large crystals of sugar formed by suspending strings in a strong sugar solution that hardens on the strings, used chiefly for sweetening coffee
2. mainly US
confectionery; sweets
sugar candy in American English
noun
1.
a confection made by boiling pure sugar until it hardens
2.
a person or thing that is pleasing
Word origin
[1350–1400; ME]This word is first recorded in the period 1350–1400. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: absolute, index, range, register, screen
sugar-candy in American English
(ˈʃuɡərˌkændi)
adjective
1.
excessively sweet; saccharine
sugar-candy stories in family magazines
2.
pertaining to or characteristic of someone or something that is pleasing