rock candy

American  

noun

1. sugar in large, hard, cohering crystals.

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rock candy British  

noun

1. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): rock.  a hard candy, typically a long brightly-coloured peppermint-flavoured stick, sold esp in holiday resorts

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Etymology

Origin of rock candy

First recorded in 1715–25

Example Sentences

For birthdays, she baked themed cakes from scratch using Jackson’s toys to create dinosaur cakes and rock candies for Kensington’s “Frozen” cakes.

From Washington Post

In “The Bitter Truth,” Evanescence continues to own the space where frosty electronic currents collide with volcanic surges of metal catharsis and coagulate into hard rock candy.

From Los Angeles Times

The tart fruit lingered on the palate like rock candy.

From Seattle Times

X-ray crystallography saturates proteins in a salt bath solution until they form crystals akin to rock candy.

From National Geographic

He also enjoyed some “rock and rye liquor,” whiskey that he and his dad distill in a cask with rock candy and grapefruit.

From Washington Post