ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Date sugar

Okay kiddo, you know how sugar is something sweet that you put in your food to make it taste good? Well, there's a special kind of sugar called date sugar.

Instead of being made from sugarcane, date sugar is made from dates, which are a kind of fruit that grows on palm trees. The dates are chopped up into tiny pieces and then dried out, kind of like a raisin.

The dried date pieces are ground up into a powder, which looks like brown sugar. But unlike regular sugar, date sugar is not as sweet, and it has a kind of fruity taste to it because of the dates.

Some people like to use date sugar instead of regular sugar because it's less processed and it has some nutrients like fiber, potassium, and magnesium. But because it's not as sweet, you might need to use more of it in a recipe than you would with regular sugar.

So, there you have it kid, date sugar is a sweet, fruity kind of sugar made from dried dates that some people like to use in their cooking and baking because it's less processed and has some nutrients.