Word Finder - candies

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Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors.

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A piece of confectionery of this kind.

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(slang, chiefly US) crack cocaine.

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To cook in, or coat with, sugar syrup.

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To have sugar crystals form in or on.

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Fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time.

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To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass.

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A unit of mass used in southern India, equal to twenty maunds, roughly equal to 500 pounds avoirdupois but varying locally.

You can easily cajole a small child with candies or toys.

Because the candies are so colorful, they look wonderful added to frosted cakes and cupcakes.

Likewise, gourmet baskets filled with cheese, crackers, sausages, and spreads, as well as an assortment of beverages and candies, make excellent gifts.

You can find tin cups with your favorite characters, candies, colors, and so on.

It is nice to sprinkle wrapped hard candies or something small over the surface to make it look lush and full.

Diaper Treats-Line a small disposable diaper with blue or pink tissue paper, and fill it with individually wrapped candies.

To narrow down the selection, couples should consider their favorite candies and those of their parents and bridal party members, as well as whatever seasonal candies coordinate with their wedding theme.

With a bit of coordination and planning, it is easy to create this type of buffet in a way that will be pleasing to everyone, no matter what candies they like.

A favorite sports team can inspire the color scheme for your reception, and even the party favors, if you can find a tiny item related to your team or buy candies in those colors.

Finish decorating the cake with more buttercream or candies.

There are hundreds of different types of candies to choose from for a buffet.

Many candy manufacturers offer personalized candies in specific colors or with customized wrappers, making it even easier to have just the treats you want as part of your wedding candy buffet.

Many online retailers offer a wide range of bulk candies in different quantities, colors, and even with personalization where available.

If your guests have special dietary needs, be sure to include some sugar free candies or other treats that will be suitable.

You can choose candies based on your wedding colors, favorite childhood treats, or even on what is on sale at the grocery store the week of the wedding.

Using purchased candy offers you the option of putting out individually wrapped candies, which helps keep the goodies fresh for your guests.

Adding a candy poem that expresses what the candies mean is another way to personalize the candy bar.

A self-service bar allows you to place out unattended bowls, stands, and dishes of candies.

Cover the table in linens that match the rest of the reception décor, and choose clear glass stands and dishes to show off the candies themselves.

Allow guests to "order" their own candies, which the bartenders then place in a keepsake wineglass wedding favor or disposable shot glass.

Consider a dark chocolate fondant icing with red roses and black pearl candies adoring the tiers of your wedding cake.

Nostalgic and sweet, these candies can even be inexpensive and personalized to make your wedding favors memorable.

Before choosing Hershey candy wedding favors to give away on their special day, couples should be aware of potential problems with chocolate candies.

With many different options for fantastic favors, there is a great way to personalize Hershey candies for your special day.

A self-serve wedding candy buffet featuring Christmas candies is another surefire hit for a reception, too.

Turquoise ribbons, bells, sugar balls, dragees, candies, or embossed designs are other possible choices that all lend a distinct look to cakes.

Favors for your guests can range from colorful candies to maple syrup or even fall-inspired bookmarks.

Instead of mints, place bowls of brightly colored pumpkin shaped candies on the tables for guests to snack on during the reception.

Cover the entire top of your cake, and then place robin's eggs, chocolate bunnies and other Easter candies on the grass to fill your basket.

Use contrasting colors of frosting or store-bought candies to add eyes, a nose, and a mouth and to embellish the rabbit.

Decorate the rabbit with candies, fondant, or alternate colors of buttercream.

If you don't like the look or the taste of fondant, stick with buttercream or use candies and cookies to decorate the cake.

Unwrap small chocolate candies shaped like bunnies.

Add orange jellybeans, candies or use orange buttercream frosting to make feet at the bottom of the marshmallow chick.

Give kids assorted candies in the shape of Easter eggs, chocolate candy-coated minis and jellybeans.

Add small candy coated chocolates, unwrapped chocolate coins, jellybeans, and other candies to the top of your cupcake.

Use candies, chocolate chips, pieces of fresh fruit, shredded coconut, or other treats to form designs or patterns on the top and sides of a cake.

Then cover the entire cake in small banana shaped candies.

Instead of piping a border around the bottom or top of a cake with buttercream frosting, use cookie wedges, jelly beans, chocolate pieces, or other candies to form a pattern and define the shape of the cake.

Pipe on dots of black frosting throughout the ladybug's body, or use small black candies to form the dots.

A fun idea for a decorating party is to gather a variety of supplies, frostings, gel colors, and candies, and invite kids to create their own monsters to put on top of a cupcake.

They don't look like much on their own, but edible decorations such as candies, chocolate pieces, sprinkles, luster dust, and dragees can add a lot of sparkle and splendor to a cake.

Consider using red hots or gummy candies as Christmas tree lights, edible glitter to "illuminate" light strands, or pull-and-peel licorice to "wrap" tasty presents.

Then, add whatever candies or other embellishments you'd like to represent the ornaments.

Pipe on any additional accents that you like, and finish decorating the rabbit with candies, sprinkles, edible glitter, or other accents.

If you'd like, though, you can get a little fancier with them and provide some extra sparkle and panache with edible glitter, luster dust, jeweled candies, or other specialty items.

Give kids assorted candies in the shape of Easter eggs, chocolate candy-coated minis, and jellybeans.

The training helped land her first television commercial at age seven, for Buncha Crunch candies.

Homemade trail mix is another good way to use the colorful candies.

You may want to gently push the candies into the frosting a little to make sure that they stick, however.