marzipan
noun
mar·zi·pan
ˈmär-zə-ˌpan 
also
ˈmärt-sə-ˌpän
-ˌpan
: a confection of crushed almonds or almond paste, sugar, and egg whites that is often shaped into various forms
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Other delights include almond cake, nougat with local honey, morning brioches, and chocolate pralines with marzipan and walnuts.
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Carissa & Dino Tozzi, Travel + Leisure, 10 Feb. 2025
There are spice notes of cloves, white pepper, licorice, marzipan, hazelnut, walnut, and rum-raisin toffee.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
The especially dry offering from the 295-year-old Champagne house in Reims, France noses with fresh grapefruit, marzipan and a hint of jasmine tea.
—Brad Japhe, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Other guests – many of them dressed in Aritzia garb – sipped Dom Pérignon champagne and marveled at a display of marzipan apples.
—Jemima McEvoy, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Carissa & Dino Tozzi, Travel + Leisure, 10 Feb. 2025
There are spice notes of cloves, white pepper, licorice, marzipan, hazelnut, walnut, and rum-raisin toffee.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
The especially dry offering from the 295-year-old Champagne house in Reims, France noses with fresh grapefruit, marzipan and a hint of jasmine tea.
—Brad Japhe, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Other guests – many of them dressed in Aritzia garb – sipped Dom Pérignon champagne and marveled at a display of marzipan apples.
—Jemima McEvoy, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Marzipan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marzipan. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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marzipan
noun
mar·zi·pan
ˈmärt-sə-ˌpän
ˈmär-zə-ˌpan
ˈmär-zə-ˌpan
: a candy or icing of almond paste, sugar, and whites of eggs
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