molasses

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Rum is typically made by fermenting and then distilling sugarcane molasses, the thick treacle-like substance leftover after refined sugar has been produced from the harvested plants.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2025

My three most used ingredients right now would have to be cornmeal, seasoning meat and sorghum molasses.

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

Hardly a week goes by without using saffron, turmeric, pomegranate molasses, tamarind, cinnamon, or sumac in my cooking.

From Salon • Sep. 15, 2024

The monstrous wave was made of a thick brown syrup: molasses.

From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis