15 Best Golden Syrup Recipes - Sweet Mouth Joy (2024)

Published: Jan 7, 2023 · Modified: Jul 27, 2023 by Kachina · This post may contain affiliate links.

Looking for the best golden syrup recipe ideas? Whether you've got leftover syrup or are just looking for tasty treats, check out this collection of the top sweet treats made using the rich amber nectar that is golden syrup!

Love golden syrup? Then you're going to love these delicious golden syrup desserts. There's also some tasty breakfast ideas and sweet snacks in there too!

What is Golden Syrup?

Golden syrup is a thick liquid sugar that’s a rich amber colour. It's also called light treacle or golden treacle and is what’s known as an invert sugar. This is a mixture of glucose and fructose in liquid form. It’s stable during baking and will not crystallize.

It has a thick, treacle-like consistency at room temperature but has a more subtle flavour in comparison to treacle, honey and maple syrup. The colour is usually a deep golden amber.

Golden syrup is made in the process of refining sugar cane or sugar beets.

Tate and Lyle's golden syrup is the most famous brand, and one that I love using for baking!

Check out this easy recipe for homemade golden syrup to use in these great golden syrup desserts below!

Alternatively, check out these top golden syrup substitutions for use instead!

1. Easy Treacle Sponge Pudding

Soft and delicious, this comforting treacle sponge pudding is an easy variation on the British classic dessert - it's oven-baked instead of steamed for a quicker and simpler dessert!

2. Pecan Pie Shortbread Bars

For a handy slice of the classic pecan pie on the go, give these pecan pie dessert bars a try! Using both maple and golden syrup, they're perfect for those with a sweet tooth.

3. Millionaire's Shortbread

A crumbly shortbread base is topped with an easy golden syrup caramel layer and finished with a delicious chocolate top. A classic sweet snack!

4. Microwave Syrup Sponge Pudding

A quick and easy microwave dessert, loaded with delicious golden syrup!

5. White Chocolate Macadamia Oat Cookies

A simple recipe for White Chocolate and Macadamia Oatmeal Cookies for when you fancy something a little bit different with a whole lot of golden syrup goodness!

6. Peanut Butter Ice Cream

Easy recipe for no-churn peanut butter ice cream! With super-creamy texture, nutty flavour and sweetened with rich golden syrup.

7. Chocolate Tiffin

This delicious Chocolate Tiffin is a no-bake chocolate dessert that is quick and easy to make using golden syrup to hold it together and add that tasty sweetness.

8. Traditional Chocolate Cake

This traditional chocolate cake is a family recipe for many, using golden syrup to give it that deliciously dense moist crumb!

9. Rocky Road

This no-bake Rocky Road Cake features marshmallows, chocolate, mini eggs and a delicious secret ingredient - golden syrup!

10. Mini Treacle Tarts

These super simple treacle tarts are perfect to quickly whip up and the golden syrup adds so much tasty flavour.

11. Sticky Toffee Pudding Porridge

This Sticky Toffee Porridge recipe knocked the judges socks off at the 2014 World Porridge Championships. Why don’t you give this unique dessert a try? Made with lashings of golden syrup for that delicious flavour!

12. Golden Syrup Flapjack

Delicious and easy flapjack made with only a few simple ingredients; butter, sugar, golden syrup and porridge oats. This easy flapjacks recipe results in perfectly chewy, soft and thick flapjacks.

13. Ginger Slice

A super simple no bake slice using ginger biscuits, dark chocolate and golden syrup.

14. Homemade Butterfingers

The centre of these delicious homemade butterfingers has the flaky, crispy and crunchy texture that comes from the original Butterfinger chocolate bars. Think of them like a hybrid between crunchie honeycomb bars and peanut butter! They're also vegan!

15. Sticky Date Pudding

This Easy Sticky Toffee Pudding (aka Sticky Date Pudding) is a classic English dessert consisting of a moist sponge cake covered with a sticky toffee sauce.

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