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also called Sweets, Lollies
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Candy is a sweet confection made mostly of sugar, packing loosely with empty air spaces between individual pieces.
Candy covers a wide range of sugar-based treats, including gummies, hard sweets, and chocolates. In loose form, candy has a typical bulk density of 47 pounds per cubic foot (0.75 g/mL), so a 1-quart (0.95 L) jar holds roughly 1.56 pounds (708 g). Because the individual pieces do not pack completely flat, a container of candy takes up more space than the same weight of granulated sugar. As a result, loose candy is less dense than solid chocolate bars or liquid corn syrup.
From Wikipedia
Candy, also known as sweets and lollies, is a confection that features sugar as a principal ingredient. The category, sugar confectionery, encompasses any sweet confection, including chocolate or chewing gum.
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One cup weighs
6.26 oz (177 g)
Quick answer
One US cup of candy weighs about 6.2 ounces (177 g). That is roughly one-quarter lighter than a cup of water, because the irregular shapes leave open air pockets.
Typical figures, the same ones every comparison on the site uses; real ones vary.
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