In search of baking products

I'm not sure what the czech people use to bake cookies but it isn't molasses or brown sugar. Our landlady made us traditional Czech cookies for christmas and they were awesome but I want to make our traditional cookies...chocolate chip, molasses, peanut butter blossoms. Anyway, I finally found a place that sells brown sugar. I took the 3/4 mile walk (one way) there today and picked up some light brown sugar and dark brown sugar. I'm a little unsure about the dark brown sugar since it is REALLY dark so I think it might have a higher molasses content then what we normally think of as dark brown sugar. I also bought some treacle which I believe is what the British call molasses. They don't have chocolate chips here so I have bought chocolate bars and I will break them into bits. Baking powder and baking soda come in little packets that contain about a tablespoon each. I have found nutmeg (Muškátový ořech) and cinnamon (Skořice) but I am still on the lookout for ginger (Zázvor). These too come in packets rather than jars. We will see how my cookies turn out. I will be making them in small batches since our oven is tiny. Jason and I got a good laugh over the size of the oven. We can't even fit the roasting pan we brought in the oven!