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à la mode

addiction

adulteration

advertising, American

agave nectar

akutuq

Alkermes, confection of

ambergris

ambrosia

American Sugar Refining Company

ammonia

ancient world

angel food cake

angelica

animal crackers

animals and sweetness

anthropomorphic and zoomorphic sweets

aphrodisiacs

Appalachian stack cake

aroma

art

artificial sweeteners

Athenaeus

Aunt Jemima

Australia and New Zealand

Austria-Hungary

azuki beans

baba au rhum

Baghdad

Baked Alaska

Baker’s

baker’s dozen

baklava

banqueting houses

bar cookies

barfi

barley sugar

Baskin-Robbins

Baumkuchen

Bavarian cream

bean paste sweets

Beeton, Isabella

beignets

Belgium

Ben & Jerry’s

benne seed wafers

betty

Betty Crocker

biofuel

bird’s milk

birth

birthday cake

biscotti

biscuit de Savoie

biscuits, British

black and white cookies

black bun

Black Forest cake

blancmange

blown sugar

boardwalks

boiled sweets

bombe

bonbons

Boston cream pie

The Boston Molasses Disaster

Brazil

breads, sweet

breakfast cereal

brittle

Brix

brownies

bubble gum

bubble tea

bûche de Noël

buchty

buckle

Budapest

Buddhism

buñuelo

burnt sugar

butter

buttercream

buttermilk

butterscotch

cacao

Cadbury

café

cake

cake and confectionery stands

cake decorating

cake mix

Canada

candied flowers

candied fruit

candy

candy bar

candy canes

candy corn

candy dishes

candy hearts

Candy Land

candy packaging

cane syrup

cannelé

cannoli

caramels

cardamom

Carême, Marie-Antoine

Carnival

cassata

cassava

caster sugar

castoreum

cavities

celebration cakes

charlotte

Chase, Oliver

cheese, fresh

cheesecake

chemical leaveners

chess pie

chestnuts

chewing gum

chiffon cake

chiffon pie

child labor

children’s candy

children’s literature

chimney cake

China

Chinese New Year

chocolate, luxury

chocolate, post-Columbian

chocolate, pre-Columbian

chocolate, single origin

chocolate pots and cups

chocolates, boxed

chocolates, filled

Christianity

Christmas

churros

cinnamon

clafoutis

cobbler

cocoa

coconut

coffee

coffee cake

colonialism

comfit

competitions

conching

confection

confectionery equipment

confectionery manuals

confetti

convent sweets

cookie cutters

cookie jars

cookie molds and stamps

cookies

cooking irons

Cool Whip

cordials

corn syrup

cornstarch

cosmetics, sugar in

cotton candy

court confectioners

Cracker Jack

cream

cream pie

cream puff

crema catalana

crème anglaise

crème brûlée

crème caramel

crêpes

crescent

Crisco

crisp

croissant

croquembouche

crostata

cupcakes

custard

dacquoise

dairy

Dairy Queen

dango

Danish pastry

dariole

dates

Day of the Dead

dental caries

dessert

dessert design

desserts, chilled

desserts, flambéed

desserts, frozen

dextrose

diabetes

Diwali

Dobos torte

Dolly Varden cake

doughnuts

dragées

dried fruit

drop cookies

dulce de leche

dumplings

Dunkin’ Donuts

East Asia

Easter

éclair

egg drinks

egg yolk sweets

eggs

Emy, M.

entremets

epergnes

Epiphany

Escoffier, Georges Auguste

Eskimo Pie

Eton Mess

evaporated milk

extracts and flavorings

extreme candy

fairs

fantasy

Farmer, Fannie

fermentation

festivals

Fig Newtons

filo

financier

fios de ovos

flan

flan

floating island

Florentines

flour

flower waters

fondant

food colorings

fools

fortified wine

fortune cookie

Fourier, Charles

France

frangipane

fried dough

Frisbie pie tins

fritters

frosting

fructose

fruit

fruit desserts, baked

fruit leather

fruit pastes

fruit preserves

fruitcake

Fry’s

fudge

funerals

funnel cake

gag candy

galette

gastris

gelatin

gelatin desserts

gelt

gender

génoise

Germany

Ghirardelli

Gilliers, Joseph

ginger

gingerbread

glacéed fruit

glaze

glucose

Godiva

golden syrup

The Good Humor Man

granita

grape must

Greece and Cyprus

Gugelhupf

guilds

Guittard

gulab jamun

gumball machines

gummies

gummy bears

Guriev kasha

Häagen-Dazs

Halloween

halvah

hamantaschen

hand pie

Hanukkah

hard candy

Haribo

Havemeyer, Henry Osborne

Hermé, Pierre

Hershey, Milton S.

Hershey’s

Hinduism

Hines, Duncan

hippocras

holiday sweets

honey

honeymoon

horchata

Hostess

Huguenot torte

ice cream

ice cream cones

ice cream makers

ice cream socials

icebox cake

icing

Imperial Sugar Company

India

insects

Iran

Islam

isomalt

Istanbul

Italian ice

Italy

jaggery

jalebi

jam

Japan

Japanese baked goods

Jarrin, William Alexis

jelly

jelly beans

jimmies

Jordan almonds

Judaism

jujube

junket

King Cake

kisses

Kolkata

kombucha

Kool-Aid

Korea

Krispy Kreme

kuchen

Kugelhupf

kulfi

Kyoto

laddu

ladyfingers

laminated doughs

Latin America

Latini, Antonio

lauzinaj

layer cake

lead, sugar of

leaf, gold and silver

Lebkuchen

ledikeni

legislation, historical

Leibniz Keks

lemonade

Lenôtre, Gaston

licorice

Life Savers

Lindt, Rodolphe

Linzer Torte

liqueurs

literature

Little Debbie

Loft Candy Company

lokum

lollipops

loukoumades

lozenge

M&M’s

macarons

madeleine

Maghreb

Maillard, Henri

malt syrup

manioc

manjū

manna

maple sugaring

maple syrup

marmalade

Mars

Marshall, Agnes Bertha

Marshmallow Fluff

marshmallows

marzipan

mastic

mead

measurement

Médici, Catherine de

medicinal uses of sugar

Mehlspeise

meringue

Mexico

The Middle East—

The Midwest (U.S.)

mignardise

military

milk

milkshakes

Milky Way

mince pies

miracle berry

mithai

mochi

modaka

molasses

molds, jelly and ice cream

mooncake

MoonPies

Morocco

mostarda

mousse

mud pie

muffins

mulled wine

munchies

Nanaimo bar

nanbangashi

Napoleon

Native American

Necco

Nestlé

The Netherlands

neuroscience

New England (U.S.)

New Orleans

New York City’s

New Zealand

Niederegger

Nobin Chandra Das

nonpareils

North Africa

Nostradamus

nougat

Nutella

nutmeg

nuts

Oetker

olfaction

Orange Julius

Oreos

The Pacific Northwest (U.S.)

palm sugar

pan di spagna

pancakes

pandanus

pandowdy

panning

pans

Paris

Passover

pastel de nata

pastila

pastillage

pastry, choux

pastry, puff

A pastry chef

pastry schools

pastry tools

pavlova

payasam

Peeps

pekmez

pennets

The Pennsylvania Dutch

penny candy

Persia

Perugina

Peter, Daniel

petit four

PEZ

pharmacology

Philadelphia

The Philippines

pica

pie

pie dough

pièces montées

piloncillo

piñatas

Pitts, ZaSu

placenta

plantations, sugar

Plat, Sir Hugh

plated desserts

The politics of sugar

Pop Rocks

Pop-Tarts

popping sugar

poppy seed

Popsicle

Portugal

Portugal’s influence in Asia

pound cake

praline

preserves

pressed cookies

Priapus

profiterole

proverbs

psychoanalysis

publications, trade

pudding

pulled sugar

punch

qatṭā’if

race

Ramadan

Reese’s Pieces

refrigeration

religion

Rigó Jancsi

rock

rolled cookies

Rombauer, Irma Starkloff

Rosh Hashanah

rosogolla

rugelach

rum

Russia

sablé

saccharimeter

saccharine

Sachertorte

salon de thé

salt

sandesh

sanguinaccio

sap

Sara Lee

sartorial sweets

sauce

Scandinavia

semifreddo

servers, ice cream

servers, sugar

serving pieces

sexual innuendo

sfogliatelle

shape

shave ice

sherbet

sherbet powder

shortbread

shortcake

shortening

sitophilia

slang

slavery

slump

small cakes

s’mores

soda

The soda fountain

sonker

sorbet

sorbitol

sorghum syrup

soufflé

sound

soup

sour cream

The South (U.S.)

South Asia

Southeast Asia

The Southwest

Spain

The Spanish-American War (1898)

speculaas

spices

spirituality

sponge cake

spoon sweet

sports nicknames

springerle

sprinkles

spun sugar

Sri Ramakrishna

stages of sugar syrup

starch

state desserts

stevia

sticky rice sweets

sticky toffee pudding

Stohrer, Nicolas

stollen

street food, ancient

streusel

strudel

sub-Saharan Africa

Sucanat

sucket fork

suckets

sucrose

sugar

sugar, biochemistry of

sugar, unusual uses of

sugar and health

sugar barons

sugar beet

The Sugar Bowl

sugar cubes

sugar in experimental cuisine

sugar lobbies

sugar painting

sugar rationing

sugar refineries

sugar refining

sugar riots

sugar sculpture

sugar trade

Sugar Trust

sugarcane

sugarcane agriculture

sugarplums

sugars, unrefined

summer pudding

A sundae

Swedish Fish

sweet and sour

sweet meals

sweet wine

sweetened condensed milk

sweetness preference

sweets in human evolution

sweetshop

Switzerland

syllabub

symbolic meanings

taffy

tapioca

tart

tarte Tatin

Tate & Lyle

tea

temple sweets

Thailand

tiramisù

toffee

Tootsie Roll

torrone

torte

tragacanth

treacle

tres leches cake

trifle

trompe l’oeil

truffles

Turkey

turnovers

tutti frutti

Twelfth Night cakes

Twinkies

The United Kingdom

The United States

upside-down cake

vacherin

Valentine’s Day

Valrhona

van Houten, Coenraad Johannes

vanilla

varenyky

vegetables and herbs

Venice

verrine

Vienna

vinarterta

The Vipeholm experiment

vision

wafers

wagashi

wasanbon

Weber, Johannes Martin Erich

wedding celebrations

wedding cake

The West (U.S.)

wheat berries

whisks and beaters

whoopie pie

Winnie-the-Pooh

xylitol

yeast

yogurt

zabaglione

zalabiya

zeppole

zuppa inglese