black treacle
Britishnoun
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As with light treacle, Lyle's is the most common black treacle brand you'll find in stores.
From Salon
Chigs had never baked with black treacle, a product that's quite similar to molasses.
From Salon
Ms Bennison said: "Possibly it is to do with the fact that is made from very traditional ingredients including black treacle - it sounds odd but it tastes delicious."
From BBC
They dipped their hands into bags of molasses - a black treacle that results from refining sugar cane - before smearing it over the structure to denounce what they called “the dirty hands” of Total.
From Reuters
I made the aforementioned asparagus with “cheese”, some vegan chorizo that didn’t work because I used the wrong kind of tofu, and some pulled “pork” that was actually mushrooms smothered in black treacle, sugar and soy.
From The Guardian
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