Sentence:  There were large trays with assorted pastries and colored almond <WSD>confetti</WSD> for a wedding, and he remembered with a pang that this very day was the wedding anniversary, the day Pino and Maria had married (so long ago!) in Rome. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Edible Italian sugar-coated almonds, especially those which are used as part of a traditional Italian wedding.