Sweets and other confectionery
barley sugar
noun
a hard sweet made from boiled sugar
boiled sweet
noun
a hard sweet, especially one that tastes of fruit
bubble gum
noun
a type of brightly coloured chewing gum that you can blow into to form a bubble
candy
noun
sweets or confectionery
candyfloss
noun
a sweet food consisting of very thin strings of sugar wrapped around a stick. The American word is cotton candy.
caramel
noun
a sweet made from sugar, butter, and milk
chew
noun
a hard sweet that you have to chew until it is soft enough to swallow
chewing gum
noun
a type of sweet, usually flavoured with mint, that you chew for a long time but do not swallow
chocolate
noun
a small sweet made from chocolate
cotton candy
noun
candyfloss
dark chocolate
noun
chocolate that is darker in colour than milk chocolate because it does not have any milk added to it
drop
noun
a small round sweet
Easter egg
noun
a chocolate egg that you give to someone as a present at Easter
fondant
noun
a small piece of fondant eaten as a sweet
gobstopper
noun
a large hard round sweet
gumdrop
noun
a firm fruit sweet made of jelly and covered with sugar
humbug
noun
a type of hard black and white sweet that tastes of peppermint
ice lolly
noun
a piece of sweet flavoured ice or ice cream on a stick. The American word is Popsicle.
jelly baby
noun
a soft brightly coloured sweet with a fruit flavour that is shaped like a person
jelly bean
noun
a soft brightly coloured sweet that is shaped like a bean
licorice
the American spelling of liquorice
liquorice
noun
a black substance with a strong flavour, used for making sweets and medicines
liquorice
noun
a sweet that is made from liquorice
lollipop
noun
a hard sweet on the end of a stick
marshmallow
noun
a soft pink or white sweet with a thick round shape
milk chocolate
noun
chocolate made with milk. Chocolate made without milk is called plain chocolate.
mint
noun
a sweet that tastes like peppermint
nougat
noun
a sweet food made of sugar, nuts, and small pieces of fruit
pastille
noun
a round sweet with a fruit flavour
peppermint
noun
a sweet with a peppermint flavour
plain chocolate
noun
a type of chocolate made without milk and with very little sugar. The American word is dark chocolate.
praline
noun
a sweet made by boiling nuts in sugar
praline
noun
a chocolate sweet filled with a soft substance made from sugar and crushed nuts
rock
noun
a hard sweet in the shape of a solid tube called a stick. Rock is usually sold in seaside towns and has the name of the town written in it.
sherbet
noun
powder with a fizzy taste that is eaten as a sweet
sweet
noun
a small piece of sweet food made with sugar. The usual American word is candy
toffee
noun
a sweet sticky brown food made by cooking sugar, butter, and water at a high temperature, or a sweet made of this
toffee apple
noun
an apple covered in toffee and put on a stick
truffle
noun
a soft chocolate sweet that often has alcohol in it
Turkish delight
noun
a type of sweet made from square pieces of firm jelly covered with sugar
