I'm writing a character who is cynical and cruel, but the way he speaks is very sarcastically sweet to further emphasize how jaded he is by the nature of the world and men, but I can't find a word that describes this type of "fake sweetness". He very often says stuff like "My my, if you're so bothered by my antics, what are you going to do about it?" and just sounds so pleasant and well-versed, but his tone is dripping with sarcasm, but sarcasm has connotations of bitterness or scorn and he's not being scornful, he's genuinely curious what they come up with in the hopes of entertaining him.
Learn English – What word best describes talking sweetly but in a sarcastic manner
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I'd go with saccharine
This derives from early use of saccharine, which was one of the first artificial sweeteners. While the resulting taste was sweet, it also had an overtone which made it fairly easy to realize that it wasn't really sugar.