Black Man or Treacle Candy

An Old-fashioned Sweetmeat

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By F. Marian McNeill

Published 2015

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A Cottage Recipe

Ingredients

  • treacle
  • vinegar
  • bicarbonate of soda

Method

Put into a saucepan four pounds of treacle and a dessertspoonful of vinegar. Bring it to the boil and let it boil very slowly, stirring it to prevent burning. When it has boiled for twenty minutes try it by dropping into cold water. If it snaps it is done. Add flavouring to taste—peppermint, almond, or lemon. Then put in half a