Man, I really need to keep track of this thread a little better
Dave, see post #215 of this thread, I use original or the home style but Bush's has a lot of different styles of beans to experiment with.
I've used molassas when I was short on brown sugar. I used the lite molasses-my kids don't like the regular molasses.
Reichl, it's a personnal preference thing. I do, simply because I use the bacon fat to saute the onions and peppers. Unless the kids steal all the bacon, it's added to the beans.