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Adjective: candied  kan-deed
  1. Encrusted with sugar or syrup
    "candied grapefruit peel";
    - sugar-coated
     
  2. (used especially of fruits) preserved by coating with or allowing to absorb sugar
    - crystalized, crystalised [Brit], glacĂ©, crystallized
Verb: candy  kan-dee
  1. Coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze
    - sugarcoat, glaze
     
  2. Preserve (fruit etc.) by boiling in sugar

See also: preserved, sugary

Type of: dulcify, dulcorate, edulcorate, sweeten

Encyclopedia: Candied

Candy, John