candied vs sugarcoated

candied

adj
  • coated or encrusted with sugar 

  • preserved in sugar or syrup by baking till it becomes translucent 

  • Pleasing, flattering. 

sugarcoated

adj
  • Coated with sugar. 

  • Made superficially more attractive, possibly to cover up faults. 

How often have the words candied and sugarcoated occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )