Turkish Delight is one of the oldest candies in the world. It’s a soft, chewy treat that is covered with powdered sugar to keep it from sticking together.

In the book The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, the white witch offers Turkish Delight to Edmund.

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