hard candy

American  

noun

1. candy, often fruit flavored, made by boiling together sugar and corn syrup.

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Etymology

Origin of hard candy

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

Big barrels full of hard candies formed the aisles.

From Literature

Papa reaches into the pocket of his woolen suit jacket, where he stashes sesame sweets and hard candies, and pulls out some for all of us.

From Literature

I soon follow suit and, with sticky fingers, reach for all the candies that have caught my eye: super lemon sour suckers, pink lemonade gushers, muscat gummies and soda-flavored hard candies.

From Salon

These individually wrapped hard candies are Japan’s version of Warheads, so of course they deserve the top spot.

From Salon

She looked at the old couch in the otherwise empty lobby, the outdated travel posters on the wall, and the rather uninviting bowl of hard candy sitting on the counter.

From Literature