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| brown sugar |
unrefined or partially refined sugar whose crystals have kept a thin coating of dark syrup. |
| candied |
cooked or coated in or with sugar, honey, or syrup, esp. to glaze, encrust, or preserve. [1/2 definitions] |
| candy |
to cook in sugar syrup or otherwise prepare so as to coat with sugar crystals or glaze. [1/5 definitions] |
| caramelize |
to cook (food containing natural sugar) to the point wherein liquids and natural sugar are released and create a sweet and nutty-tasting brown syrup. [1/2 definitions] |
| caramelized |
(of a vegetable or other food containing natural sugar) cooked to the point wherein liquids and natural sugar are released and create a sweet and nutty-tasting brown syrup. |
| chocolate |
a candy or syrup made with this substance along with other ingredients such as sugar or milk. [1/7 definitions] |
| chocolate milk |
cow's milk with sweet, chocolate-flavored syrup or chocolate powder added. |
| compote |
fruit cooked in syrup and served as a dessert. [1/2 definitions] |
| electuary |
a drug mixed with honey, syrup, or the like to form a paste to be smeared on the teeth or gums of a sick animal. |
| flan |
a Spanish custard dessert topped with burnt-sugar syrup. |
| fruit cocktail |
a mixture of diced fruit, sometimes in a light syrup, served as an appetizer or dessert. |
| glucose |
a syrup consisting of dextrose, maltose, dextrine, and water, used in making candy, fermenting alcohol, treating tobacco, and tanning leather; starch syrup. [1/2 definitions] |
| grenadine2 |
a red syrup made from the juice of pomegranates or red currants and used in drinks. |
| maple sugar |
a sweet, yellowish brown, crystalline substance obtained by fully reducing the syrup made from the sap of maple trees. |
| maraschino cherry |
a cherry preserved in a sweet red syrup that is flavored with maraschino. |
| marron |
a large European chestnut, esp. one candied or preserved in syrup. |
| marrons glacés |
chestnuts glazed or coated with sugar or syrup; candied chestnuts. |
| marshmallow |
a spongy confection made of corn syrup, sugar, egg whites, and gelatin. [1/2 definitions] |
| molasses |
a thick dark brown syrup produced from sorghum or as a by-product when sugar is refined. |
| parfait |
a dessert consisting of layers of ice cream, fruit, and syrup or other flavorings, served in a tall glass. [1/2 definitions] |
| phosphate |
a beverage made with fruit syrup, carbonated water, and some phosphoric acid. [1/3 definitions] |
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