Three word game ...

[Ming the Merciless]

best treacle toffee

 

[Paulus]

laced with liquorice

 

[Fnaar]

and some salt

 

[classic33]

, to give it

 

[Fnaar]

a salty taste

 

[Paulus]

preferred to sugar

 

[classic33]

which was sweet

 

[woodbutcher]

and ultimately deceitful

 

[classic33]

to all who

 

[Paulus]

joined the ranks

 

[Oldbloke]

Hovis McDougall pension

 

[woodbutcher]

success with that

 

[classic33]

level of commitment

 

[woodbutcher]

to penal servitude

 

[classic33]

shown at court