The collection includes four pieces of World War II era ephemera that relate to wartime sugar rationing.

Recipes to Stretch your Sugar Ration was published by the Church & Dwight Co., Inc., in 1942. The pamphlet contains nine recipes for common dessert dishes that can be made without the use of sugar, promotes the use of Arm & Hammer baking soda, and denotes how many cups of sugar each recipe saves.

Sweet News for Home Bakers! was published by Independent Grocers Alliance Dist. Co. (IGA) during the war. This pamphlet promotes the substitution of IGA syrup for sugar in ten different dessert recipes.

How to Bake by the Ration Book by Kate Smith is a 1944 edition of a small cook booklet designed with food rationing restrictions in mind. The 24-page booklet contains recipes for breads, cakes, desserts, entrees, sauces and frostings, and pastries. The back page of the booklet contains an advertisement for Swans Down Cake Flour and Calumet Baking Powder.

War-Time Services for the Home-Front is a two-page pamphlet published by Betty Crocker, Home Service Department, General Mills, Inc. The pamphlet give tips on how to conserve sugar rations when baking and cooking without sugar, and it promotes the use of juices and syrups in place of sugar. Lastly, the pamphlet provides recipes for sugarless icings and deserts.