Sweets
Sweets are small sweet things such as toffees, chocolates, and mints.
Sweets signify happiness, celebration, good omen, & prosperity
Candy is a category that includes many different types. There can be soft or “gummy” candies that you chew, or hard candies that you suck, you keep in your mouth for a long time.
Jalebi
Jalebis are Indian desserts made by deep-frying a wheat flour (maida flour) batter in pretzel or circular shapes, which are then soaked in sugar syrup. They can be served warm or cold as well. They are sweet with chewy texture and crunchy crust.
Macaroons
A macaroon means “a drop cookie made of egg whites, sugar, usually almond paste or coconut, and sometimes a little flour.” Most common macaroon recipes also add sweetened condensed milk. For an extra touch of deliciousness, the coconut clusters can also be dipped in chocolate before they're served.
Valentine candy
Conversation hearts, sometimes referred to as sweethearts, are typically pastel-colored sugar hearts with printed phrases on them. Brach's makes lemon, banana, cherry, grape, orange, and wintergreen varieties A day to celebrate and shower the ones we love with our affection … and of course, eat candy! Candy has become one of the most popular Valentine's Day gifts. Each year, thousands of people give candies to their sweethearts. But where did it begin for some of the world's favorite sugary treats? Here's the history of Valentine's Day candy:
- Knafeh is a traditional Arabic dessert, made with spun pastry called kataifi, soaked in a sweet, sugar-based syrup called attar, and typically layered with cheese, or with other ingredients such as clotted cream, pistachio or nuts, depending on the region. It is popular in the Middle East
- The pastry is heated in butter, margarine, palm oil, or traditionally semneh and then spread with soft sweet cheese, such as Nabulsi cheese, and topped with more pastry. In khishnah kanafeh the cheese is rolled in the pastry. A thick syrup of sugar, water, and a few drops of rose water or orange blossom water is poured on the pastry during the final minutes of cooking. Often the top layer of pastry is tinted with red or orange food coloring (a modern shortcut, instead of baking it for long periods of time). Crushed pistachios are sprinkled on top as a garnish.