boiled sweets
Sugar-cooked hard confections
Boiled sweets are hard candies made by boiling sugar syrup until it solidifies into a glassy texture.
The term is primarily British; Americans say hard candy.
They come in various fruit flavors and bright colors, often individually wrapped: a tin of boiled sweets, sucking on a boiled sweet.
- hard candySolid sugar confection
- lollipopConfection on a stick
- humbugFalse talk or pretense
- mintAromatic culinary herb
- butterscotchBrown sugar candy
aniseed · hard · jawbreakers · lemon drop · seaside · confectionery · corner shop · glass jar · cough drop · drop · bonbon · paper bags · sucking · peppermint · childhood nostalgia · pocket money · gobstopper · sticky fingers
- candyhard candy, lollipop, Twix, caramels, M&M's
- sweetscandy, candies, chocolates, chocolate, fudge
boiled sweetsgummies
Chewy gelatin-based sweets
fudge · marshmallows · caramels · jelly beans · Turkish delight
boiled sweetschocolate bars
Molded cocoa confections
chocolate · chocolates · truffles · chewing gum · pralines