Gathers the sweet confections, namely Turkish delight, the Mediterranean nougat turron, honeycomb toffee and the Australian musk stick. A dish belongs here when its own cited article describes a confection or candy. Browsing this group lets a reader compare closely related dishes side by side, and each member is placed here only on the strength of the article cited for that member. The group keeps these dishes together under one clear heading in the browse tree, so a visitor looking at one of them can see which others sit beside it.
Confections and Candies
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Turkish delight (Wikipedia)
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Turkish delight, lokum () or loqum () is a family of confections based on a gel of starch and sugar.
Turrón (Wikipedia)
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Turrón (Spanish: [tuˈron]), torró (Catalan: [tuˈro] / Valencian: [toˈro]) or torrone (Italian: [torˈroːne]) is a Mediterranean nougat confection, typically made of honey, sugar, and egg white, with toasted almonds or other nuts, and usually shaped either into a rectangular tablet or a round cake.
Honeycomb toffee (Wikipedia)
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Honeycomb toffee, honeycomb candy, sponge toffee, cinder toffee, seafoam, or hokey pokey is a sugary toffee with a light, rigid, sponge-like texture.
Musk stick (Wikipedia)
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Musk sticks are a popular confection in Australia, available from many different suppliers.
Tanghulu (Wikipedia)
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Tanghulu, tang hulu, or bingtang hulu is a traditional Chinese snack consisting of several malt sugar coated fruits of Chinese hawthorn (Crataegus pinnatifida) on a bamboo skewer.
Snow skin mooncake (Wikipedia)
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Snow skin mooncake, snowy mooncake, ice skin mooncake or crystal mooncake is a Chinese confection eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Bocadillo (dessert) (Wikipedia)
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Bocadillo (Spanish: bocadillo (de guayaba), "guava snack"), guava jelly, or guava paste, is a Hispanic American confection made with guava pulp and panela, which is consumed abundantly throughout Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama and Venezuela.
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