confections

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Tehran’s streets burst with shoppers perusing markets for flowers, painted eggs and confections for their “haft-sin” table, the traditional spread of seven items symbolizing spring, renewal and prosperity.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

As an executive at Hershey, it’s Rinaldi’s duty to know important dates years in advance to understand how it could affect the company’s ability to sell chocolates, sweets and sugary confections.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

Thanks to this technique, colonists were able to keep fruit from the summer harvest to use in their Christmas confections, and fruitcakes became one of the most popular seasonal desserts.

From Salon • Dec. 17, 2024

These sugar-laden confections are mostly made of high fructose corn syrup, saturated fat and additives.

From Salon • Oct. 29, 2024

They discovered that they could conjure splendid-looking confections, but were somewhat less successful when it came to flavor.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor