Dishes made with molasses
9 dishes from around the world that list molasses as a main ingredient.
Nakshi PithaVegetarianনকশি পিঠা
🇧🇩 BangladeshRice flour cakes shaped with intricate patterns, from Bangladesh
Sweet or dessert
AshureVeganAşure
🇹🇷 Turkey and 3 moreSweet porridge of grains, dried fruits and nuts shared for festivals and remembrance
Sweet or dessert
Ginger snapVegetarian
🇦🇺 Australia and 5 moreA crisp biscuit flavoured with ginger and spices, popular in many countries
Sweet or dessert, Tea time, Snacks
MämmiVegan
🇫🇮 FinlandFinnish Easter dessert of baked rye and malt, served cold with cream or milk
Sweet or dessert
Brown bread
🇮🇪 Ireland and 5 moreBread made with whole grain flours, often darkened with molasses or coffee
Bread
Baked beans
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreWhite beans slow-cooked in a sweet or savory sauce, often served hot or on toast
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
BakarkhaniVegetarianباقرخانی
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 2 moreA thick, layered flatbread with a crisp crust from South Asia
Bread, Breakfast, Snacks
HandeshVegetarian
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreDeep-fried sweet rice flour cakes from Sylhet, often made with molasses
Sweet or dessert, Breakfast, Snacks
Pé de molequeVegan
🇧🇷 BrazilBrazilian sweet made with peanuts and unrefined sugar
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Brown bread: Kritzolina, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pé de moleque: No machine-readable author provided. Meksyk~commonswiki assumed (based, Public domain, source
- Mämmi: No machine-readable author provided. Strangnet assumed (based on copyr, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Nakshi Pitha: Mmrsafy, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ashure: Maderibeyza, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ginger snap: Samuel Wiki, CC0, source
- Baked beans: Silar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bakarkhani: Wasiul Bahar, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Handesh: AbuSayeed, CC BY-SA 4.0, source