dessert

as in candy
sweet food eaten after the main part of a meal She doesn't care for rich desserts. a chocolate dessert

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Recent Examples of dessert To cater to a diverse downtown crowd, Social Brews also duals as a café with an espresso bar, pastries and breakfast sandwiches; a restaurant serving appetizers, burgers and desserts; and a bar pouring craft cocktails. Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025 Syrupy sweets gleam in the windows of dessert shops around Athens, but skip the tourist-magnet displays and go to Feyrouz. Katherine Whittaker, Saveur, 9 Oct. 2025 In time, the apple’s proliferation on American soil and the ubiquity of apple pie on American menus would help turn the dessert into a patriotic symbol. Victoria Flexner, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025 But hot ice cream, transformed into a warm, pourable, sip-friendly dessert. Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 9 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dessert
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Noun
  • The first prototype of the squishy candy debuted in Germany in 1922.
    Cody Godwin, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
  • But this time, the familiar faces on the lane have swapped out tinsel and snowmen for candy corn and jack-o-lanterns in Haul Out the Halloween.
    Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The sweets wore adorned with a frosted pink Labubu.
    Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • But, as a girl, she was fixated on sweets for a sense of comfort and reward.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025

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“Dessert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dessert. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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