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A candy so famous it stars in ballet, yet almost nobody alive has tasted one.
no plumsOriginally hard candied seeds, fruit not required
comfit craftMade by layering sugar coats over days
ballet fameThe Nutcracker's Sugar Plum Fairy made it immortal
verb formTo sugarplum once meant to flatter or sweet-talk
dance themVisions of sugarplums predate the candy's real fame