molasses

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Brown sugar gives it a molasses depth and I hold back on the white sugar so things never veer into cloying.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2025

Distillers threw rotten fruit and molasses waste in the gallon to brew with ammonium chloride to produce something called “snake juice,” which was collected by lepers and taken around the city.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2025

As a child, I loved eating ribs doused in sweet tangy KC BBQ sauce made with molasses, acidic vinegar and spicy chile powder alongside my cousins.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2024

When classical music meets pop, it often feels like the songs are drowning in molasses.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2024

Inside the tank was 2.3 million gallons of molasses, the product that had been a vital part of the slave trade of the 1600s and 1700s.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler