hardbake

9.9

A hard crunchy sweet made from molasses, butter and almonds baked until brittle

noun
/ˈhɑːdbeɪk/

: hardbake

My grandmother always made hardbake for special occasions during my childhood.

Examples

At the bakery, I was tempted by the crunchy almonds in the hardbake displayed in the window.
Sarah wrapped pieces of hardbake as festive gifts for her friends.
I love hardbake with my tea.
Have you ever tried hardbake?
At the bakery, I was tempted by the crunchy almonds in the hardbake displayed in the window.
My grandmother always made hardbake for special occasions during my childhood.
Sarah wrapped pieces of hardbake as festive gifts for her friends.

Synonyms

hard candy

vshardbake

12 1.0

A small sweet made from sugar that you suck rather than chew

is prepared by baking molasses and butter into a hard breakable sheet

butterscotch

vshardbake

12 2.6

A sweet hard candy made from butter and brown sugar

is made with almonds and molasses instead of plain butter and sugar

brittle

vshardbake

9 4.2

A thin hard sweet made from melted sugar and nuts

is a specific traditional baked version using molasses and almonds

peanut brittle

vshardbake

6 3.1

A hard sweet of cooked sugar and peanuts that you break into pieces

is baked with molasses and butter containing almonds rather than being boiled

Surface Forms

hardbake singular

hardbakes plural

Morphology

hardbake = hard + bake (transparent) = hard + bake

Meaning is directly derived from 'hard' + 'bake' (a baked item made hard), so learners can infer the sense from the components.

Etymology

Hardbake comes from the English words hard ('firm, not soft') and bake ('cook in an oven'), because the sweet is baked until it becomes hard and brittle. That's why a hardbake is a traditional British candy made from molasses and butter with crunchy almonds.