hard candies

Jawbreakers and lollipops

Hard candies are sweets made from sugar boiled to a solid, glassy state—lollipops, peppermints, butterscotches, and the like.

They're meant to be sucked rather than chewed, dissolving slowly in the mouth.

Grandma always kept a dish of hard candies on the coffee table.

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lozenges · sugar free · cinnamon · bonbons · butterscotch · spun sugar · crystallization · caramelization · sweets · sucrose · tin · tooth decay · cellophane · cherry · wrapper · sour · lemon · shiny

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hard candiesgummies

Chewy gelatin-based sweets

taffy · gummy bears · marshmallows · gumdrops · caramels

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G