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  • bambillonia: "Sugar of Babylon"
  • Berwick cockles: chalky mint sweets with delicate pink striations
  • bêtises (Fr. 'sillies'): sticky little mints
  • candy corn was once known as chicken feed
  • Capuchin nougat: (Fr. medieval sweet) a dried fig with a green walnut inside
  • claggum/clack: sticks of treacle rock, also known as reasing candy
  • croccantes: nut brittles
  • épices de chambre: after-dinner sweets, literally "bedroom spices"
  • gorge d'ange: angels' throats
  • Indian salt: medieval term for sugar
  • jalebi: spirals of crisp, delicate batter which release rosewater when bitten
  • Jeddart snails: made of dark brown toffee, with a peppermint taste
  • jelly babies were originally called unclaimed babies
  • kelly-in-a-coffin: a sugar baby in a coffin, a well-known sweet in the 19th century
  • kurat al milh: (Ar. "ball of sweet salt") caramel
  • limonadier: (Fr. "lemonade seller") sold ice cream, confectionery, drinks, & opened cafés
  • paradise twist: boiled sugar streaked with red & white
  • pastilla: (Lat. "little cake")
  • ping: (Ch. cake)
  • raisins of Corinth: dried figs, dates, & raisins
  • sucette: (Fr. lollipop)
  • wet sweetmeats: marmalade/conserves
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