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| arrack |
in the Middle East and neighboring areas, any of various liquors distilled from materials such as fermented rice or molasses. |
| baked beans |
beans that have been boiled and then baked, often with salt pork, tomato sauce, or molasses. |
| blackstrap molasses |
a dark, thick molasses from which most of the sugar has been removed. |
| Boston brown bread |
a dark steamed bread made of corn meal or graham or whole wheat flour, sweetened with molasses. |
| brown bread |
a steamed bread made of corn meal and flour, sweetened with molasses; Boston brown bread. [1/2 definitions] |
| gingerbread |
a type of cake or cookie flavored with ginger and sweetened with molasses. [1/3 definitions] |
| gingersnap |
a small, round, crisp cookie made with ginger and molasses. |
| hasty pudding |
a cornmeal mush served with a sweetener such as molasses. |
| hermit |
a spiced molasses cookie, often made with nuts and raisins. [1/2 definitions] |
| Indian pudding |
a baked pudding made of cornmeal, with milk and molasses. |
| pandowdy |
a deep-dish fruit pie with a thick crust on top, often sweetened with molasses. |
| rum |
an alcoholic beverage distilled from fermented molasses, sugar cane, or the like. |
| taffy |
a chewy candy made of molasses or sugar that is boiled and then pulled until it holds its shape. |
| treacle |
(chiefly British) molasses, or a light-colored blend of molasses, invert sugar, and corn syrup. [1/2 definitions] |
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