This Lakanto MonkFruit Sweetener is the closest thing to tasting like real sugar I have found. I do want to point out that it has the ingredient "Natural Flavors". If you are looking for a cleaner option, I recommend Julian Bakery's Pure Organic MonkFruit Sweetener. It's one of the few monk fruit powders I have seen with ZERO added ingredients. The main caveat I would warn about is that monk fruit tends to be VERY sweet. Although the packaging says 1:1, I recommend putting only a very small amount to start.

One bag of this Big Tree Coconut Sugar also lasts me about 4-6 months. I also like Madhava Coconut Sugar, Wholesome Coconut Sugar, and all three of these brands bake well.

I buy this Coombs Family Farms Maple Syrup in bulk when it goes on sale because it stays in the fridge and can last our family nearly a year. They also make a maple sugar that I have used in baking and it is great!

I keep this Wedderspoon Raw Manuka Honey for eating raw & unheated. Manuka honey has antimicrobial benefits, but those enzymes are destroyed if heated, so I like to mash this raw with berries and create a "jam" or just have the kids take a teaspoon with turmeric if they are getting a sore throat.

I like to keep Just Date Syrup on hand for when the kids ask for syrup on a waffle or pancake. They mainly like to see a little "drizzle" of something, so this works without shooting up their sugar levels.

If you are looking for organic date syrup, check out The Date Lady's Pure Organic Date Syrup (but it is in a jar, not a squeeze bottle).

I understand this is just an image of a jar of honey. I suggest you get some local honey from your nearby farmer's market! Use this Local Honey Finder to find local honey near you.

I like Wholesome! Brown Sugar. I keep regular sugars in stock (typically around the latter half of the year) when I tend to do more conventional baking (schools are a nut-free zone, so I don't send treats with nut flours for teachers).

One Wholesome Cane Sugar package lasts me probably the entire year. That is mainly because we are using other sweeteners at home for the most part. That DOES not mean, however, that we are not consuming refined sugars elsewhere (refined sugars are in many packaged foods and restaurant foods we consume).