Cooking What's The Difference Between Light And Dark Brown Sugar? Scott Admin posted on 2 years ago — updated on 1 second ago 558 views Test Kitchen Director Josh Cohen answers all your questions about brown sugar, including how it's made and the differences between light and dark brown sugar. cooking the more you know baking brown sugar Scott Follow Author, educator, musician, dancer and all around creative type. Founder of "The Happy Now" website and the online jewelry store "Silver and Sage".