Low Carb Homemade Ice cream

[chris]

The "Low Carb" icecream you can buy is not very good. So I bought an ice cream maker and made some low carb chocolate ice cream. For a sweetner I used xylitol. It states you can the same amount of the artificial sweetner as sugar so I did. It was beyond my expectations delicious. As a bonus we added sugar free chocolate covered peanuts in the churning process. About an hour after I had some tummy problems and was running to bathroom several times. I did some research on xylitol and sure enough there it was bloating and etc. Should I eat the rest or was it just that I was not used to it? Anyone ever use this product for ice cream? Should I have used less?

[Doug Varrieur]

Umpa has been experimenting with her ice cream machine and several recipes over the last couple of weeks. She's made 5 different flavors or ice creams and sherbets. She uses 1/2 the amount of xylitol and they turn out wonderful. I wouldn't throw away what you made, I'd just eat 1/2-1/3rd the serving size. Umpa has now made;

Coconut, Strawberry, Blackberry, Kiwi, Raspberry and today she's making vanilla bean. Am I spoiled or what! 

[beebs]

I get the Dixie Diner low carb ice cream. It's 1 carb per half cup. It's really good.

[umpa]

Hi Chris and welcome to the forum if I can help please ask.You definely used too much xylitol, doug is right depending on the ingredients i use 1/2 the amount of sugar.We can fix it though.You can refreeze it by melting it down untill soft and adding unsweetened almond milk and refreeze it, or when you eat it mix it 50/50 with whipped cream.If i have measurements on what you have left I can give you more precise measurements.Get back to me, but don't throw it away, its ice cream!!!