fruit drops

Sugary orchard lozenges

Fruit drops are hard boiled sweets flavored to taste like various fruits—lemon, orange, cherry, raspberry.

The candies are typically small, round or oval, and brightly colored to match their flavors.

British usage; Americans more often say fruit candy or hard candy.

Related

sweet shop · mints · pastille · lemon · raspberry · tins · tin box · strawberry · cherry · lime · citric acid · lollipop · candies · bonbon · confectionery · boiled sweets · sugar syrup · sugar free

Categories
Opposites
candy texture

fruit dropstaffy

Stretched boiled sugar

gumdrops · caramels · jelly beans · marshmallows · wine gums

candy flavor profile

fruit dropschocolate

Sweet from cacao seeds

chocolate drops · peppermints · butterscotch · toffee · dark chocolate

candy form/composition

fruit dropschocolate truffles

Ganache-filled cocoa confections

pralines · bonbons · peanut brittle

Family

fruit, fruits, fruited, fruiting, fruity, fruitful, fruitless, fruitfulness, fructose

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G