Blackstrap molasses
The third boil of the sugar cane, where the minerals concentrate. Blackstrap molasses naturally contains iron, calcium, magnesium and potassium, and tastes deep and bittersweet rather than sugary.
Our story
It started in a grocery aisle in Puerto Vallarta.
In 2021 I found a little bag of toasted seeds: no nuts, no dried fruit, just dark, caramelized crunch that tasted like molasses. I ate it over yogurt every single morning.
Then I came home and couldn't find anything like it. So I started making my own, and spent a lot of batches getting the blackstrap molasses just right.
Friends asked for more. The farmers' market sold out. Little Red Café at Folktale Cidery sold out. People still stop me in town to ask when the next batch is coming.
It's gluten free because celiac runs in my family. When someone you love can't eat what's on the table, you learn to cook differently: carefully, and with love. So there's no "special" version. One granola, gluten free and nut free, so nobody gets left out.
My kids eat it straight from the bag.
Blackstrap molasses is an old-school pantry staple. Bring it back. It'll be the new superfood.
