1. a chewy or hard candy made with sugar or honey, nuts, and sometimes egg whites

Examples

• The candy store sold homemade nougat with almonds and pistachios.
• She bit into the nougat bar and tasted the sweet honey flavor.
• French nougat is traditionally made with lavender honey.
• The chocolate bar contained a soft nougat center.
• He learned to make nougat using his grandmother’s recipe.
• The nougat was too hard and stuck to her teeth.