confetti

1. (rare) Edible Italian sugar-coated almonds, especially those which are used as part of a traditional Italian wedding.Examples: "… a pale and fair devotee of fashion who has left off eating confetti, and recovered her bloom."; ""Why, if you and Teresa, our own best man and maid of honor . . . oh, how wonderful that would be, to eat confetti at your wedding!""; "Emilio and Roberto had pooled their resources in money and had arranged with the cafe keeper for steaming thick chocolate, a slow-pouring syrup-like drink, the richest boccotoni, cream-filled heavy sfogliate, and almond confetti."rareuncountable