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Confectionery refers to sweet food items, such as candies, chocolates, and pastries. It’s the art of making these treats, and the industry that produces them.

Here are some examples:

  • Confectionery Candies:
    • Chocolate bars
    • Gummy candies
    • Lollipops
    • Hard candies
    • Jelly beans
  • Confectionery Chocolates:
    • Truffles
    • Bonbons
    • Chocolate bars
    • Chocolate-covered nuts
  • Confectionery Pastries:
    • Cakes
    • Cookies
    • Pies
    • Doughnuts
    • Muffins
  • Other confectioneries:
    • Marshmallows
    • Fudge
    • Taffy

Essentially, any sweet food item that is primarily made of sugar, flour, or chocolate can be considered confectionery.


Source:
Gemini AI, a digital mind and language model, offered part of this explanation.

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