I've always used plain pork sausage that you can find in the freezer section of the grocery store. It's just plain pork sausage, wrapped in a plastic tube. That being said, my grocery store was out so I had to improvise. I searched for honey garlic sausage (which I thought would be amazing), but they were sold out of that too. So I settled with what they did have — bangers. You could also use honey garlic sausage, maple breakfast sausage, mild Italian sausage, or even turkey sausage for a leaner sausage recipe. I haven't tested these myself, but I'm sure they'd be delicious!