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What's confection essentials?

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Rebecca

That's a good question. "Confection essentials" isn't really something a person would say, it's creative wordplay. "Confection", or more commonly "confectionery", is a word that basically means candy or other sweet foods. "Essentials" simply means the most important or common things from a certain category. If we combine the two into "confection essentials", then we're talking about the most common or important candy for that occasion. For context, different parts of the world have their own specific Christmas confectionery. Ex: I want to start climbing mountains, so I'll go to a climbing store and get the essentials. Ex: My best friend works in confectionery, and now she hates candy.

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