You can substitute 1 cup of dark brown sugar + 1 tablespoon molasses for 1 8-ounce cone. It’s not brown sugar. Piloncillo may have similar taste and look like brown sugar.

Aguapanela is a comforting sweet drink made from dissolving chopped panela, or piloncillo, into water. Panela is raw, unrefined cane sugar. It’s usually sold in cones or large rounds ...