Gingerbread men

alebix, Aug 3, 10:34am
Hi there,

Can I substitute treacle for golden syrup?

I cant justify spending $6 on a tin for a one off recipe.

Thanks

elliehen, Aug 3, 10:41am
Will be fine.

"Treacle is the British generic name for any syrup made during the refining of sugar cane. Therefore, theoretically, Treacle, Black Treacle, Molasses, Golden Syrup and Blackstrap are ALL treacles.

In practice however, there is a technical difference between “treacle” and “Molasses” in that molasses is obtained from the drainings of raw sugar during the refining process and treacle is made from the syrup obtained from the sugar.

Light Treacle is better known as Golden Syrup (aka Light Molasses), is made from the syrup obtained during the first boiling of the sugar cane/beets. About 65% sucrose, it is the lightest in colour and the sweetest of all the treacles and is usually unsulphered.

Black Treacle, (equivalent = dark molasses) is made from the syrup obtained from later boilings and is about 55% sucrose."