oversweet

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In yet another, the dinosaur helps corporations hawk oversweet breakfast cereals.

From Slate • Dec. 4, 2021

While I’m also pro-bacon, I’d order the chopped wedge salad minus the combo of bacon-whiskey jam and candied walnuts, which seemed a bit overcomplicated as well as oversweet.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 15, 2021

The smoky, oversweet syrup coupled with salty, tough lobster tasted like maple bacon kettle chips, with an aftertaste reminiscent of warm Guinness.

From New York Times • May 12, 2018

Their pink sauce was “rhubarb lacquer”; an unbilled, yellow beurre-blanc-ish sauce was slightly less oversweet.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 9, 2017

He recognized the oversweet, slightly cloying taste of supermarket cola and wished he’d asked for water.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz