Sugar-Free Hot Cocoa Mix (With Splenda)
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- Ready In:
- 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 4
- Serves:
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16
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup powdered fat free non-dairy coffee creamer
- 2 cups nonfat dry milk powder
- 27 (1 g) packets Splenda sugar substitute
directions
- Combine all ingredients (sift for a finer mix).
- Store in an airtight container.
- Add 1/4 cup mix and boiling water to a mug.
- Stir to dissolve.
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Reviews
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I've made this recipe over 100 times and have never had a problem. However, do not try and put all this in a food processor and process. I do the granulated Splenda, nf dry milk, cornstarch and salt first and THEN add the cocoa.. It blends much better. I use this each and every day too.. in my coffee.. Better than the mocha or chocolate stuff they sell that is also sugar free.. Enjoy!
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NOTE: if you use the packets it is NOT SUGAR FREE - the LEADING ingredient in the splenda packets is SUGAR - I kid you not! (Dextrose is sugar) - they get away with saying 0g sugar in spite of it being the leading ingredient because the serving size is really small, and < 0.5g sugar can be listed as 0g. If you are diabetic, and you take 27 0.5g packets = 13.5g of sugar! And THAT can make a BIG difference to your blood sugar! If you use the bag Splenda (different formula!!!) it doesn't have sugar in it. (Yeah, why isn't that illegal?) Just a loophole in the laws. Also, to be sure you are sugar free, you have to be sure your 'fat free' stuff is sugar free. And as a diabetic (and human in general), fat is a GOOD thing. The fat-free craze started by SENATORS suggesting fat was bad, NOT by doctors! And they were wrong, wrong wrong. Fat does Not get absorbed until it is broken down into sugar - a long process - which keeps your blood sugar from spiking (which causes your body to store blood sugar as - you guessed it: Fat!) So, eating fat causes you to not get fat, not eating it causes you to get fat. Life is funny sometimes...
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Tweaks
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I've used packets of Splenda, packets of nutrisweet, granulated Splenda.. all of it works. You can adjust the sweetness to your liking or the milk powder to your liking too. I sometimes add a little extra milk powder to get it more creamy. The biggest tweak I have is that if you are using a food processor to mix this, put the Splenda, Milk powder, salt and cornstarch together and grind up first, THEN put in the cocoa powder. Also, two of this recipe makes a full container of the store bought stuff if you're re-using their canister. Highly recommended!