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Synonyms and antonyms of Sweet food and desserts in American Thesaurus
Sweet food and desserts
apple pie (noun)
a sweet food made from apples baked in pastry
banana split (noun)
a sweet food that consists of a banana with ice cream, cream, sauce, and nuts
brown sugar (noun)
sugar that is brown and has not been refined (=made pure) or has been only partly refined
choc-ice (noun)
British an ice cream covered with a layer of chocolate, shaped like a small block
Christmas pudding (noun)
British a sweet food made with dried fruits and spices (=substances that flavor food), eaten at Christmas
cobbler (noun)
a sweet food consisting of fruit covered with a soft thick layer of pastry that is baked in an oven
coconut milk (noun)
the sweet thin liquid contained in a coconut, used in drinks and in Asian and Caribbean cooking
confection (noun)
formal a sweet food, especially a cake
confectioner’s sugar (noun)
American sugar that it is like a powder and is used for making candy and decorating cakes
double-dip (noun)
American a cone (=a container made of thin dry cake) with two balls of ice cream inside it
doughnut (noun)
a round sweet food, often in the shape of a ring, that is made by cooking dough in oil
dumpling (noun)
a sweet food consisting of pastry filled with fruit
fondant (noun)
a very soft sweet food made from sugar and water, usually spread over cakes as frosting
fro-yo (noun)
Americaninformal frozen yogurt that you eat like ice cream
fruit cocktail (noun)
a food consisting of small pieces of different types of fruit, often sold in cans
fruit salad (noun)
a food consisting of small pieces of different types of fresh fruit, usually eaten as a dessert
honey (noun)
a sweet, sticky yellow or brown food made by bees
icing sugar (noun)
British confectioner’s sugar
jaggery (noun)
Indian English in South Asia, brown sugar from sugar cane or from a palm tree
Jell-O (American)
American a soft solid food made from fruit juice, sugar, and gelatin that you can see through and that shakes when you touch it
jelly (noun)
British Jell-O
marzipan (noun)
a sweet food made from sugar and almonds that is used for decorating cakes and making candies
meringue (noun)
a sweet food made from a mixture of sugar and egg whites
mincemeat (noun)
a sweet food made by mixing small pieces of dried fruit and spices, used especially to make mince pies
molasses (noun)
American a sweet brown liquid food made from sugar plants, used for making other foods sweeter. The British word is treacle.
parfait (noun)
American a sweet food consisting of layers of fruit and ice cream, served in a tall glass
peach melba (noun)
a sweet food that consists of half a peach with ice cream and raspberry sauce on top
pudding (noun)
a sweet food like thick cream, usually flavored with fruit or chocolate, eaten as a dessert
raspberry/chocolate etc. ripple ()
ice-cream that has lines of a raspberry/chocolate, etc. flavored substance in it
sherbet (noun)
American a type of food like ice cream
snow cone (noun)
a sweet food that consists of a lump of flavored ice that you hold in a paper cone
sundae (noun)
ice cream served with a sweet sauce, and nuts, fruit, and syrup
trifle (noun)
a sweet food eaten especially in the U.K., made from cake covered with fruit or gelatin, cold custard, and sometimes cream
turnover (noun)
a sweet food like a small pie, filled with fruit
tutti frutti (noun)
a type of ice cream that contains small pieces of different types of fruit