Miner made visitor endless sweets (9)

'sweets' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'miner made visitor endless' is the wordplay.
'made' indicates an anagram.
'visitor' becomes 'guest' (someone visiting a place).
'endless' means to remove the last letter.
'guest' with its final letter taken off is 'gues'.
'miner' with letters rearranged gives 'merin'.
'merin'+'gues'='MERINGUES'

Can you help me to learn more?