Low-calorie sugar substitute

Moon · 07-12-2012, 11:24 PM

I tried to cook a batch of chocolate cookies (with peanut butter chips in them) this evening. They turned out bland as shit. The only difference between the recipe is that I used a "low-calorie sugar substitute" instead of good ol' American white sugar. The cookies aren't inedible, they're just not any damn good. I dropped a piece, the damn dog wouldn't even eat it. Don't use this shit to make your sweets with. Complete waste of butter and cocoa powder.

10 Bears · 07-13-2012, 12:19 AM

That fake sweetener and I don't get along at all.
Hate that stuff and it hates me.

4thIDvet · 07-13-2012, 07:51 AM

Scientific lab testing has proven, lab rats fed a diet of 1,000 times their body weight of sugar substitutes that stuff.
It Caused their babies too be born with 5 eyes and 6 ears.
Several of them even spoke in tongues.
Heave that damn stuff out, or give it too a neighbor you don't like.

baboon · 07-13-2012, 08:04 AM

IIRC they have specially formulated versions for cooking.

Czubek · 07-13-2012, 10:18 AM

If you're using butter and cocoa powder, why are you trying to use a sugar substitute?

What brand are you using?

Tried Splenda?

Brian

Moon · 07-13-2012, 10:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Czubek

If you're using butter and cocoa powder, why are you trying to use a sugar substitute?

What brand are you using?

Tried Splenda?

Brian

I've used the sugar substitute for making a pizza crust, and it turned out fine. You couldn't tell the difference. When making cookies with it, the results are noticeably different. I figured since the pizza crust came out okay, the cookies would too. Wrooooong. The sugar substitute product that I used is a house-brand, and I'm not sure what it's supposed to copy. It comes in a sack that looks like a regular sugar-sack, but weighs maybe one pound. I think it's got a dab of regular sugar mixed in with it.

5knives · 07-13-2012, 11:04 AM

FWIW ...

Now that Pepsi has a drink out with real sugar (instead of petrochemicals) as a sweetener we discovered something interesting.

Instead of my wife drinking 3-4 diet colas, she drinks one with sugar and doesn't feel a craving to drink another for hours if at all.

Same with me.

The diet crap is NOT a satisfying drink, the Pepsi "Throwback" IS, and I was a confirmed Coca-Cola drinker (Well, if I was out of beer that is.

)

Switching to the real sugar drink has cut our soft drink expenditure by more than half.

And WAY easier on the stomach.

NOT the corn syrup stuff either, sugar, after all sugar has been good for humans for about ten million years and counting.

Honey is fine too, a local winery here bottles the best Mead I ever drank.

Regards,

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Regards,

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Karl/PA · 07-13-2012, 11:18 AM

You can cook/bake with Splenda but not with Equal or Nutra Sweet.

2rogers · 07-17-2012, 11:53 PM

i wish i could relate. gave up my sweet tooth after i founf out it was suger that makes me climb a wall like spiderman,,,friggin creepy

5knives · 07-18-2012, 10:06 AM

2rogers, hope you've medical advice about that sugar reaction, could be an early symptom of other problems.

Artificial sweetner is the Light Beer of the culinary world!

Regards,

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Sanders · 07-18-2012, 11:14 AM

I use honey for a sweetener.

I could use Stevia, which is a natural sweetener made from the stevia plant leaves, but haven't tried it, yet.

5-Knives, before they had the Pepsi Throwback, I had my wife drinking Mexican Pepsi -- it is made with real sugar. I bet you can find Mexican Coca-Cola for sale around there. It's in the bottles, and made with real sugar.

Seems the US is one of the only places where we are being poisoned by high fructose corn syrup in everything.

10 Bears · 07-18-2012, 11:41 AM

Mexican Coca-Cola is even sold in this area.
Glass bottles to boot.
Haven't bought one yet though.

07-12-2012, 11:24 PM	#1
Moon IncogNegro Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,825	Low-calorie sugar substitute I tried to cook a batch of chocolate cookies (with peanut butter chips in them) this evening. They turned out bland as shit. The only difference between the recipe is that I used a "low-calorie sugar substitute" instead of good ol' American white sugar. The cookies aren't inedible, they're just not any damn good. I dropped a piece, the damn dog wouldn't even eat it. Don't use this shit to make your sweets with. Complete waste of butter and cocoa powder. __________________ "Thou shalt not be a son-of-a-bitch". Magnus392, from Rules of Chuck 00011

07-13-2012, 07:51 AM	#3
4thIDvet slug Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Astor Florida Posts: 48,412	Moon do not use that stuff.. Scientific lab testing has proven, lab rats fed a diet of 1,000 times their body weight of sugar substitutes that stuff. It Caused their babies too be born with 5 eyes and 6 ears. Several of them even spoke in tongues. Heave that damn stuff out, or give it too a neighbor you don't like. __________________ God Bless Americas Veterans. All who are serving and have served.

07-13-2012, 10:18 AM	#5
Czubek slug Join Date: May 2007 Location: Stover, Missouri Posts: 33,622	If you're using butter and cocoa powder, why are you trying to use a sugar substitute? What brand are you using? Tried Splenda? Brian __________________ 3 Here at the Dirty Dozen's Bunker, we have no problems, only solutions.

07-13-2012, 11:18 AM	#8
Karl/PA Resident Curmudgeon Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: South-Central PA Posts: 11,989	You can cook/bake with Splenda but not with Equal or Nutra Sweet. __________________ Karl Alcohol is a perfect solvent: It dissolves marriages, families and careers.

07-18-2012, 11:14 AM	#11
Sanders Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 66,461	I use honey for a sweetener. I could use Stevia, which is a natural sweetener made from the stevia plant leaves, but haven't tried it, yet. 5-Knives, before they had the Pepsi Throwback, I had my wife drinking Mexican Pepsi -- it is made with real sugar. I bet you can find Mexican Coca-Cola for sale around there. It's in the bottles, and made with real sugar. Seems the US is one of the only places where we are being poisoned by high fructose corn syrup in everything. __________________ "The truly dangerous man dresses inconspicuously and is soft- spoken. He walks away from most confrontations. The only time you learn that the truly dangerous man is mad at you is a split second before you die, for he never fights. He only kills. The truly dangerous man knows that fighting is what children do and killing is what men do." - Charley Reese 1986 3

07-13-2012, 12:19 AM	#2
10 Bears Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: E-Da-How Posts: 137,846	That fake sweetener and I don't get along at all. Hate that stuff and it hates me.

07-13-2012, 08:04 AM	#4
baboon slug Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Out by the lake in central Texas Posts: 18,307	IIRC they have specially formulated versions for cooking.

07-13-2012, 11:04 AM	#7
5knives KaBoom Kontrol Modulator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Colorado, Western Slope Posts: 16,229	FWIW ... Now that Pepsi has a drink out with real sugar (instead of petrochemicals) as a sweetener we discovered something interesting. Instead of my wife drinking 3-4 diet colas, she drinks one with sugar and doesn't feel a craving to drink another for hours if at all. Same with me. The diet crap is NOT a satisfying drink, the Pepsi "Throwback" IS, and I was a confirmed Coca-Cola drinker (Well, if I was out of beer that is. ) Switching to the real sugar drink has cut our soft drink expenditure by more than half. And WAY easier on the stomach. NOT the corn syrup stuff either, sugar, after all sugar has been good for humans for about ten million years and counting. Honey is fine too, a local winery here bottles the best Mead I ever drank. Regards, ... Regards, ...

07-17-2012, 11:53 PM	#9
2rogers Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 3,504	i wish i could relate. gave up my sweet tooth after i founf out it was suger that makes me climb a wall like spiderman,,,friggin creepy

07-18-2012, 10:06 AM	#10
5knives KaBoom Kontrol Modulator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Colorado, Western Slope Posts: 16,229	2rogers, hope you've medical advice about that sugar reaction, could be an early symptom of other problems. Artificial sweetner is the Light Beer of the culinary world! Regards, ...

07-18-2012, 11:41 AM	#12
10 Bears Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: E-Da-How Posts: 137,846	Mexican Coca-Cola is even sold in this area. Glass bottles to boot. Haven't bought one yet though.