Conserves and preserves (fruit preserved in sugar) eventuallyīecame their own type of food typically paired toast or spread between cookies and cakes. Jujubes, licorice andĪncient medicine becoming modern candy. Indeed, the first candies were sugar coated nuts, seeds and fruits. The English word 'candy' derives from Arabic 'qandi,' meaning something made with sugar. Today's cough drops and peppermint sticks descend from this tradition.

Medical treatment for digestive troubles. Food historians propose the first sweets were consumed as a sort of

Offers a much broader and complicated lineage. While we Americans tend to think of candy in terms of supermarket and convenience stores displays, this sweet culinary family

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