marzipan
noun
mar·zi·pan
ˈmär-zə-ˌpan 
also
ˈmärt-sə-ˌpän
-ˌpan
: a confection of crushed almonds or almond paste, sugar, and egg whites that is often shaped into various forms
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Editors’ Picks Prized symbols of the city, the towers are ubiquitous: on postcards, souvenir magnets, even on gigantic chocolate Easter eggs that featured a drawing of them on a marzipan surface.
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Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Brilliant gold in the glass, this wine has complex aromas of white peach, vanilla, tangerine, and beeswax and flavors of roasted hazelnuts, marzipan, yellow peach, and quince.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 22 Feb. 2024
At a school board meeting Grace hands out cupcakes with blood-red fillings decorated with a marzipan sanitary pad on top.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 11 Feb. 2024
Pop the finished marzipan carrots in the fridge overnight while the cake can sit tightly wrapped on the counter overnight.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Feb. 2024
Guests found their table numbers on marzipan fruits made by Fortunato Brothers in Williamsburg.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2024
On the palate, there are a million things going on: There’s marzipan.
—Karla Alindahao, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
Most illustrators play up the coziness of the tale, what with children all snug in their beds dreaming of sugarplums and suchlike, but the friendly lines and marzipan colors of Ms. Beech’s naif illustrations take coziness to a new level.
—Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2023
The aroma is very spicy, rummy, and definitely the best smelling of the six with aromas of cinnamon stick, banana bread, and marzipan.
—Em Sauter, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Brilliant gold in the glass, this wine has complex aromas of white peach, vanilla, tangerine, and beeswax and flavors of roasted hazelnuts, marzipan, yellow peach, and quince.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 22 Feb. 2024
At a school board meeting Grace hands out cupcakes with blood-red fillings decorated with a marzipan sanitary pad on top.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 11 Feb. 2024
Pop the finished marzipan carrots in the fridge overnight while the cake can sit tightly wrapped on the counter overnight.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Feb. 2024
Guests found their table numbers on marzipan fruits made by Fortunato Brothers in Williamsburg.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2024
On the palate, there are a million things going on: There’s marzipan.
—Karla Alindahao, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
Most illustrators play up the coziness of the tale, what with children all snug in their beds dreaming of sugarplums and suchlike, but the friendly lines and marzipan colors of Ms. Beech’s naif illustrations take coziness to a new level.
—Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2023
The aroma is very spicy, rummy, and definitely the best smelling of the six with aromas of cinnamon stick, banana bread, and marzipan.
—Em Sauter, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
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marzipan
noun
mar·zi·pan
ˈmärt-sə-ˌpän
ˈmär-zə-ˌpan
ˈmär-zə-ˌpan
: a candy or icing of almond paste, sugar, and whites of eggs
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