coated or encrusted with sugar
candied
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for candied.
Editorial note
There's introspective dishes served in one course, and fun dishes (like candied balloons) in the next.
Quick take
coated or encrusted with sugar
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of candied gathered in one view.
preserved in sugar or syrup by baking till it becomes translucent
(figurative) Pleasing, flattering.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for candied.
adjective
coated or encrusted with sugar
See also: preserved, sugary, glace, sugar-coated, crystalized
adjective
preserved in sugar or syrup by baking till it becomes translucent
See also: preserved, sugary, glace, sugar-coated, crystalized
adjective
(figurative) Pleasing, flattering.
See also: preserved, sugary, glace, sugar-coated, crystalized
Example sentences
There's introspective dishes served in one course, and fun dishes (like candied balloons) in the next.
The candied bacon you buy at the store could not be made at home.
Even for the interesting snacks like dried calamari or candied kelp for instance, you'd have far better options buying from a normal supermarket.
Once the novelty wears off, reinventions (candied bacon, anyone?) become part of the fad's empire until it fizzles or reaches a background-level steady state.
It's actually approved in EU for candied cherries and cocktail cherries.
They seem to have just sugar-candied the menus as far as I can see.
And finally, candied bacon is really not an ultra-processed food?
Pattern matching with a candied switch doesn’t give you that.
And I still ask, is candied bacon still a processed food if I slaughter my own pig and press my own sugar cane?
Straight-up candied bacon can also be quite delicious.
Is candied bacon an ultra-processed food?
-let is still productive (applet = small app; even Aplet = candied apple is only documented a century back); only takes ordinary nouns.
Quote examples
Datomic is a tragically unoptimizable black box, one that spills candied joys when you start using it, gradually transitioning to the unspeakable horrors of Pynchon's "The Disgusting English Candy Drill".
The only candy usage examples I can think of are the non-hyphenated Candyfloss(Cotton Candy to Americans), and the even weaker related use as a process as in "candied fruit".
I like to make things like candied mango pieces or strawberries for on top of pancakes, and with an induction stove that has an on/off cycle vs being able to modulate the sugar will quickly burn to the bottom of the pan because the temperature is far too high while it is in its "on" cycle.
I suspect that's in part because a lot of American cuisine is regional Like: * BBQ + fixings * Tex-mex (definitely a fusion cuisine, but also distinct from Mexican) * Cajun * Not sure how to describe "generic southern food", but stuff like ham hock, collard greens, candied yams, corn bread, etc.
Proper noun examples
Candied bacon can be made outside of a factory as well.
Looking inside the BBEdit app, I see some Swift in BBEdit.app/Contents/Frameworks/CandiedYams.framework, which appears to be a third-party framework (CFBundleIdentifier org.darkrainfall.candied-yams), but not much else.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use candied in a sentence?
There's introspective dishes served in one course, and fun dishes (like candied balloons) in the next.
What does candied mean?
coated or encrusted with sugar
What part of speech is candied?
candied is commonly used as adjective.