Candy

thumb|Chocolate bars in dark, white, and milk variants (top to bottom). Chocolate is a food made from roasted and ground cocoa beans that can be a liquid, solid, or paste, either by itself or to flavor other foods. Cocoa beans are the processed seeds of the cacao tree (Theobroma cacao). They are usually fermented to develop the flavor, then dried, cleaned, and roasted. The shell is removed to reveal nibs, which are ground to chocolate liquor (unadulterated chocolate in rough form.) The liquor can be processed to separate its two components, cocoa solids and cocoa butter, or shaped and sold as

Candy, also commonly called sweets, is a confection that features sugar as a principal ingredient. The category, also called sugar confectionery, encompasses any sweet confection, including chocolate, chewing gum, and sugar candy. Vegetables, fruit, or nuts which have been glazed and coated with sugar are said to be candied.

Caramel (, or (US) ) is a range of food ingredients made by heating sugars to high temperatures. It is used as a flavoring in puddings and desserts, as a filling in bonbons or candy bars, as a topping for ice cream and custard, and as a colorant commonly used in drinks.

Marzipan is a confection consisting primarily of sugar and almond meal (ground almonds), sometimes augmented with almond oil or extract.

confectionery

Turkish gelatinous candy

Nougat refers to a variety of similar confections made from a sweet paste whipped to a chewy or crunchy consistency.

thumb|This krokan is a traditional Swedish baker's confection.

Marshmallow (, ) is a confection made from sugar, water and gelatin whipped to a solid-but-soft consistency. It is used as a filling in baking or molded into shapes and coated with corn starch. This sugar confection is inspired by a medicinal confection made from Althaea officinalis, the marsh-mallow plant.

A lollipop is a type of sugar candy usually consisting of hard candy mounted on a stick and intended for sucking or licking. Different informal terms are used in different places, including lolly and sucker. Lollipops are available in many flavors and shapes.

species of plant

'''M&M's''' is the brand name of a color-varied sugar-coated, dragée chocolate confectionery made by the Mars Wrigley Confectionery division of Mars Inc. since 1941. The confection consists of a candy shell surrounding a filling that determines the specific type or variety. Each piece has the letter "m" printed in lower case in white on one side. They are produced in different colors, some of which have changed over the years.

Snickers (stylized in all caps) is a chocolate bar consisting of nougat topped with caramel and peanuts, all encased in milk chocolate. The bars are made by the American company Mars Inc. The annual global sales of Snickers is over $380 million, and it is widely considered the bestselling candy bar in the world.

thumb|Paper confetti being thrown at a wedding in the United Kingdom thumb|A scattering of metallic confetti thumb|Confetti falls down on the Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl field after the victory of the Longhorns against the Trojans at the [[2006 Rose Bowl, which was played on the 4 January 2006 ( game), part of its post-game celebration]] Confetti is small pieces or streamers of paper, mylar or metallic material, usually thrown at celebrations, especially parades and weddings. The origins are from the Latin confectum, with confetti the plural of Italian confetto, small sweet. Modern paper con

confection composed of relatively large sugar crystals

Haribo GmbH & Co. KG, doing business as Haribo ( , ; stylized in all caps), is a German confectionery company founded by Hans Riegel Sr. It began in Kessenich, Bonn, Germany. The name "Haribo" is a syllabic abbreviation formed from Hans Riegel Bonn. The company created the first gummy candy in 1922 in the form of little gummy bears called Gummibärchen. The current headquarters are in Grafschaft, Germany.

thumb|A Heath bar|Heath candy bar, which is English toffee coated in milk chocolate

fruit gum candy shaped in the form of a bear

brand of sugar-coated fruit flavored candy

A dragée ( , , ; ) is a bite-sized piece of confectionery with a hard outer shell, which can be made of sugar, chocolate, or other ingredients. Dragées come in various shapes and sizes and are often used for decorative purposes, particularly in pastries and desserts. They are also popular as a type of candy, with the coating providing a sweet or flavorful contrast to the center.

cane-shaped stick candy

Mentos are a brand of packaged scotch mints or mint-flavored candies owned by the Italian-Dutch company Perfetti Van Melle. First produced in 1932, they are currently sold in more than 130 countries worldwide. The mints are small oblate spheroids, with a slightly hard exterior and a soft, chewy interior. They are sold in many stores and vending machines.

Dalgona () or ppopgi () is a candy made with melted sugar and baking soda originating in South Korea. It is a popular street snack from the 1960s and is still eaten as a retro food.

, also spelled kompeitō, is a type of Japanese sugar candy. It takes the form of a small sphere with a bumpy surface, and comes in a variety of colors and flavors. Introduced from Portugal as a sugar-coated confection with a poppy seed or sesame seed center, konpeitō was eventually transformed into an all-sugar confection with a center.

small bean-shaped type of confectionery

Smarties are dragée chocolate confections marketed by Swiss company Nestlé. They were first manufactured in 1937 by British company H.I. Rowntree & Company of York. Since 2007, Smarties have been produced in Hamburg, Germany.

Butterscotch is a type of confection whose primary ingredients are brown sugar and butter. Some recipes include cream, vanilla, and salt. The earliest known recipes, in mid-19th century Yorkshire, used treacle (molasses) in place of, or in addition to, sugar.

company

Indian dessert

A bonbon, sometimes bon-bon or chocolate bonbon, is a small, molded chocolate confection. They contain a multitude of fillings, such as liqueur or other sweet alcoholic drinks, covered with a smooth chocolate shell and sold wrapped in colored foil.

pastry

gelatin-based chewy candy

candy

confection

type of sweet candy

United States Senate tradition since 1968

A gobstopper, also known as a jawbreaker in Canada and the United States, is a type of boiled sweet. It is usually round, and usually ranges from across; though gobstoppers billed as having a diameter as large as have been marketed.

Brazilian sweet made of ground peanuts, sugar, and cassava flour

type of powder

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

Chinese sweet

confectionery flavoured with mint

form of sugar candy

Twizzlers are a licorice-type candy manufactured by Y&S Candies, Inc., which is headquartered in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States and a division of The Hershey Company. Twizzlers were first produced in 1929 by Young and Smylie, as the company was then called. The licorice company was founded in 1845, making it one of the oldest confectionery firms in the United States. Twizzlers ingredients consist of corn syrup, wheat flour, sugar, cornstarch, and smaller amounts of palm oil, salt, artificial flavor, glycerin, citric acid, potassium sorbate, Red 40, and soy lecithin. Despite only the bl

trademark and chocolate candy

French boiled sweet made in the town of Cambrai

Hong Kongese sweet

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brand of confectionery

sweet

Chocolate candy

candy whose primary ingredient is sugar

Ghanaian snack

type of British sugar sweet (candy)

American brand of candy

is a brand of chewy candy made by the Japanese confectionary company Morinaga & Company. First introduced in 1975, Hi-Chew is known for its soft, elastic texture that is often described as being between chewing gum and soft taffy, and for its wide range of fruit and dessert-inspired flavors. Each piece typically consists of a flavored interior surrounded by a lighter outer layer.

candy in the form of a cigarette

fish-shaped chewy candy

Japanese food

form of Chinese folk art