Lol, this made me laugh - I had the same problem with vanilla sugar here in the UK, I was trying to make a marble cake following my German recipe. This, like 99% of German recipes, contained vanilla sugar. Couldn't find any anywhere! Fortunately my mum send me a 10 pack of sachets through the post, which sorted the marble cake and a few more baking attempts. For those who are still wondering what size these sachets are, they are about as big as a cigarette packet, but thin, so not the same as a sugar sachet in a restaurant. Very useful stuff it is too - maybe I should start a vanilla sugar import export business!!!

Edit: Just noticed someone else had the same idea:

http://www.koffeeklatsch.com/product...le_Zucker.html