Hummingbird Brown Sugar Saver

Amazing - I wouldn't have believed it could be so effective! I had a bag of brown sugar that was hard as rocks and thought it was worth trying one of these terra cotta gadgets to salvage it. Within one day, it had softened the entire 16oz. I put it in an airtight glass canister, followed instructions plus stirred the contents to make sure it was evenly distributed. Worked like a charm. Now I'm giving these as gifts.

I have one bottle of white sugar and one bottle of brown sugar left untouched on the cabinet for few years. I anticipated they could be rock hardened now because not sure if the common coffee glass bottles which i reused to fill sugar are perfectly airtight. First time seeing this kind of terra cotta pieces so i don't mind to buy myself two pieces just-in-case, the size is bigger than i thought. I was a bit worried to see fine crack lines on one of them, but overall they're beautiful i'm happy to get hummingbird pattern. I soaked the one with crack lines in water from night until the next evening and thank goodness it didn't break. I pat it dry with cloth before tossing it into the white sugar bottle to test. Few days later i opened the bottle and checked, there're moisture droplets inside the bottle. Not sure why (could it be i soaked it for generously long hours?). Sugar still looks ok, can easily loosen the upper layer with steel spoon even though slightly caked up due to long existence, oooppsss, anyway i guess it will be continuosly fine. Didn't test this on brown sugar because i test it with a different brand which i bought together.

I was just about to toss a fairly new bag of brown sugar out when I learned of this terra cotta product. I soaked the product in clean filtered water for longer than the 15 minutes the directions state. A day later and it was perfectly soft again.

I really like how this terra-cotta keeps my brown sugar soft. And I love the design on it. I do have to re-wet it every few months. But I have a big bag of brown sugar.

I love this product because it does exactly what it's suppose to. It has kept my brown sugar moist and very useable. I've only had it for a little over a month so I'll update review in a while letting you know if it is still working properly. My only complaint was they didn't send me the right one. I selected the humming bird and got the maple leaf instead. Wasn't worth the hassle to send back for a different one. Update 1/12/18- absolutely wonderful. Keeps all of my brown sugar just as it is when it comes straight out of the bag. Great as a gift for a avid baker!

It really works!!! Keeps your sugar soft. If you have a bag that has hardened, it will soften it. Beautiful assortment of pictures on it. Great quality.

Great for keeping brown sugar soft and not lumpy. But don't use in white sugar! It makes it damp and it will stick together

Cute hummingbird. Soak it in water for at least 15 minutes. Dry it off with a paper towel and submerge in your brown sugar. It keeps it soft for a few weeks. In the past, I didn't remoisten it and wound up with dried up brown sugar as hard as a rock. The secret is to inspect it every few weeks and re-wet it. Doing so will save your brown sugar.

Great tool to keep my cookies and brown sugar soft

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.

Usually, I'm too lazy to review products, but these really are worth a mention. I have no idea why they work, but they do. I've just bought a second one for my "Bread Rolls" container to go with the Keeper I already use in my bread box. They definitely keep bread fresher for longer, which is very important when one lives on one's own.

Hard to believe but this does work. My homemade bread, no matter whether it is rolls, loaves, baguettes or anything else, now last fresh until they are consumed. Should be used with an airtight container for the best results.

Works well but you have to make sure it doesn't touch the bread as it will make that part mouldy.