fondant
Americannoun
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fondants
plural
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a thick, creamy sugar paste, the basis of many candies.
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a candy made of this paste.
noun
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a thick flavoured paste of sugar and water, used in sweets and icings
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a sweet made of this mixture
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of fondant
1875–80; < French: literally, melting, present participle of fondre to melt, found 3
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As such, it's not a huge surprise his name is called when the time comes for one contestant to pack their fondant and go.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2023
I love to make chocolate fondant; it’s really easy.
From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2023
The spring-time, choc treats vanished - along with their gooey fondant centres - from a unit in Telford on Saturday.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2023
The original recipe is called “Le gâteau au chocolat fondant de Nathalie” on Page 14, and a photo on Page 15 shows a rather plain, if dense, chocolate cake with a slice taken out.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 4, 2023
“It’s a fondant crimper. Don’t let Laney have it,” Mama replied as she watched him hand it to Laney.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
Unlike the firm fondants that I tried before, the Rococo creams have a softer, almost creamy consistency, and are circles, not ovals.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 3, 2015
There were cavaliers, sweeps, princesses, and beggar-maids, but no one attracted more notice than Fairy Queen, who instead of dancing glided about amongst the company, offering fondants and caramels from her big bonbonnière.
From Fifty-Two Stories For Girls by Alfred H. (Alfred Henry) Miles
The students and the nurses were behind her; she knew they were eating sweets, for she heard a young man ask the young women if they would have any more fondants.
From Esther Waters by George (George Augustus) Moore
For twelve fondants make a white sauce with two soupspoons of flour and milk.
From The Belgian Cookbook by Various
The solemn lady, who might seem such a terror to ill-doers, had yet a packet of the most delicious fondants in the pocket of her bombazine gown.
From Aspects and Impressions by Edmund Gosse
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