Bon bon
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Traditionally, a Bon bon is a form of candy or confection.
Originally French[citation needed], the simplest form of bon bon were essentially sugar coated almonds[citation needed].
In the modern era, the use of almonds as the centre has declined,with Bon Bon being used as a general term for any confection in which a sweet centre is enrobed by a loose sugar or flavoured coating.
Although not technically a bon bon in the conventional sense, the term is also used in respect of Fruit Bon Bons, A hard boiled sweet with a soft fruit centre.
A Bon Bon is also the brand name for an American sweet, consisting of a small ball of ice cream, roughly the size of a cherry, coated in chocolate. Sold in cardboard buckets, they have become rare today, but are still seen as a frequent snack of Peg Bundy on reruns of Married... with Children. Sometimes these are more like truffles, with some type of filling inside.