What can I substitute for black sugar?

For dark brown sugar: Use 1 cup of granulated sugar and 2 tablespoons of molasses. Even if you're out of molasses, you can still make your own brown sugar using a combination of white sugar and liquid sweetener. Try maple syrup, agave nectar, or honey, and follow the same ratio as above.
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Can I use brown sugar instead of black sugar?

The process for making it is similar to that for raw sugar and unrefined brown sugar. (In fact, there's no real difference between unrefined brown sugar and black sugar, and translating "black sugar" into Japanese or Korean returns "brown sugar.") The sugar cane is squeezed until all the liquid is removed.
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How do you make black sugar?

Black sugar is typically made by boiling sugarcane juice until it turns into a dark syrup. That syrup is then cooled, leaving dark brown-black blocks of sugar.
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What is black sugar flavor?

Black Sugar is one of those types of sugars. Used in Asian cultures, this sugar hasn't had the molasses removed from it. The flavor tends to have more caramel notes and can be a touch smoky. The Japanese are highly touted for this type of sugar. There is even a particular season for making the special sugar.
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Can I substitute light brown sugar for dark brown sugar?

Yes. The only difference will be in color and taste. Just to state the obvious, light brown sugar makes baked goods with lighter color and milder flavor; dark brown, darker colored baked goods with more assertive (but still very mild) molasses flavor.
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Is there a big difference between light and dark brown sugar?

Light brown sugar has less molasses per total volume of sugar (about 3.5% according to Rose Levy Beranbaum) while dark brown sugar has more (6.5%). You can easily see the difference in their makeup using just your eyeballs: dark brown sugar is darker in color and looks more like molasses syrup.
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What is the difference between light brown sugar and dark brown sugar?

And the amount of molasses is what distinguishes light brown (less molasses) from dark brown (more). Dark brown sugar actually contains nearly twice as much molasses as light (6.5% as compared to 3.5%), which gives it a richer caramel flavor.
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Is muscovado sugar the same as black sugar?

A third type of brown sugar known as Muscovado is produced in Barbados. It is also unrefined and retains its natural moisture. These brown sugars are lighter in colour than black sugar because the cane juice was cooked for a shorter period.
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Is black sugar better than white sugar?

Aside from these minor differences, they are nutritionally similar. Their main differences are their taste and color. Brown sugar contains slightly more minerals and marginally fewer calories than white sugar. However, the nutritional differences between the two are insignificant.
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What do you use black sugar syrup for?

Historically, more than just a distinctive sweetener, Black Sugar is also used by traditional Chinese medical practitioners who recommend it to provide an energy boost and enhance blood circulation, among other things. * Dark and thick crystalline syrup with sweet, caramelized flavor.
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What does Black Sugar mean?

Black sugar is a form of crystalline precipitate or a particulate pollution by-product unique from creosote caused by the burning of low grade coal in the 1940–1960s. The outgas from burning coal would be a by-product (burning coal was used in residential forced hot air furnaces) for the heating of family housing.
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What is Chinese black sugar?

In Japan, Taiwan and Malaysia, Chinese natural brown sugar is called black sugar. It is made from white sugarcane but has a darker color. The Japanese black sugar kokuto is produced simply by slowly cooking down pure sugarcane juice grown in Okinawa and the southwestern islands of Kagoshima.
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What is the darkest sugar?

Muscovado sugar is very dark brown and has fine, soft crystals that are sticky. It contains 8–10% molasses, giving it a stronger flavor. Brown sugars — including turbinado, demerara, muscovado, and light and dark brown sugar — vary in their degree of processing, content of molasses, and the crystal size.
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Is brown sugar just white sugar with molasses?

Brown sugar contains about the same number of calories per teaspoon as white table sugar. The main difference between table sugar and brown sugar is the presence of molasses, which gives brown sugar its distinct color, flavor and moisture. The molasses used to make brown sugar comes from sugar cane, not sugar beets.
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What is Japanese black sugar?

*While Kokuto literally means "black sugar" and it's known as a special type of sugar in Japan, because its color is very dark brown, Kokuto is sometimes labeled as "dark brown sugar" or just "brown sugar" in English. So, Kokuto can be "black sugar" or "brown sugar" when translated in English.
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What are the benefits of black sugar?

This type of unrefined sugar comes from the island of Okinawa and has many health benefits not found in white and brown/red sugar. It is believed to help lower cholesterol levels and neutral blood fat contains molasses, potassium, iron, calcium and other minerals necessary to our diet.
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Can I use light muscovado sugar instead of dark muscovado sugar?

Unrefined brown sugars, such as jaggery, panela, and Sucanat, are the best substitutes for muscovado sugar. If you don't have those, dark brown sugar is the next best option for dark muscovado, and light brown sugar is a good substitute for light muscovado.
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Is dark soft brown sugar the same as muscovado?

When it comes to dark Muscovado, the first obvious substitute for Muscovado sugar is dark brown sugar. Dark brown sugar has a similar taste and colour owing to the molasses content. However, dark brown sugar is more refined in texture than dark Muscovado, and its taste is also slightly milder.
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Can I use brown sugar instead of muscovado sugar?

A reader was making my salted peanut butter biscuits and asked if she could substitute brown sugar for muscovado sugar, and the short answer is yes, absolutely. They are totally interchangeable in most cases and are, in reality, almost the same thing.
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Is dark brown sugar sweeter than brown sugar?

Main Differences Between Light and Dark Brown Sugar

Color: Dark brown sugar is darker than light brown sugar due to the higher molasses content. Flavor: Light brown sugar has a mild sweet flavor similar to white sugar or mild caramel.
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Should I use light or dark brown sugar for chocolate chip cookies?

It really doesn't matter. Dark brown sugar gives the cookies a bit more molasses flavor; while light brown sugar takes us into caramel territory. As long as your brown sugar is soft, you're good to go.
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Is dark brown sugar the same as molasses?

Molasses adds a rich, sweet but slightly burnt flavor to baked goods and savory dishes alike. (Brown sugar contains molasses, giving it its distinctive flavor; dark brown sugar contains a higher concentration of molasses than light brown sugar.)
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Can I add molasses to light brown sugar?

To make dark brown sugar from light brown sugar, add 1 tablespoon of molasses to 1 cup of light brown sugar. Stir with a fork and keep in an airtight container.
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What can I substitute for light brown sugar?

White sugar plus molasses

A combination of white sugar and molasses is your best bet for a brown sugar substitute, as that's exactly what brown sugar is made of (1). To make your own light brown sugar, mix 1 cup (200 grams) of granulated white sugar with 1 tablespoon (15 ml) of molasses.
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