Need recipe help!!

[Swimmom]

I found a recipe in a diabetic cookbook for peppermint meringues, but it called for 1/2 cup of sugar (!). I figured I could just make them with cup-for-cup Splenda instead. I'm sorry to say they came out tasting like crispy bits of dried toothpaste!

Does anyone have any experience making those little meringue cookies using Splenda instead of sugar? We are in Germany, so I have no access to other artificial sweeteners.

My dd and I are hosting a Mother-Daughter Christmas Tea on Monday and I was hoping to have a little somethin-somethin that was truly legal for me on the table, but I'm thinking these meringues might not be it unless one of you knows how to do it!

Thanks, !!

[Desertthorn]

Re: Need recipe help!!

I just did a search because I remember this subject comeing up before. Check out this tread
http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...ight=meringues

Also some folks like Clouds (and some hate them) but you might want to see what you think about them. They are very 'fat-creamy feeling to the tongue)
http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1987&highlight=clouds



http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2290&highlight=clouds

Let us know.

[Elizellen]

Re: Need recipe help!!

Here is a recipe I made last year for my DH which he loved
Can't remember what board I found it on.

Chocolate Meringues#
About 8 carbs the whole recipe.
Ingredients:
4 egg whites
6 crushed saccharin sweetener tablets
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 tblsp cocoa powder
pinch of cream of tartar

Whisk the egg whites with the vanilla and cream of tartar until soft peaks form. Whisk in the cocoa and crushed sweeteners. Drop tablespoons of the mixture on to a non-stick baking parchment covered baking sheet. Bake at 120°C/250°F, Gas Mark ¼ for about 1 hour, turn off the heat and allow the meringues to sit in the oven for a further 30 mins. Serve with strawberry puree or low fat cream.

Thanks to Gail Banner