Definition of bonbon
1 : a candy with chocolate or fondant coating and fondant center that sometimes contains fruits and nuts
2 : something that is pleasing in a light or frivolous way singing pop bonbons
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Each box contains 12 tiny rectangles individually wrapped in waxed paper, not unlike a fancy bonbon.
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The little confections come in shades of rose or golden brown and are neatly topped with high-shine bonbons or infused with various types of jam, chocolate, and caramel.
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Dominique Ansel Bakery's Eggs-ercise Chocolate Eggs ($22) are filled with chocolate bonbons and look like little buddies getting their fitness on at Eggquinox.
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This year, nearly 1,200 of you obliged, from well over 100 neighborhoods across all five boroughs, submitting letter grades and critiques and bonbons for issues like scaffolding and sirens, trees and trucks and trash, stray cats and shopkeepers.
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Then do Fiocco di Neve for affogato with zabaione gelato, or Moriondo e Gariglio, Rome’s oldest chocolate shop, where the owners sit out front hand-wrapping bonbons in gold foil.
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Origin and Etymology of bonbon
French, reduplication of bon good, from Latin bonus — more at bounty
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: a type of candy that usually has a chocolate cover and a soft center
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: a candy with a soft coating and a creamy center
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