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Post by iris on Mar 17, 2012 0:55:07 GMT -5
I have diabetes and a sweet tooth, so I'm always looking for ways to satisfy my lusts without putting myself in a coma. I know some here aren't big on artificial sweetners, but I gotta do what I gotta do. I found a recipe on line for a chocolate fudge that uses cream cheese. It calls for Equal, but I substituted Splenda. What I licked off the spoon seemed pretty good. If it turns out edible, does anyone here want the recipe?
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Post by Suluby on Mar 17, 2012 11:35:45 GMT -5
I have diabetes and a sweet tooth, so I'm always looking for ways to satisfy my lusts without putting myself in a coma. I know some here aren't big on artificial sweetners, but I gotta do what I gotta do. I found a recipe on line for a chocolate fudge that uses cream cheese. It calls for Equal, but I substituted Splenda. What I licked off the spoon seemed pretty good. If it turns out edible, does anyone here want the recipe?
YES!!
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Post by iris on Mar 17, 2012 13:02:20 GMT -5
Sugar Free Chocolate Fudge
1/4 c. butter
8 oz. cream cheese (softened)
2 oz. unsweetened chocolate
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. Splenda or sweeter of choice (the recipe called for 24 packets of Equal which is equal in strength to 1 cup of sugar)
1/2 c. chopped pecans but I suppose any nuts would do or none
Melt the butter and stir in chocolate. (I had to use cocoa but it worked okay)
Add the sweetner and vanilla and stir well
Add the cream cheese and mix until it's well blended
Then stir in the nuts if you wish
The recipe called for an 8 x 8 pan, buttered, to spread it in. It's a small batch so I actually used a chinese take out container because it has a lid. This isn't a naturally firm fudge, so it must be chilled and kept in the refrigerator. It tastes a whole lot like cream cheese frosting.
Give it a whirl Su and let me know how you would tweek it.
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Post by Suluby on Mar 17, 2012 14:24:35 GMT -5
I'll try it this week and get back to you.
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Post by Troy on Mar 22, 2012 1:02:54 GMT -5
tweaking the fats vs chocolate amount would make it a firmer fudge, if you so desired.
Maybe cut the cream cheese by 1/4 and double the chocolate....
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