Sugarplum (noun)

1. A small round candy made of sugar, often flavored and decorated with colors.
2. A small, round sweetmeat consisting of a center of fruit or nuts coated with sugar and often flavored or colored.

Origin:

From the noun sugar, from old french sucre, from arabic sukkar and plum, from old english plūme, from proto-germanic *plūmō, from proto-indo-european *plōm- ("plu.m")

Examples:

1. The children were delighted with the sugarplums.
2. She had a sugarplum in her mouth.
3. The sugarplums were too sweet for her taste.
4. The sugarplums were a popular Christmas treat.
5. He offered her a sugarplum as a dessert.