Candy Pet Names

Press for one of these candy names for pets, with a line on what the sweet is.

Candy Pet Names

  1. DangoA Japanese dumpling made of rice flour.
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Candy pet names in five kinds: chocolate, caramel and toffee, chewy and gummy, hard and sugary, sweets of other countries, and bakery and desserts. Each name is a kind of sweet, with a line on what it is.

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You can narrow the draw to one kind. Chocolate, caramel and toffee gives Fudge, Praline and Truffle. Chewy and gummy gives Taffy, Nougat and Marshmallow. Hard and sugary gives Lollipop, Humbug and Sherbet, a fizzy, sweet powder.

Sweets of other countries

Mochi is a Japanese rice cake, Brigadeiro a traditional Brazilian dessert and Krowka a Polish milk toffee whose name comes from the word for cow. Gaz is an Iranian nougat and Tablet a sugary candy from Scotland.

Questions and answers

What are good candy names for a brown pet?

Toffee, Fudge, Caramel and Cacao. Penuche is a fudge-like candy made from brown sugar, butter and milk, and Brownie is a chocolate baked dessert bar.

What are good candy names for a white pet?

Marshmallow, Meringue, Fondant and Sugar Cube. Divinity is a nougat-like candy made with whipped egg whites, and Mochi is a Japanese rice cake.

Why are there no candy bar names?

Brand names belong to the companies that make them, so this list keeps to kinds of candy, such as taffy, nougat and toffee. Every name was looked up in Wikipedia's lists of candy brands before it went on the page.

What is a sweet name for a small pet?

Bonbon is a small chocolate candy, Nonpareil is one of the tiny sugar balls used to decorate cakes, and Jimmies is another name for sprinkles. Gumball and Truffle are round.

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Chocolate, caramel and toffee 18

  • Bark A sheet of chocolate broken into pieces. Also what a dog does.
  • Bonbon A small chocolate candy.
  • Brittle Flat broken pieces of hard sugar candy with nuts set in it.
  • Butterscotch A candy made mainly of brown sugar and butter.
  • Cacao The bean chocolate starts from. For a deep brown coat.
  • Caramel Made by heating sugar to a high temperature.
  • Chocolate Chip For a pale pet with a few dark spots.
  • Cluster A lump of nuts held together with chocolate. For the one at the bottom of the pile.
  • Dulce From dulce de leche, a sweet made by heating sugar and milk over several hours.
  • Fudge A candy made by mixing sugar, butter and milk.
  • Gianduja A blend of chocolate and hazelnut paste, invented in Turin.
  • Honeycomb A sugary toffee with a light, rigid, sponge-like texture.
  • Mendiant A French chocolate disc topped with nuts and dried fruits.
  • Penuche A fudge-like candy made from brown sugar, butter and milk.
  • Praline A candy made of nuts and sugar. Some kinds add cream.
  • Tablet A medium-hard, sugary candy from Scotland.
  • Toffee An English candy made by caramelizing sugar or molasses with butter.
  • Truffle A chocolate candy with a ganache center.

Chewy and gummy 16

  • Bubblegum Chewing gum made for blowing bubbles.
  • Chewy The plain name for a pet who has met your shoes.
  • Chicle A latex from trees of Mesoamerica, traditionally used to make chewing gum.
  • Circus Peanut An American marshmallow candy shaped like a peanut.
  • Divinity A nougat-like candy made with whipped egg whites, corn syrup and sugar.
  • Fondant A soft sugar paste. For a smooth white coat.
  • Fruit Leather Fruit dried into a flat chewy sheet. For a pet who likes to be rolled up.
  • Gumball A ball of gum from a machine. Round, bright and gone in a second.
  • Gummy A chewable candy based on gelatin or gum.
  • Gummy Bear A small fruit gum candy in the shape of a bear.
  • Maple Taffy A sugar candy made by boiling maple sap past the point of syrup. It is also called sugar on snow.
  • Marshmallow A soft candy of sugar, water and gelatin whipped until it is solid but squishy.
  • Nougat A soft, chewy or crunchy candy made from sugar, honey or syrup with nuts and egg white.
  • Pastille A sweet made of a thick liquid that has been set solid, meant to dissolve in the mouth.
  • Peach Ring A gummy ring in orange and yellow. For a pet who sleeps in a circle.
  • Taffy A candy made by stretching or pulling a sticky boiled sugar mass.

Hard and sugary 19

  • Comfit A candy of dried fruit, nuts, seeds or spices coated in sugar.
  • Cotton Candy Spun sugar that looks like cotton.
  • Dragee A bite-sized candy with a hard outer shell.
  • Edinburgh Rock A traditional Scottish candy.
  • Fairy Floss Another name for cotton candy.
  • Fizzy For a pet who cannot sit still.
  • Gobstopper A round boiled candy, known as a jawbreaker in Canada and the United States.
  • Humbug A hard boiled candy, most often striped and flavored with peppermint.
  • Jawbreaker What Canadians and Americans call a gobstopper, a round boiled candy.
  • Jimmies Another name for sprinkles.
  • Lemon Drop A lemon-flavored sugar candy, usually colored yellow.
  • Lollipop A hard candy on a stick.
  • Lolly Short for lollipop.
  • Muscovado A dark, partly refined sugar with a strong molasses flavor.
  • Nonpareil Tiny balls of sugar and starch used to decorate cakes and candy.
  • Pear Drop A British boiled candy.
  • Rock Candy A candy made of fairly large sugar crystals.
  • Sherbet A fizzy, sweet powder.
  • Sugar Cube One lump or two. For a small white pet with square shoulders.

Sweets of other countries 33

  • Alfajor A traditional sweet that began in Spain and is now found across Latin America.
  • Barfi A milk-based sweet from the Indian subcontinent.
  • Beijinho A Brazilian birthday party candy. The name means little kiss.
  • Brigadeiro A traditional Brazilian dessert.
  • Calisson A traditional French candy of candied fruit and ground almonds under a thin layer of icing.
  • Chikki A traditional Indian sweet, most often made from nuts and jaggery.
  • Cocada A coconut candy found in many parts of Latin America.
  • Daifuku A Japanese sweet: a small round mochi with a sweet filling.
  • Dalgona A candy made with melted sugar and baking soda that comes from South Korea.
  • Dango A Japanese dumpling made of rice flour.
  • Dorayaki A Japanese sweet of two small pancakes round a filling of sweet bean paste.
  • Gaz An Iranian nougat.
  • Halva A confection found from North Africa and the Balkans to South Asia.
  • Hokey Pokey What New Zealanders call honeycomb toffee.
  • Jalebi A sweet snack common in South Asia, West Asia and parts of Africa.
  • Koeksister A traditional Afrikaner sweet of fried dough soaked in syrup or honey.
  • Konpeito A Japanese sugar candy.
  • Krowka A Polish semi-soft milk toffee. The name means little cow.
  • Laddu A ball-shaped sweet from the Indian subcontinent.
  • Lokum The Turkish name for Turkish delight, a candy based on a gel of starch and sugar.
  • Manju A traditional Japanese sweet.
  • Mochi A Japanese rice cake made of short-grain glutinous rice.
  • Panforte A chewy Italian dessert of fruit and nuts.
  • Pastila A traditional Russian fruit sweet.
  • Polkagris A Swedish stick candy.
  • Rasgulla A syrupy dessert popular in eastern India. The name means syrup-filled ball.
  • Stroopwafel A thin round biscuit of two baked layers held together by a syrup filling. The name means syrup waffle.
  • Taiyaki A Japanese fish-shaped cake.
  • Tanghulu A traditional Chinese snack of sugar-coated hawthorn fruits on a bamboo skewer.
  • Torrone The Italian name of the nougat called turrón in Spain.
  • Turron A Mediterranean nougat of honey, sugar and egg white with toasted almonds or other nuts.
  • Wagashi The word for traditional Japanese sweets.
  • Zefir A Russian sweet like marshmallow, made by whipping fruit puree with sugar and egg whites.

Bakery and desserts 20

  • Babka A sweet braided cake that began in the Jewish communities of Poland and Ukraine.
  • Baklava A layered pastry of filo, chopped nuts and syrup or honey.
  • Beignet A deep-fried pastry from France.
  • Blondie A dessert bar like a brownie, made with brown sugar and vanilla in the place of cocoa.
  • Brownie A chocolate baked dessert bar.
  • Cannoli A Sicilian pastry: a tube-shaped shell of dough with a sweet, creamy filling.
  • Cruller A deep-fried pastry.
  • Cupcake A cake for one.
  • Eclair A pastry of choux dough filled with cream and topped with icing.
  • Frosting The best part of the cake. For a pet with a white top.
  • Lamington An Australian cake: squares of sponge coated in chocolate sauce and rolled in coconut.
  • Macaroon A small cake or cookie made from ground almonds, coconut or other nuts.
  • Madeleine A small traditional cake from the Lorraine region of northeastern France.
  • Meringue A dessert made from whipped egg whites and sugar.
  • Pavlova A meringue-based dessert named after the Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova.
  • Profiterole A filled ball of choux pastry.
  • Snickerdoodle A cookie rolled in cinnamon sugar.
  • Sundae Ice cream with everything on top.
  • Wafer Thin, crisp and gone in two bites.
  • Whoopie From the whoopie pie, two round pieces of cake with a creamy filling between them.