Because of its natural sweetness, you need less added sugar to create a rich, purple syrup for pancakes or cocktails.

Her destination was the patch of saskatoon berry bushes behind her grandmother’s house. The saskatoon berry—misnamed a "serviceberry" by outsiders who didn't know better—is the crown jewel of the prairie summer. They look like blueberries but have a distinct, nutty sweetness, a flavor that tastes like the smell of dry grass and rain.