Muscovado Sugar

Muscovado Sugar is a dark, partially refined brown sugar with sticky crystals. Muscovado can be used in any recipe that calls for brown sugar including desserts, drinks or even on hot breakfast cereal. The sugar comes in varieties to very dark to medium dark.

Where To Buy Muscovado Sugar

Look for Muscovado sugar in health food stores or in the gourmet section of a well-stocked grocery store.  We've found this sugar in Whole Foods Market and sometimes at Trader Joes.  Barbados sugar is very similar but has a slightly finer texture.

Substitutes For Muscavado Sugar

If you don't have muscavado sugar then here are some good substitutes with notes on how easy they may be to find:

• Dark brown sugar- We consider this the best substitute because it's the product you're most likely to have in your pantry
• OR - Demerara sugar (lighter color crystal, less molasses flavor) look for this at Whole Foods
• OR - Crushed piloncillo (Mexican product, not hard to find in some areas)