Word with candy or sugar (4)
I believe the answer is:
cane
'word with candy or sugar' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for cane that I've seen before include "Bamboo rod" , "Old school punishment" , "Sugar plant" , "Malacca, perhaps" , "Beat - bamboo - stick" .)