Carob Molasses & Double Roasted Tahini Set — Toprak Doğal, Turkey

Tahin-pekmez is the breakfast Turks reach for on cold mornings: thick sesame tahini swirled into dark fruit molasses, scooped up with warm bread. This set puts both halves of that pairing in one box, from Toprak Doğal — a 300g jar of Antalya carob molasses and a 250g jar of Konya double roasted tahini. The carob molasses (keçiboynuzu pekmezi, also called harnup or دبس الخروب) is made from one ingredient: 100% carob. Pods from carob trees growing in the Mediterranean climate around Antalya are gathered in season, ground in stone mills, soaked in water for 8 to 12 hours, then strained and slowly reduced at low temperature until thick. No added sugar, no preservatives — the near-black molasses takes all its sweetness from the fruit itself. It pours like dark honey with a deep, faintly cocoa-like flavor, which is why many use it as a natural sweetener in milk, yogurt, smoothies, and baking. The tahini is the Konya style known as Bozkır tahini or çifte kavrulmuş — double roasted. Sesame seeds from the Manavgat area are soaked to remove bitterness, hulled, then cooked for five hours over a wood fire before stone milling. That second, longer roast is what separates it from supermarket tahini: the sesame oil cooks through fully, giving a darker, toastier paste. It is 100% sesame, nothing else. Contains sesame. Mix one spoon of tahini with one spoon of molasses for the classic tahin-pekmez; or drizzle the molasses over pancakes and the tahini into hummus and halva. The matching glass jars with gold lids make this an easy gift for anyone who cooks Mediterranean or Middle Eastern food.