Possible Clues:

• Fruity concession stand bit
• Fruit-flavored gumdrop
• Chewy lozenge
• Spiny shrub of the buckthorn family
• Fruit of a Eurasian plant, formerly taken as a cure for coughs
• English bachelor turning on charm, providing cough sweet
• Type of sweet
• Sugary sweet
• Gelatin candy
• Chewy candy