confectionery

Example Sentences

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After a visit home, I returned to campus with a stockpile, like a confectionery smuggler crossing state lines with sugary contraband stuffed between sweatshirts in my suitcase.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

Since joining the series, Leith has sampled scores of competitors’ signature bakes, judged technical baking challenges and marveled at numerous bakers’ memorable confectionery showstoppers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

Retail Halloween chocolate and candy sales hit $7.4 billion last year, up 2.2% from 2023, and represented about 18% of all confectionery retail sales in 2024.

From Barron's • Oct. 24, 2025

The steady rise in grocery prices from a recent low in April continued last month, with consumers hit by price increases for fresh vegetables, sugar and confectionery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

I’ve always regarded the Pepper Imp as the king of the confectionery bag.

From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling