Confetti candy is a confectionery food product that is prepared with cooked sugar and corn syrup that is formed into sheets, cooled, and then cracked or broken into pieces. It has a hard,

brittle A material is brittle if, when subjected to stress, it fractures with little elastic deformation and without significant plastic deformation. Brittle materials absorb relatively little energy prior to fracture, even those of high strength. Br ...

texture. To add eye appeal, colored sugar is sometimes sprinkled atop after the cooking and shaping process has been performed. Confetti candy, also known as confetti sprinkles is also a confectionery that consists of flat or disc-shaped candy

sprinkles Sprinkles are very small pieces of confectionery used as an often colourful decoration or to add texture to desserts such as brownies, cupcakes, doughnuts or ice cream. The tiny candies are produced in a variety of colors and are generally use ...

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(2011-11-18). Retrieved on 2014-03-25. These are similar to round

nonpareils Nonpareils are a decorative confectionery of tiny balls made with sugar and starch, traditionally an opaque white but now available in many colors. They are also known as hundreds and thousands in South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the Un ...

, but are prepared in disc form. It is often used to decorate confectioneries and other sweets.

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