This 1.5-quart brown sugar container easily stores a two-pound bag of the stuff (with room to spare), which is all well and good, but that's not the cool part.

Clipped onto the underside of the airtight lid is a removable terra cotta disk that, after being soaked in water for 15–20 minutes and patted dry, can be snapped back into place to keep the brown sugar soft and scoopable rather than letting bothersome clumps form.

Simple and functional, as any good kitchen accessory should be. Grab one for just $7 on Amazon. (Be gentle with the disk though, because it can crack otherwise.)