noun) - a candy that is flavored with a mint oil
- nougat (noun) - nuts or fruit pieces in a sugar paste
- nougat bar (noun) - a bar of nougat candy often dipped in chocolate
- nut bar (noun) - paste of nuts and sugar on a pastry base cut into bars
- patty (noun) - round flat candy
- peanut bar (noun) - bar of peanuts in taffy
- popcorn ball (noun) - popcorn combined with a thick sugar or molasses or caramel syrup and formed into balls
- praline (noun) - cookie-sized candy made of brown sugar and butter and pecans
- rock candy (noun) - sugar in large hard clear crystals on a string
- rock candy, rock (noun) - hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint)
- sugar candy (noun) - made by boiling pure sugar until it hardens
- sugarplum (noun) - any of various small sugary candies
- taffy (noun) - chewy candy of sugar or syrup boiled until thick and pulled until glossy
- truffle, chocolate truffle (noun) - creamy chocolate candy
Verb (1 meaning)
to candy is a way to:
- to sweeten, dulcify, edulcorate, dulcorate (verb) - make sweeter in taste
to candy is derivationally related to:
- glaze (noun) - any of various thin shiny (savory or sweet) coatings applied to foods