An curved arrow pointing right. Panela is beloved in Colombia, where it is a go-to sweetener over the more processed white sugar. It is a type of unrefined sugar where the molasses naturally ...

A recipe for butterscotch shortbread gets a twist of earthiness with ground black sugar. It's one of many variations on brown sugars that could fill a pantry.

Piloncillo is raw, pure sugar cane. It is unprocessed, brown in color, and cone-shaped. It is used in many Mexican recipes as a sweetener or as a spice. Some people like to say it tastes like ...