Candy and Sweets Word Search
Free Candy and Sweets word search. We picked 12 themed words — the ingredients, dishes, and flavors of a food topic — and laid them out on a 15×15 grid. Drag across the letters to find every word on the list.
Words to find: CHOCOLATE, CARAMEL, TOFFEE, FUDGE, NOUGAT, LICORICE, MARMALADE, PRALINE, TRUFFLE, COTTONCANDY, LOLLIPOP, GUMDROP.
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Candy and Sweets word list, defined
- CHOCOLATE /ˈtʃɒklət/ · noun
- A food preparation made from roasted and ground cacao seeds, typically combined with sugar and often milk, eaten as a confection or used as a flavouring; also the drink made by dissolving it in hot water or milk. Related: cocoa, candy, confectionery, sweet.
- CARAMEL /ˈkærəməl/ · noun
- A chewy sweet confection made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream that has been heated until browned. Also, the smooth brown substance produced by heating sugar until it caramelizes, used as a flavouring, colouring, or topping. Related: toffee, taffy, butterscotch.
- TOFFEE /ˈtɒfi/ (British); /ˈtɑːfi/ (American) · noun
- A firm, chewy confection made by cooking sugar with butter and usually cream until the mixture thickens. In chiefly British informal use, it can also mean a flatterer or sycophant. Related: taffy, caramel, fudge.
- FUDGE /fʌdʒ/ · noun
- A soft, sweet confection made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream, cooked together and beaten until creamy; also used as a verb meaning to distort, evade, or improvise an answer or account in a vague or dishonest way. Related: candy, confection, sweet, evasion.
- NOUGAT /ˈnuːɡɑː/ (British), /ˈnuːɡɑːt/ (American) · noun
- A chewy confection made from whipped egg whites combined with sugar or honey and, traditionally, nuts such as almonds. Related: torrone.
- LICORICE /ˈlɪkərɪs/ · noun
- Licorice is a plant whose dried root is used as a flavoring and as a sweet confection. The word can also refer to the extract, flavor, or candy made from the root. Related: liquorice, licorice root, sweetroot, glycyrrhiza.
- MARMALADE /ˈmɑːrməleɪd/ · noun
- A thick, sweet preserve made by boiling fruit with sugar, typically citrus fruit and peel, with orange marmalade made from oranges as the classic form. Related: preserve, conserve, jam.
- PRALINE /ˈprɑːliːn/ · noun
- A confection made by cooking sugar until caramelized and combining it with nuts, usually almonds or pecans. The word can also refer to this flavor or to decorative molded sugarwork resembling a nut-filled confection. Related: praline candy, praline paste, praline filling, nut caramel.
- TRUFFLE /ˈtrʌfəl/ · noun, verb
- A truffle is a fungus that grows underground, especially an edible variety prized for its distinctive aroma and flavor. The word can also denote the exceptionally keen sense of smell of a dog trained to find underground fungi. Related: mushroom.
- LOLLIPOP /ˈlɒlɪpɒp/ (British); /ˈlɑːlɪpɑːp/ (American) · noun
- A hard candy on a small stick, usually eaten by licking or sucking it. The word can also refer to the stick itself in some contexts. Related: sweet, candy, lolly, sucker.
- GUMDROP /ˈɡʌm.drɒp/ (British), /ˈɡʌm.drɑːp/ (US) · noun
- A soft, firm, jelly-like candy, commonly molded and colored, often with a fruit flavor. The plural gumdrops is standard when referring to several pieces. Related: jelly candy, gum sweet, soft candy, jelly.
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