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They are sweeter and redder, more candylike than acidic.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2023

Ideally, you should make the pastry a day ahead to let the syrup soak in; the pastry becomes almost candylike in the process.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2023

When roasted, grapes go from sweet to candylike, their outsides caramelize, and their insides turn jammy.

From Washington Post • Dec. 6, 2019

A drum of sweet potato purée with a candylike crust of marrow on top only made the next bite of radicchio harder to take.

From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2013

The house smelled of warmth, good food, sweet powder and a stronger candylike smell that came from a hard chalkish disc that Sissy wore in an imitation-silver filigree heart on a chain around her neck.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith