Palm Sugar Blocks 500g by XO

Excellent product

Great for Thai grew curries etc. Only downside is they take ages (15-30 mins) to dissolve so take that into account when you’re cooking. That’s not a fault, just the nature of the sugar. Tastes great.

Great quality

Pack contains ten 50g biscuit sized circular blocks of palm sugar. The palm sugar content is 95% which is better than many, which have 85% palm sugar, the balance made with refined sugar. The blocks are hard, but can be grated, or pieces broken off with a knife. The packs contain a dessicant sachet, so will help prevent the blocks from liquefying once the pack is opened - but they do need to be stored somewhere fairly airtight as well. I usually use these in Thai curries to counteract the saltiness of shrimp paste and balance flavours, but they're nice as an additive to puds, substituting half palm sugar for half plain sugar. To be honest though, palm sugar isn't an essential in Thai curries. Light muscovado or demerara is just as good, as is a slug of date syrup.

taste good

Heavenly. Pretty difficult to cut but in Thai salads simply sensational.

Quite expensive way to buy palm sugar and a hard block which is difficult to work with but it does the job. The flavour is authentic

Really happy with these palm sugar blocks. They have that deep caramel/toffee sweetness you just don’t get with normal white sugar, and they make a big difference in Thai cooking. I used them for pad thai sauce and a sweet chilli dressing and the flavour came out spot on. Good value for 500g and the blocks keep well too.