Barley sugars are a traditional variety of English boiled sweet, or hard candy, yellow or orange in colour with an extract of barley added as flavouring. It is similiar to hard caramel in its texture. A shelf filled with candies Candy is often used as a synonym for the more general term confectionery in North America, whereas the word has become archaic in most parts of the United Kingdom and survives today almost exclusively in the term candy floss. In some areas, notably Scotland, candy... A shelf filled with candies Candy is often used as a synonym for the more general term confectionery in North America, whereas the word has become archaic in most parts of the United Kingdom and survives today almost exclusively in the term candy floss. In some areas, notably Scotland, candy... A piece of caramel confectionery. ...