Confection
Confection , noun
[French, from Latin confectio.]
1.
A composition of different materials. [Obsolete]
A new confection of mold.
2.
A preparation of fruits or roots, etc., with sugar; a sweetmeat.
Certain confections... are like to candied conserves, and are made of sugar and lemons.
3.
A composition of drugs. — Shakespeare
4.
(Medicine) A soft solid made by incorporating a medicinal substance or substances with sugar, sirup, or honey.
The pharmacopoias formerly made a distinction between conserves (made of fresh vegetable substances and sugar) and electuaries (medicinal substances combined with sirup or honey), but the distinction is now abandoned and all are called confections.