Dark corn syrup

• In general, corn syrup is a thick syrup processed from corn starch. Dark corn syrup has caramel flavoring and coloring added to the product.

Molasses

• Molasses comes from sugarcane or sugar beets. It is the sweet, syrupy residue left behind after the plants are boiled to crystallize sugar.

Types of molasses

• There are three main types of molasses: light, dark and blackstrap. Differentiation is based on when the molasses was removed during the boiling process.

Nutrients

• While corn syrup has few nutrients, molasses contains small amounts of calcium and iron. Blackstrap molasses is commonly used as a nutrition supplement.

Flavor

• Molasses has a rich, distinctive and sweet flavor that complements foods such as gingerbread. Dark corn syrup has a taste more similar to molasses.