hard candy

noun

: a candy made of sugar and corn syrup boiled without crystallizing

Examples of hard candy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Don't make a habit of having frequent sugary snacks, including hard candy and other snacks that contain sugar. Tammy Davenport, Verywell Health, 28 May 2024 Based on a taste test, grandma liked to have some butterscotch hard candies in her purse and maybe some toffee hard candy, too. Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024 For decades the candy eggs — as well as hard candies — were made in the Southwest Baltimore plant on Caton Avenue. Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2024 Once again our heroine is a steely, scrappy young woman who has a single vice — Weaving’s Grace had a penchant for cigarettes; Barrera’s Joey gobbles hard candy. Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 19 Apr. 2024 Once again, our heroine is a steely, scrappy young woman who has a single vice — Weaving’s Grace had a penchant for cigarettes; Barrera’s Joey gobbles hard candy. Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2024 Start with 15 grams (g) of carbs that contain sugar, such as: 1 tablespoon (tbsp) of honey, sugar, or jelly 4 ounces (oz) of any fruit juice or regular (non-diet) soda Five to six pieces of hard candy Three to four glucose tablets Not everyone may need 15 g of carbs to stabilize their levels. Barbie Cervoni, Health, 2 Apr. 2024 Each bottle contained a pen, cigarettes, hard candy and interview questions written in English, Chinese and Indonesian. Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2023 Like hard candies, remember many other small items may also pose a choking hazard and are not recommended for little kids. Erinne Magee, Parents, 27 Oct. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hard candy was in 1848

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“Hard candy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard%20candy. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.

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