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Sugar has O-H bonds which are polar - they've got little plus and minus ends of electric charge. That means that sugar molecules like to stick together in crystals unless something more attractive comes along. Oil is, in general, not polar. So it doesn't really offer a "reason" for the sugar molecules to leave the crystal and spread out.

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