hard candy

noun

: a candy made of sugar and corn syrup boiled without crystallizing

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Chew flavorless gum: Chewing sugar-free, flavorless gum or sucking sugar-free hard candy can help your body make more saliva. —

Mark Gurarie, Health, 12 Jan. 2025 There were heaping bowls of something called Krazy Krunch (think nutty caramel corn, with a hefty glug of corn syrup) and homemade hard candies, spread out like a feast in front of a Christmas tree so intricately decorated it was left up year round. —

Megan Thielking, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024 Get this for your foodie friend (or yourself) and sample goodies like yuzu hard candies, strawberry matcha tea cakes, and cherry blossom tea. —

Jenifer Calle, Glamour, 2 Dec. 2024 Meanwhile, hard candy or gum may also be a solution for some travelers that's less palatable to others. —

Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hard candy