n.
 (pl. candies)
 
(also 
sugar candy)
  
- N. Amer. sweets; confectionery.
- chiefly Brit. sugar crystallized by repeated boiling and slow evaporation.
v.
 (candies, candying, candied)
 
[
often as adj. candied]
 preserve (fruit) by coating and impregnating it with a sugar syrup.
Etymology
  C17 (as v.): as n. from ME sugar-candy, from Fr. sucre candi ‘crystallized sugar’, from Arab. sukkar ‘sugar’ + ḳandī ‘candied’.