Have you ever used coconut sugar instead of refined sugar?

I use this sugar in a lot of my baking as it is pure from a coconut.

while it is more expensive, for me, it is worth it as I love sweets and they are therefore not as bad for you if using this sugar.

by Finy

I have not used this sugar,but certainly shall look out for it,as just the name sounds delicious! I use raw or brown sugar anyway instead of refined white sugar,and honestly would have to go and ask my neighbours for a cupful if ever I needed white!!

by Jules

No I haven't. Sounds very interesting and better...I have never heard of it I have to admit

by Fran

I don't use coconut sugar. I don't really use any sugar because it's very rare that I bake

by AJ

Yep, all the time!

by EricaL

Yes, I had a recipe that called for it so I did. It was similar to brown cane sugar. It's a bit expensive so I wouldn't use it often and I'm not convinced it is better for you.

by Jennifer Muirhead

GOOD GRIEF!
I must live under a rock?

Never heard of it..........I need to get out more.

by jonaja

you rock person!

lol....lol...lol... your funny Finy. :)

Jonaja, I get out a lot, but I'd never heard of it either!

Oh! Miro thank goodness thought it was just me?....lol

No, but I would give it a try for sure.

by Vee

When in TPNG/PNG, yes. But not here.

by donjo

Yes I use this sugar and Rapadura sugar.Brown sugar and raw sugar are no better than refined sugar so I stay away from them also. I also use molassas as a sweetener sometimes.

by Retired Writer

Raw sugar IS better for you than white sugar. Scientific fact. Brown sugar only gets used in Recipes', so that's minimal, at least, for me, anyway.

Don't know where you get your "scientific facts" must be a different place to me.There is miniscule amount of nutrients left in raw sugar as it is not AS processed. No need to push your views on others.. I have my own views.

STOP your abuse! Wasn't PUSHING anything! Your attitude is offensive.

I replied as I know having been told by a Food Scientist, who has B.Sc. & M.Sc. in Food Chemistry.

Do YOU have such qualifications? Bet not.

Bit like the pot calling the kettle black.You seem to attack many people on this page if they don't agree with YOUR opinion.I have better things to do than worry about small minded people like you.. I am leaving this group. Good luck to the others left.

Oh come on retired writer. Lighten up. You can either argue the topic or not. GGMS

nooopppss

by asass

Can't say I would use it. I don't use sugar except in cake or biscuit making and mostly it's brown sugar. I was only looking at the various types of sugars available in the baking aisle in my supermarket the other day. So many to choose from.

by helga

I have used coconut sugar, and honestly I am seriously underwhelmed. The taste, flavour, texture really didn't come through for me, but I convinced myself that it's coconut sugar, it MUST be better for me than regular.

The sad thing is, sugar is sugar and it breaks down exactly the same as unrefined sugar. The claim that unrefined sugar is better for you, is in the fact that it hasn't been stripped nor dyed from it's natural form, but just because it is brown, does that mean it is better for you? I really don't think so.

by Jamie0liversgirl

Yes, I find it much better in most cooking.
I add it to Sweet Chilly sauce when cooking Prawns it creates a great sweet sauce but not too sweet as would be the case with white processed sugar.
Farley

by farle

No I hadn't heard of it. I never do any baking, so those tiny sleeves of sugar 1 gets with their cafe teas & coffee, would last me the whole year!

by Miro

You may not like to read this, but I love eating (VERY occasionally) brown sugar with butter, be it on a slice of rye lite, or off a teaspoon!!!