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candy

[kan-dee] / ˈkæn di /


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By day three, mine was overflowing with tchotchkes, candy, lip gloss, ornaments, green and red bracelets and even a Bible-verse bookmark.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

And so I think that what I do in my comedy is I always like to put medicine in the candy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

And while it’s good to replace that metaphorical candy with something healthier, we cannot flog ourselves into not needing something sweet to survive the bitter world we live in.

From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026

It’s a cheap indulgence, but what Halloween candy isn’t?

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026

Taking the sack of candy that Grandpa had given me, I started up to Daisy’s playhouse.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

So a big bag of mini candies may only satisfy 30 kids, by her reasoning.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Produced in small batches in Montana, these candies set a golden-colored standard for gourmet caramelization.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Hershey has faced similar litigation over other seasonal Reese’s candies, including ghost-shaped chocolates without depicted facial features and football-shaped candies that lacked the laces shown on their packaging.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

"I don't know how long we will be like this," said Stefani Garate, 26, who used to sell coconut candies on the beach.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

There were ruinously expensive candies called voulay drops, made by centaurs in the mountains of Antiok.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

Cake fillings of almond crunch and toasted pecan praline and candied lemon, while jackfruit and palm sugar bring distinct South-East Asian flavours.

From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2026

There’s the Ukrainian poppy seed cake makivnyk, the Middle Eastern hot chocolate sahlep, the Spanish nougat turrón and the Chinese candied fruit tanghulu, among others.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2025

It’s garnished with berries and candied rosemary and ginger.

From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2025

Top with candied orange peel and call it festive.

From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2025

He dug in, savoring the candied carrots and raisins.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai

Some confectioners infuse their candying syrup with botanicals, like bay leaves, rosemary or peppercorns, for added intrigue.

From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2023

It’s subtle but transformative to know what sugar feels like in your fingers at different stages of candying.

From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2017

Basket parties bumped him; sticky children tumbled, howling, under his feet, candying his clothes.

From The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million by O. Henry

“Some people have a method of candying the roots, and thus prepared they are very pleasant, and may be eaten with good success against coughs and inward soreness.”

From The Cries of London Exhibiting Several of the Itinerant Traders of Antient and Modern Times by John Thomas Smith

The fresh root candied after the manner directed in our Dispensatory for candying eryngo root, is said to be employed at Constantinople as a preservative against epidemic diseases.

From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by William Salisbury


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