hard candy

noun

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

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The candy maker has introduced a limited-edition pair of jeans, which are equipped with 30 tiny pockets, each designed to hold a single piece of the company’s hard candy caramel. Chris Morris, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2024 Babies and toddlers should not be eating hard candies or other small food items like popcorn or pumpkin seeds. Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 11 Oct. 2024 Suck a lozenge or hard candy: Ginger lozenges may be particularly effective at fighting nausea. Kelly Burch, Verywell Health, 9 Oct. 2024 And parents of small kids will thank you for avoiding hard candies and gum, which present a choking hazard. Nafeesah Allen, Parents, 30 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hard candy 

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hard candy was in 1848

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“Hard candy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard%20candy. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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