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Some confectioners infuse their candying syrup with botanicals, like bay leaves, rosemary or peppercorns, for added intrigue.

From Salon • Dec. 6, 2023

It’s subtle but transformative to know what sugar feels like in your fingers at different stages of candying.

From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2017

It now assumes the name of “dried peel,” and is stored away in the original orange and lemon boxes, till wanted for candying.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 by

Opening his coppers, and finding an old boot boiling away as saucy as could be, and sometimes cakes of pitch candying in his oven.

From Omoo by Melville, Herman

To candy it, do not add the syrup, but observe the directions given for candying fruit; some may be done each way.

From Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 by Burroughs, Barkham