bombe

plural bombes

1. A dessert made from ice cream frozen in a (generally spherical or hemispherical) mold.
2. otherwise rareA small, roughly hemispherical, chocolate-covered confection.

   The best dessert by far is the chocolate-caramel bombe, a gorgeous chocolate-dusted dome with a heart of passion fruit crème brûlée.

   2000, New York Times, The New York Times Guide to New York City 2001, page 454

   2 more examples

   Sous-chef Daniel O'Reagan prepares an array of tempting desserts, including a zabaglione and marzipan bombe, chocolate mousse torte and an amaretto-flavored cheesecake.

   1983, Bon Appétit, volume 28, page 17

   Austria boasts the Mozart ball, a marzipan-filled chocolate ball wrapped in a portrait of the composer. Niemetz of Vienna also manufactures a famous marshmallow bombe called the Schwedenbombe.

   2009, Tim Richardson, Sweets: A History of Candy, page 374

3. computingAn electromechanical device used in early cryptanalysis.