sugar candy

sugar candy

n 1. (Cookery) Also called: rock candy large crystals of sugar formed by suspending strings in a strong sugar solution that hardens on the strings, used chiefly for sweetening coffee 2. (Cookery) chiefly US confectionery; sweets

sug′ar can′dy

n. a confection made by boiling pure sugar until it hardens. [1425–75]

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sugar candy - made by boiling pure sugar until it hardenscandy, confect - a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts