1. to make something too sweet by adding too much sugar or sweetener
Usage: transitive verb; common in cooking and food preparation

Examples

• Don't oversweeten the lemonade or it will be undrinkable.
• The baker accidentally oversweetened the cake batter.
• Many commercial desserts oversweeten their products to appeal to children.
• You can oversweeten a sauce by adding honey too quickly.
• The recipe warns not to oversweeten the filling.
• She tends to oversweeten her coffee with multiple spoonfuls of sugar.