butterscotch
a flavor produced in puddings, frostings, ice cream, etc., by combining brown sugar, vanilla extract, and butter with other ingredients.
a hard, brittle taffy made with butter, brown sugar, etc.
a golden brown color.
having the flavor of butterscotch.
Origin of butterscotch
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How to use butterscotch in a sentence
Our journey began on the nine-mile trek out to Mist Falls, a route paralleling the Kings River through ponderosa pines whose flaky red bark smelled like butterscotch.
It had “excellent caramelization” and “toasty butterscotch flavors,” with a “pleasant saltiness on the finish.”
Who makes the best chocolate chip cookie? We tasted 14 top brands and ranked them. | Matt Brooks | December 4, 2020 | Washington PostI like to use Valrhona chocolates if possible, but you can substitute your favorite brand of chocolate and use butterscotch or caramel chips in place of Dulcey.
Lean into that love of chocolate with cookies that use it four ways | Jonni Scott | December 2, 2020 | Washington PostThe concoction, dubbed Scotchy Scotch Scotch, consists of a butterscotch ice cream with butterscotch swirls.
Anchorman 2’s PR Blitz: Dodge Durangos, Daft Punk, Rob Ford’s Campaign Song, and Whiskey | Marlow Stern | November 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThere were rich shades of butterscotch and bold hues of purple.
Paris Fall Fashion Week Ends With Vuitton and Kanye | Robin Givhan | March 7, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Chocolate chips or butterscotch chips, walnuts or pecans, coffee or peanut butter or dried fruit…yes, the list goes on and on.
Even Doncaster butterscotch is more familiar than Doncaster piety, but the Church is particularly active here, nevertheless.
The Great North Road: London to York | Charles G. HarperDoncaster, out of the season, is a singularly quiet and inoffensive town, and looks as innocent as its native butterscotch.
The Great North Road: London to York | Charles G. HarperBut he wrote other poetry—poetry which everybody knows—poetry as familiar in every child's mouth as butterscotch.
The Haunts of Old Cockaigne | Alex ThompsonThe cream pies were on a stick, and coated with chocolate, butterscotch, and vanilla with coconut.
The Blue Ghost Mystery | Harold Leland Goodwin"I'm no saying Jacinta's no fascinating, an' I've seen ye looking at her like a laddie eyeing a butterscotch," he said.
For Jacinta | Harold Bindloss
British Dictionary definitions for butterscotch
/ (ˈbʌtəˌskɒtʃ) /
a kind of hard brittle toffee made with butter, brown sugar, etc
a flavouring made from these ingredients
(as modifier): butterscotch icing
Origin of butterscotch
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