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candy

[kan-dee] / ˈkæn di /


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“Never in my life would I imagine cotton candy with pickles,” said Chris Dubois, senior vice president of the fresh food group at Circana, a market research company.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Its factories can supply everything from frozen meat and candy to lipstick, medicine capsules and sports hijabs.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

“I feel like I can finally play. I’m trying to bring in a candy theme without making it too grandma. At this point in my life, I don’t care what anyone thinks about me.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

Sweeteners are found in countless everyday products, including soft drinks, candy, desserts, breakfast cereals, snacks, and some medications.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

As I headed for the candy counter, I said, “Boy, if I eat that much candy I’ll probably have a bellyache for six months.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

Six people reveal what’s in their compact bags of calming tools, including fidget toys, sour candies and a rosary.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

"I don't know how long we will be like this," said Stefani Garate, 26, who used to sell coconut candies on the beach.

From Barron's Jul. 8, 2026

Initially it was a hat and shoe repair store, with candies sold from a cart out front as an extra earning stream.

From BBC Jun. 10, 2026

Between the musty setup and saccharine score, it’s the film equivalent of a bowl of stale candies.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2026

There were ruinously expensive candies called voulay drops, made by centaurs in the mountains of Antiok.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

I studied the pastries while pretending not to listen: tea-infused buns knotted with candied citrus, laminated pastry layered with spiced cream cheese, craggy oat muffins dotted with boysenberry preserves.

From Salon Aug. 4, 2026

And yes, sometimes that means recommending specialty ingredients genuinely worthy of a relative splurge: the good vanilla, candied citrus, Kewpie over the bottom-shelf mayonnaise.

From Salon May 12, 2026

Cake fillings of almond crunch and toasted pecan praline and candied lemon, while jackfruit and palm sugar bring distinct South-East Asian flavours.

From BBC Mar. 28, 2026

There’s the Ukrainian poppy seed cake makivnyk, the Middle Eastern hot chocolate sahlep, the Spanish nougat turrón and the Chinese candied fruit tanghulu, among others.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 16, 2025

“You name them, we’ve got them. Even candied chestnuts and acorn crunch. We could feed the district for a year.”

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

Some confectioners infuse their candying syrup with botanicals, like bay leaves, rosemary or peppercorns, for added intrigue.

From Salon Dec. 6, 2023

It’s subtle but transformative to know what sugar feels like in your fingers at different stages of candying.

From New York Times Dec. 1, 2017

By this property, the combs serve also to keep the bees warm, and there is not so much risk of the honey candying in the cells, or the combs cracking with frost.

From Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee A Bee Keeper's Manual by L. L. (Lorenzo Lorraine) Langstroth

The fresh root candied after the manner directed in our Dispensatory for candying eryngo root, is said to be employed at Constantinople as a preservative against epidemic diseases.

From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by William Salisbury

Opening his coppers, and finding an old boot boiling away as saucy as could be, and sometimes cakes of pitch candying in his oven.

From Omoo by Herman Melville




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