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"Treacle tart, Hermione! Spotted dick, look! Chocolate gateau!"
Ronald Weasley mentioning treacle tart[src]

Treacle tart is a traditional English dessert, made predominately of shortcrust pastry and golden syrup. The tart is normally served hot with a dollop of clotted cream. It can also be served with ordinary cream, custard, or yoghourt.[4] Treacle tart can also be served cold.

It was a favourite dessert in the wizarding world,[1][2][3] and also a personal favourite of Harry Potter,[5] who liked it so much that he smelt it when he was in the presence of Amortentia.[6]

Treacle tart was one of the desserts served at the Dance Club, together with Sherbet lemons, during the late 2000s. Ivy Warrington found it so delicious that she forgot the club was for dancing.[7]

During the Calamity in the late 2010s or early 2020s, a Calamity Investigator working for the Statute of Secrecy Task Force visited Ottery St Catchpole and was informed by a wizarding innkeeper there that she had produced a treacle tart that used one-third of the traditional ingredients, asking them to help her get word of her new recipe out. The investigator spread the word about her recipe, with the innkeeper helping them get better rewards from inns in return.[8]

Behind the scenes[]

PM BlueMonday Treacle tart

"Treacle tart: Harry's favourite" on Pottermore

  • "Treacle tart: Harry's favourite" was one out of the thirty-two options generated by an old feature[9] on Pottermore, "Wonderful wizarding world happiness generator", which was about things that could cast away the Blue Monday blues.[10]
    • The description was "Harry loved treacle pudding, so here's some we made ourselves. Look out, Mrs Weasley: now we can cook, too…".[11]

Appearances[]

PAS Treacle tart

Treacle tart as seen in Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells

Notes and references[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 7 (The Sorting Hat)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 12 (The Triwizard Tournament)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 8 (Snape Victorious)
  4. WP favicon Treacle tart on Wikipedia
  5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 11 (The Sorting Hat's New Song)
  6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 9 (The Half-Blood Prince)
  7. Harry Potter: Magic Awakened - Dance Club
  8. Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
  9. Features: "Wonderful wizarding world happiness generator" at Pottermore (archived)
  10. "Introducing our 'Wonderful wizarding world happiness generator', which is ready and waiting to cast away those #BlueMonday blues. Click here to receive your very own piece of wizarding world happiness, and let us know what you got… pottermo.re/Happiness" - @pottermore on Twitter and Facebook
  11. Features: "Wonderful wizarding world happiness generator (text only version)" at Pottermore (archived)
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