honey crisp

7.9

A thin hard sweet made with honey that breaks easily

noun

: caramelo de miel

The recipe calls for real honey to get the perfect texture in a honey crisp.

Examples

The bakery was famous for its homemade honey crisp treats.
She offered him a honey crisp with his tea after dinner.
I love honey crisp candies!
She bought a bag of honey crisps from the store.
The bakery was famous for its homemade honey crisp treats.
She offered him a honey crisp with his tea after dinner.
The recipe calls for real honey to get the perfect texture in a honey crisp.

Synonyms

candy

vshoney crisp

863 1.0

A small sweet made from sugar, often with chocolate or nuts

is a specific variety made with a natural sweetener and fragile texture

sweet

vshoney crisp

69 1.0

A small sugary food eaten after a meal

is a specific treat made with natural sweetener and a light fragile texture

confection

vshoney crisp

8 3.7

Sweet food like candy or a small cake

is a narrower variety made with natural syrup yielding a light fragile texture

brittle

vshoney crisp

2 4.2

A thin hard sweet made from melted sugar and nuts

is lighter and uses a natural sweetener for a delicate crunchy texture

sugar candy

vshoney crisp

1 1.0

A hard sweet made by boiling sugar and letting it cool

is lighter and created with a natural syrup instead of pure boiled sugar

sugary snack

vshoney crisp

1 1.0

A small sweet food high in sugar eaten between meals as a treat

is defined by a natural sweetener recipe and delicate texture rather than eating time

sweetling

vshoney crisp

Archaic

7.4

A small piece of candy or chocolate

is a specific recipe product valued for texture not just small size

Surface Forms

honey crisp singular

honey crisps plural

Morphology

honey + crisp

The meaning 'a type of crisp candy made with honey' is directly deducible from combining 'honey' (a sweet substance) with 'crisp' (a crunchy texture): it denotes a crisp that contains or is flavored with honey. This straightforward noun–modifier composition is a common, compositional pattern in English and other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words should be able to infer the meaning.

Etymology

Honey crisp comes from the two words honey and crisp. It paints a simple image: a sweet made with honey that is light and breaks easily when you bite it, so honey crisp means 'a type of crisp candy made with honey'.