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A food substance that is produced by cooking sugar until it melts and darkens into a nutty brown colored mixture that ranges in consistency from liquid to hard-surfaced.

Candied fruit, also referred to as crystallized fruit, is fruit that has been cooked in sugar syrup and then allowed to set in the syrup for a long period of time.

Native to South America, this herb grows into a shrub, producing a natural sweetener obtained from the leaves.

A hard, unrefined brown cane sugar that is most common in Mexican regions as either a light colored variety known as blanco, or as a darker variety, known as oscuro.

1) A thin crisp fried pastry that is made by dipping a fancy shaped iron into a sweet batter and then dipping the iron in hot fat that is deep enough to cover the battered iron.

A Greek dessert prepared with phyllo pastry that is filled with a vanilla or orange flavored custard.

A confection made with sugar or honey, along with roasted nuts, such as almonds, hazelnuts, pistachios or walnuts, and sometimes pieces of candied fruit are added.

A piece of equipment used by grape growers to measure the percentage of sugar in various grape samples being tested.

Pronounced trawk-uhn-bay-ruhn-ows-lay-zuh. German for “dry selected berries”, Trockenbeerenauslese is a German dessert wine of the highest quality produced by grapes that are left on the vine until they are nearly dry.

A type of festive Easter bread that originated in Bologna, Italy. The unbleached white flour (wheat) dough is enriched with butter, eggs, and milk, sweetened with sugar, and flavored with lemon zest.

A French term for wine that contains 5 percent or less sugar, making it a semi-dry wine. A wine may be classified as demi-sec, which means "half dry" in French or sec, which means "dry".

The process of injecting carbon dioxide into wine to convert sugar into alcohol, an inferior process when compared to secondary fermentation in the production of sparkling wines.

A chilled drink traditionally served in Brazil that is made from Cachaca, an alcoholic beverage distilled from sugarcane that is similar to rum.

A Scandinavian flat bread that is very thin and round. It is made from cooked potatoes, flour, cream, salt, butter and sometimes sugar is added.

A rich white or dark chocolate candy containing a center of ingredients such as chocolate, cream, sugar, corn syrup, cocoa butter, flavorings, caramel, nuts, and fruit that are mixed together and formed into a ball shape.

A liquid solution, such as apple cider or ethyl alcohol, which has been fermented once with bacteria, converting the natural surgars into alcohol and then fermented a second time to convert the solution into acedic acid or vinegar.

A chilled dessert custard that is rich in flavor and creamy in texture. The dessert is removed from the refrigerator and topped with sugar that is then heated under a broiler or with a small flame cooking torch to affect only the surface.

A popular dessert made with cream, sugar, and various flavorings that are blended together, infused with air, and frozen.

One of three main categories of basic nutrients (the others are protein and fat) that are used by the body for energy.

An unrefined sugar, which has been molded into a hard cone, used often in Mexican desserts. It is available in colors from beige to brown.