Anise seed is aromatic and sweet with licorice-flavor notes similar fennel, star anise, and caraway. Their commonality is the flavor compound, anethole. This naturally occurring organic compound has been measured as 13 times sweeter than sugar making it is sought by confectioners and liqueur makers alike. Anise seed can be purchased and stored whole for freshness and ground to a powder as-needed for baked goods like biscotti or cookies, cakes.