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noun con·fec·tion·ery \ kən-ˈfek-shə-ˌner-ē \

Definition of confectionery

plural confectioneries

1 :the confectioner's art or business

2 :sweet foods (such as candy or pastry)

3 :a confectioner's shop

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Go forth and dine on fried morsels and confectionery delights pierced thusly by wooden stakes, which shall provide ye enough energy to battle midway game operators.

— amy bartner, Indianapolis Star, "You can buy these 25 really bizarre things at the Indiana State Fair," 11 Aug. 2017
P&G, Unilever Nestle Chief Executive Officer Mark Schneider is taking steps to boost profit, including a possible sale of the U.S. confectionery business.

— eric pfanner, Bloomberg.com, "AB InBev Shows Rivals How to Swing Cost Axe as Activists Circle," 27 July 2017
Schneider has launched a share buyback and put Nestle’s U.S. confectionery business under review for a possible sale while indicating that further changes are in store.

— matthew boyle, Bloomberg.com, "Loeb’s Consigliere in Nestle Fight Knows How the Sausage Is Made," 7 July 2017
Thank goodness for Wockenfuss Candies, a Baltimore confectionery institution since 1915.

— chris kaltenbach, baltimoresun.com, "How to get the beach vacation experience without leaving the Baltimore area," 21 June 2017
Malaysia has 51 chocolate manufacturers and confectioneries and 194 local chocolate producers, selling about 1.095 billion ringgit a year, according to cocoa board data.

— anuradha raghu, chicagotribune.com, "Halal chocolate takes off among Muslims with a sweet tooth," 19 June 2017
Amsterdam (CNN)From its base in the Dutch capital of Amsterdam, a confectionery company is doing its bit to fight modern-day slavery.

— lidz-ama appiah, CNN, "Slave-free chocolate: a not-so-guilty pleasure," 2 June 2017
Ferrero claims that retailers are very supportive of Kinder Joy's launch because there hasn't been a ton of major innovation in the confectionery aisle in recent years.

— john kell, Fortune, "Kinder Egg Is Coming to America," 22 May 2017
Here is art that turns confectionery into both rarefaction and panache.

— alastair macaulay, New York Times, "On the Frivolities of Ballet, the Contradictory Art," 19 May 2017

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