types:
bonbon,
sucrerie
a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
hardbake
a British sweet made with molasses and butter and almonds
chewing-gum
a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing
bonbon
a candy that usually has a center of fondant or fruit or nuts coated in chocolate
chewing-gum
a kind of chewing gum that can be blown into bubbles
fruit confit
fruit cooked in sugar syrup and encrusted with a sugar crystals
sucre de canne
a hard candy in the shape of a rod (usually with stripes)
caramel
firm chewy candy made from caramelized sugar and butter and milk
barbe à papa
a candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature
dragée
sugar-coated nut or fruit piece
dragée
silvery candy beads used for decorating cakes
pastille
a small aromatic or medicated candy
guimauve
spongy confection made of gelatin and sugar and corn syrup and dusted with powdered sugar
nougat
nuts or fruit pieces in a sugar paste
nougat
a bar of nougat candy often dipped in chocolate
popcorn
popcorn combined with a thick sugar or molasses or caramel syrup and formed into balls
praline
cookie-sized candy made of brown sugar and butter and pecans
sucre candy
made by boiling pure sugar until it hardens
bonbon
any of various small sugary candies
conserves
fruit preserved by cooking with sugar