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Rena

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Western Family Cocoa
« on: July 03, 2011, 10:04:41 PM »
This brand is 0 carbs, too! Well, 2 carbs minus 2 fiber, according to the label. Just thought I'd mention it for those who can't find the other brand that TooSweet found. :)
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Re: Western Family Cocoa
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2011, 08:20:15 AM »
I think I wanna make fudge with all this chocolate talk ;)
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Re: Western Family Cocoa
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2011, 01:56:57 PM »
Quote from: umpa on July 04, 2011, 08:20:15 AM
I think I wanna make fudge with all this chocolate talk ;)

No kidding! I made chocolate truffles today and topped them with pecans. I even put them in red, white, and blue mini-liners just to be patriotic! ;)
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Re: Western Family Cocoa
« Reply #3 on: July 05, 2011, 08:49:32 AM »
No picture??? :)
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Rena

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Re: Western Family Cocoa
« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2011, 09:50:49 AM »
LOL -- no, but we still have a bunch left, so I could take one. I'll try to do that today. :)
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Re: Western Family Cocoa
« Reply #5 on: July 05, 2011, 11:26:19 AM »


These are the chocolate truffles from one of the Atkins books. They're good, but I still haven't figured out how to keep the Xylitol from being gritty.
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Re: Western Family Cocoa
« Reply #6 on: July 05, 2011, 01:54:31 PM »
They look great Rena! :)

I use xylitol in the vast majority of recipes that call for a polyol (sugar alcohol) sweetener.
But in a few instances, the gritty crunchiness is a bit much.

Have you tried erythritol powder?
I buy it at: http://www26.netrition.com/sensato_erythritol.html

In recipes where the xylitol is gritty because it doesn't get hot enough to melt, I'll use erythritol.
However, in some recipes, the gritty texture adds a bit of character. ;)
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Re: Western Family Cocoa
« Reply #7 on: July 06, 2011, 07:54:18 AM »
It is easy.You have to heat it up to melt it.If you are not heating your chocolate melt the xylitol in hot water before you use it.Looks yummy! :)
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Re: Western Family Cocoa
« Reply #8 on: July 06, 2011, 12:41:32 PM »
Quote from: umpa on July 06, 2011, 07:54:18 AM
It is easy.You have to heat it up to melt it.If you are not heating your chocolate melt the xylitol in hot water before you use it.Looks yummy! :)

Okay, I'll try that next time. Like I said, this was in an Atkins book I saw. It had you bring the cream to a boil, add the chocolate to melt it. Then remove from heat and add the Xylitol, butter, vanilla. So, the Xylitol never really had a chance to melt.

Not sure when I'll make these though. Whenever I have this crud in the house, all I want to do is eat it. I'll never get to my goal if I keep making 'goodies'. Maybe once I reach it ... I guess. Even the BB cookies are too tempting. :(
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Re: Western Family Cocoa
« Reply #9 on: July 06, 2011, 05:08:26 PM »
 :)
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Re: Western Family Cocoa
« Reply #10 on: July 06, 2011, 05:09:00 PM »
Recipe?
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