Candy and Confections

Examples

Aboukir almond

Small confection with almond paste

Aiyu jelly

jelly popular in Taiwan and Singapore

Almond nougat

Almond paste

Paste of ground almonds and sugar

Small confection coated in chocolate

Bourbon ball

Chocolate confection from the Southern United States

Branded candy

Brigadeiro

Brazilian chocolate confection

Butter pecan

Butterscotch

type of confectionery

Butterscotch chips

type of confectionery

Calisson

Traditional candy from Aix-en-Provence, France

Candied citrus peel

Citrus peel candied in sugar

Candy

confection made with sugar

Candy bar

type of sugar confectionery that is in the shape of a bar

Candy Melt

Caramel

Confectionery product made by heating sugars

Center

Chocolate

Food made from the seed of the cacao plant

Chocolate chip

small chunk of chocolate

Chocolate Fish

Chocolate liquor

Pure cocoa mass in liquid, semi-liquid, solid or semi-solid form

Chokladboll

sweet pastry with cocoa

Cocoa butter

Fat extracted from cacao seeds, used in chocolate making

Cocoa nibs

Compound coating

inexpensive chocolate substitute that uses cocoa but excludes cocoa butter

Confection

elaborate sweets

Cupedia

Hypothesized ancient Roman confection

Doctor

Dragée

Confectionery of sugared almonds

Dutch Process cocoa

Dutch process removing cocoa butter and treating the cocoa mass with an alkalizing agent to remove bitterness

Dutch Processing

Enrobing

machine for confectionery

Fat bloom

Fluff

Colloquial term for marshmallow creme

Fondant

mixture of sugar and water used as a confection, filling, or icing

Frangipane

Almond custard used in cakes and pastries

Frappe

Frosting

Sweet glaze on cake or cookie

Fruit leather

fruit from which the majority of the original water content has been removed

Gianduiotto

Small Italian confection of chocolate and hazelnut

Gummy Bears

fruit gum candy shaped in the form of a bear

Hard candy

Sugar candy cooked until hard

class of enzymes that hydrolyze disaccharides

Jaffa

New Zealand orange and chocolate candy

Kiamoy

snack made from dried pickled fruit and anise

Licorice

plant species

Maillard reaction

Chemical reaction in roasting, baking, or frying

Malabar (chewing gum)

French brand of bubblegum

Manjar blanco

Sweet dairy ingredient in Latin America, Spain, and the Philippines

Manjū

Japanese steamed bun with sweet filling

Marshmallow

sugar-based confection

Marshmallow creme

confectionery spread made from marshmallow

Marzipan

confection consisting primarily of sugar or honey and almond meal (ground almonds)

Mincemeat

mixture of chopped dried fruit, distilled spirits and spices, and sometimes beef suet, beef, or venison

Nougat

confection

Nucatum

Posited ancient Roman confection with walnuts

Panforte

dessert from Siena, Italy

Pastillas

Philippine milk-based confectionery

Pâte des fruits

Peanut butter chips

Baking chip made with peanut

Penuche

fudge-like candy

Pineapple Lump

New Zealand confection

confection composed of relatively large sugar crystals

Rum ball

Truffle-like confection of cookie butter, chocolate and rum

Sugar bloom

Sumalak

wheat dish from Iran and Central Asia

southern European nougat confection

Truffle (chocolate)

type of chocolate confectionery, traditionally made with a chocolate ganache centre coated in chocolate

Turkish Delight

Turkish gelatinous candy

Tutti frutti

Confectionery or ice cream containing candied fruits

Wagashi

Traditional Japanese confectionery

Whipped topping

Yema Quemada

Spanish egg yolk confection

Subcategories: Aboukir almond Aiyu jelly Almond nougat Almond paste Almond praline Almond tartlet Apple Jelly Bark Bloom Bonbon Bourbon ball Branded candy Brigadeiro Butter pecan Butterscotch Butterscotch chips Calisson Candied citrus peel Candy Candy Melt Candy bar Caramel Center Chocolate Chocolate Fish Chocolate chip Chocolate liquor Chokladboll Cocoa butter Cocoa nibs Compound coating Confection Cupedia Doctor Dragée Dutch Process cocoa Dutch Processing Enrobing Fat bloom Fluff Fondant Frangipane Frappe Frosting Fruit leather Gianduiotto^it Gummy Bears Hard candy Hot Tamales Inversion Invertase Jaffa Kiamoy Licorice Maillard reaction Malabar (chewing gum) Manjar blanco^es Manjū^jp-ro Marshmallow Marshmallow creme Marzipan Mincemeat Nougat Nucatum Panforte Pastillas^fil Peanut butter chips Penuche Pineapple Lump Praline Pâte des fruits Reddi-Wip Rielitos Rocher Rock candy Rum ball Sugar bloom Sumalak Taffy Tempering Toffee Torrone Truffle (chocolate) Turkish Delight Tutti frutti Wagashi^jp-ro Whipped topping Yema Quemada^es