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SPLENDA No Calorie Sweetener Granular, 9.7-Ounce Resealable Bags (Pack of 2)

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There is juvenile diabetes in our family and we have no other choice but to bake with Splenda. After couple tries I found excellent Splenda recipes and even guests could not tell Splenda cookies from sugar ones. If you still feel Splenda cookies are not the same, add a teasp. of molasses in choc chip or oatmeal raisin and they taste exactly the same!

I love Splenda and I love getting it in a big bag. As a good ole Oklahoma girl, I live for my iced tea. And my tea MUST be sweet, but sugar isn't an option. So SPLENDA to the rescue. We use it in everything and are learning new ways to use it every day because my Daddy has developed diabetes. The big bags are often out at our local grocery store, so finding them at Amazon with our Amazon PRIME takes care of that problem!

This is THE perfect sugar-substitute! In fact, in the book, HOW THE RICH STAY THIN, the author, (a New York City Park Avenue MD), states the following little rhyme:

"First we were pink
Then we were blue.....
Now we're yellow, through and through!"

Splenda is that rare item made BETTER by a bit of (semi) genetic engineering. Don't be afraid though - no other product is combined with sugar to make Splenda Granulated. As mentioned in "How Splenda Is Made", above, hydrogen atoms are removed from the sugar molecule, and replced by
Chloride atoms. This process takes away 99% (or is that 100%?) of the caloric value of the sugar! : ) And what they say is TRUE: It's made from Sugar, so it TASTES like sugar!

Although it is msore expensive to buy SPLENDA Granulated, (in bags), it may well be worth it, if you have diabetes. I have noticed that the carry-with-you PACKET version of SPLENDA, contains DEXTROSE.....another form of sugar. That, (I believe), is why SPLENDA in packets is a "free food" for diabetics, for up to four packets......only. (Any food ingredient ending in "...ose" is a
sugar.) "Sucralose" is the name given to "SPLENDA'S" semi-genetically-engineered sugar.....so of course it is one of the ingredients, in both forms of SPLENDA -- ending, of course, in -OSE. But DEXTROSE appears as an ingredient ONLY in the packet form of SPLENDA. It's NOT in the bag form!

When I mentioned all this to a SPLENDA represntative, she said it was definitely OK to use the bagged form for sweetening drinks, as well as for baking. But that the bagged form will FIZZ, slightly, when put into drinks. This is normal....but somewhat of a shock if you're not prepared for it. So -- be prepared!

As it is so much more expensive to use the bagged , (baking) SPLENDA granuals for sweetening drinks, than the "carry-with you" packets, (and since I was somehow able to lose 40 pounds -- due in no small part to my use of SPLENDA! --and so (horray!), lose my incipient, "Type 3" diabetes), I find I can use both kinds of SPLENDA, with no ill-effects. I find I buy one 700 packet SPLENDA, to every 3 or 4 large packages of granulated, bagged SPLENDA, that I buy.

Recently, (in the 400 PACKET container), the people at SPLENDA have come up with some cute, clever little sayings that uplift the mood, and often bring a smile to one's lips. Examples: "It's better to have sprinkled and lost than never to have sprinkled at all". "Have A Sprinkle And A Smile." "One small yellow packet for man, one giant smile for mankind." "Let Your Creative Sprinkles Flow",

The people who make SPLENDA are both genuises, (finding a way to replace hydrogen atoms with chloride atoms), and creative, (see clever sayings, above.) Maybe not the same people -- but they all work for the same company. My mounth curves up, (in a smile!) to them! : )

A two-pack of 9.6 oz bags (same 10 pound sugar sweetness) is available at Cost.co for $13.
A single 9.6 oz bag is available at Wlmart (yeah, it sucks) for about $7.

This so called "No Calorie Sweetener" does indeed have calories! According to the Splenda website, one cup of Splenda has 96 calories and 24 grams of carbohydrates.

If you want a sweetener for baking, use a liquid Sucralose sweetener.

I have tried every sweetner out there over the years and found them too horrible to even try a second time around. I was highly skeptical of this one too but decided to give it a shot because so many people were talking about how great it was. Well, I was shocked...it really does taste like sugar and I can't tell the difference. It also leaves no nasty after taste like some do. Try it, you'll love it!

I'm a diabetic so I can't have sugar. In my opinion Splenda tastes alot better than sugar and has no carbs from it. So if you're a new found diabetic and you think life is over cause everything food wise sucks, just sub some Splenda in the recipe and you'll be good to go.

I think Splenda is great, but I grew up with artificial sweeteners and a true test to how great this product is, is to let a sugar addict try it. My husband happens to be one, and he cannot tell the difference between Splenda and sugar in his tea! As with other artificial sweeteners, you get an unpleasant after taste--with the Splenda there is none! You can use this to cook with too! It's a wonderful low fat alternative to sugar.

I have found that Splenda is a great sugar subsitute for a diabetic to use. It is great alone on food and also for cooking with. Leaves no after taste like other sugar subsitutes do.

Big resealable bag. It's good for those who use a lot of splenda. Even if you don't use a lot, nothing but humans will eat it, so not to worry about it spoiling quickly.