Lexic.us

Definition of Hard candy

1. Noun. Candy that is brittle. "You can break a tooth on that hard candy"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hard Candy

Literary usage of Hard candy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The hard candy is made of sugar, glucose, flavoring and coloring, with sometimes ... Cane-ground sugar is almost wholly employed, and for hard candy the ..."

2. Henley's Twentieth Century Forrmulas, Recipes and Processes: Containing Ten by Gardner Dexter Hiscox (1914)
"It is comparatively easy to make a hard candy, but to put the material into "drop" form apparently requires experience and a machine. ..."

3. Live Articles on Special Hazards: A Series of Articles Reprinted from the (1922)
"Some manufacturers consider that sufficient heat from steam pipes cannot be obtained for some classes of hard candy. When the cooking process is complete ..."

4. Annual Report of the Minimum Wage Commission of Massachusetts by Minimum Wage Commission, Massachusetts, Herman La Rue Brown, Robert Edgar Bisbee, Edwin N. Bartlett, Charles Frederick Dutch (1915)
"The making of caramels, hard candy and all other kinds of confectionery besides chocolates is entirely in the hands of men; unskilled women workers are ..."

5. Cost Accounting and Burden Application by Clinton Homer Scovell (1916)
"Separate Packing Costs After hard candy has been cut or the chocolates have been dipped and cooled, we have what is ..."

6. The Modern Club Book of Recipes by Mercy Richards Essig, Modern Club (Philadelphia, Pa.) (1921)
"oiled platter, to set. Halves of nuts can be pressed into a small ball of almond paste or fondant and then dipped into the glace' sugar. LEMON hard candy 2 ..."

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