10 delicious treacle recipes, from the classic tart to dumpling and gingerbread

Unsure what to do with that tin of goop at the back of the cupboard? These brilliant sweet and savoury dishes will make the most of it

There comes a point in everyone's life when you look - really look - at black treacle and, instead of seeing a familiar larder mainstay, decide that it is an unpalatably bitter, weirdly coloured, metallic-tasting goop. This is why everyone has an almost full tin of treacle in their cupboard. But don't be so quick to write it off: this is an ingredient that can shine, given the right treatment. These are the recipes you should make to use it all up.