1.
Sugar-coated food is covered with a sweet substance made of sugar.
Some ~ cereals are 50% sugar.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
2.
If you describe something such as a story as ~, you disapprove of it because it appears to be pleasant or attractive but in fact describes something very unpleasant.
...a ~ view of a boy’s introduction to sex.
ADJ: usu ADJ n disapproval