comfit

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Like many food items that are now soundly in the dessert realm — sprinkles' predecessor, comfits, are a good example — chocolate sauce was once lauded for its medicinal properties.

From Salon

In the 15th century, comfits — a predecessor of the modern sprinkle — were made from dried fruits, nuts, seeds or spices that were lacquered with melted sugar.

From Salon

According to National Geographic, a sugarplum is a comfit, or “a seed, nut, or scrap of spice coated with a layer of hard sugar,” which was popular from the 17th to the 19th century.

From Fox News

Before the industrial revolution and the advent of automation, it could take a candy maker several days to complete a single batch of comfits.

From Time

So I arrived in the Corso and was driving along, thinking no evil, when I was suddenly assailed by a shower of sugar comfits.

From Project Gutenberg