Confectionery

M&Ms, chocolate with a shell of coloured sugar.

Confectionery or sweets is a type of food that has a lot of sugar in it and is very sweet. It often includes things that are rich in artificial sweeteners, flavours and colourings. The words candy (North America), sweets (UK and Ireland) and lollies (Australia and New Zealand) are also used for the many kinds of confections. Confections are usually low in nutrients but rich in calories. Sweets can come from anywhere.

Confectionery Media

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  This Krokan is a traditional Scandinavian baker's confection.

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  Some Indian confectionery desserts from hundreds of varieties. In certain parts of India, these are called mithai or sweets.

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  Jordan almonds. Sugar-coated nuts or spices for non-medicinal purposes marked the beginning of confectionery in late medieval England.

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  Petits fours are baker's confections.

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  Rock candy is simply sugar, with optional coloring or flavor.

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  A bar of chocolate, which can either be consumed as-is or used as an ingredient in other dishes.

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  Verkaufsstand mit Karamellbonbons, sogenanntes Fudge

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  Brittles are a combination of nuts and caramelized sugar.

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  A Japanese vendor selling sweets (wagashi) in "The Great Buddha Sweet Shop" from the Miyako meisho zue (ja:都名所図会) (1787)

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  Welsh cakes are cooked on a griddle.

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Media related to confectionery at Wikimedia Commons