The present invention relates to a sugar confectionery composition comprising an alcohol-containing phase and a sweet-containing phase, wherein the composition, when set, is in the form of a single-phase amorphous mass. The invention also relates to a method of manufacturing a sugar confectionery composition, comprising steps of: preparing an alcohol-containing phase at a first temperature preparing a sweet-containing phase at a second temperature incorporating one of the two phases into another to form a mixture setting the mixture to form the composition wherein, when set, the composition is in the form of a single-phase amorphous mass.