hard candy

noun

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

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Fill sugar cookie cutouts with hard candies in the middle. Metro Creative Services, Boston Herald, 29 Oct. 2025 Research from Omnisend, which analyzed Amazon candy sales using Jungle Scout, found that hard candy and mixed bags are now outpacing chocolate. Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2025 What once evoked bingo afternoons and hard candies has now become an object of desire for those who want that classic, quiet-luxury vibe. Alex Sales, Glamour, 25 Oct. 2025 There were gnaw marks on a chocolate bar on the floor, and a bag of peanuts under the hard candy shelf had been gnawed open. Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hard candy

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

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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 9 Nov. 2025.

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