Terra Cotta Brown Sugar Saver | Maple Leaf Design | Food-Safe Softener for Cookies, Marshmallows, Dried Fruits & More | Reusable Moisture Keeper by JBK Pottery | Durable, Stylish Kitchen Tool

Note that I pay for my purchases with my own money and am not compensated at all for reviews.I don't know why, but I was a little skeptical that this thing would work at all. I did have to buy an airtight container, but I took the rock-hard brown sugar I had gotten from the supermarket, cracked it off bit by bit and stuck it in the container, soaked this thing in water as directed, and sure enough, the sugar fully softened. After a month or two I did have to re-soak it because the sugar felt like it was starting to get hard again, but given I wasn't really expecting it to work at all, I'm not going to complain about having to re-soak it every now and then. It absolutely works.

This really worked to soften my rock hard brown sugar. It was quite amazing that this little piece of terra cotta could do that. I had an extra large bag of brown sugar that I had bought from Costco that had sat around to long and gotten hard. It was so hard that I had to chisel off pieces. But this little piece of terra cotta softened the whole thing like it was fresh from the store.

Really does keep brown sugar soft and delicious.

Got these for the whole extended family. It's a bummer when we go to bake and the brown sugar is dry and hard as a rock. I don't have time to excavate the proper amount, and the rocks may not all dissolve properly in the baking. I know that we can microwave the brown sugar, but that still doesn't always produce the right results. I've also used a piece of bread in the jar before and that works too, but who wants to always be changing a slice of bread in the brown sugar? Not me! So this cute, food-safe terracotta hummingbird "tile" helps to keep our brown sugar nice and soft. Just submerge in water for 15 min, dry-off the outside, and plop into the closed container of brown sugar. Says it keeps the sugar moist for 3 months, but I would say it works much longer than that. Easy to refresh and keep going. All my gift recipients were very happy to have it. Looks just like the demo photos, no surprises with the quality!

Made great stocking stuffers for my girl pals!

This worked so well and fast. Had a delivery for brown sugar so climbed it was so hard. In 25-30 min all able to break apart and moving so well. I had some long time ago. So happy to have them back again. Every kitchen should have some. Along with pie tin side cover

This product worked well to soften up a giant, hard-as-a-rock Costco bag of brown sugar. I bought two, soaked them and stuck them in the tightly closed bag. Next day, complete transformation, sugar was soft as when new. They were a little expensive for what you get (they are quite small, which is why I bought 2; not sure if this was necessary), but I liked that they are made in the US. Also, one of them has a crack in it, looks like it happened when it was fired. Not worth the hassle of returning. Hopefully it won't break.

I bought this again and it really help to keep the brown sugar soft. However, you have to soak it often to make it effective.

Prompt shipping and well packaged. Item works as intended. Bill

Not that it makes any difference to the way it works, but I was disappointed that - instead of the hummingbird as pictured - there was a teddy bear on the item I received.

I put the terra cotta brown sugar saver in a small bowl of water; the instructions said 15 minutes, but I left it there for a few hours as I went to do other things. Patted it dry, put it in my container of rock solid brown sugar. After a couple of days I returned to the container and with a fork with mild to medium pressure was able to break the brick up into small pieces, and then the small pieces into the crystals of brown sugar that we'd all like to see. Came back a few days later still, and the brown sugar is still soft, so the piece of terra cotta is working perfectly.

I bought this on February 19th. I have just checked my brown sugar today and it is still nice and soft and NOT ROCK HARD!! I was concerned that this may NOT work and would not be all it's cracked up to be, but so far I am proved wrong! I hope this lives up to some of the reviews I've heard of this product and hope that it DOES last up to three months without getting rock hard. Well, so far, I am pleased!

A must have if you don’t have one