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
   "The candied cherries added colour to the fruit cake";
   - crystalized [US, rare], glacé, crystallized

1. Coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze
   "They candied the fruit for the holiday dessert";
   - sugarcoat, glaze
    
2. Preserve (fruit etc.) by boiling in sugar
   "They candied orange peel for use in holiday baking"

See also: preserved, sugary

Type of: dulcify, dulcorate [archaic], edulcorate [archaic], sweeten

Encyclopedia: Candied