adjective

1. Coated or encrusted with sugar

2. Preserved in sugar or syrup by baking till it becomes translucent

   “Hot cross buns contain chopped candied fruit.”

3. Pleasing, flattering.

Synonyms: crystallized

verb

1. To cook in, or coat with, sugar syrup.

2. To have sugar crystals form in or on.

   “Fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time.”

3. To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass.