a food having a high sugar contentfollowing the main course there were assorted confections so delicious-looking as to tempt even determined dieters
following the main course there were assorted confections so delicious-looking as to tempt even determined dieters
sweetmeats, sweets
confectionaries, confectioneries, sweeties(British)afters(British), candies, desserts, entremets, pastries
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