Hershey's Sugar Free - Yikes

[Miss Lee]

Hi,

I just wanted to warn people that when Hershey says that their sugar free chocolate and peanut butter cups might have a laxative effect . . . they mean it . Last night was my first taste of any sugar free candy, and I did go a little overboard, but not terribly (1 whole bag that should have been two servings). In addition, I thought a little laxative might be good since it had been a long while . . . . Anyway, I was up all night long, had to miss 1/2 a day of work, and my stomach is still killing me, I don't even know the last time I was so sick . I am never going to do that again! I just wanted to say enjoy with caution .

Miss Lee

[riwright]

They use lactitol, a sugar alcohol. Anything ending in "ol' is usually a sugar alcohol. It's hard to tell how you'll react, some people don't have a problem at all, others are very sensitive.

Personally (just a theory of mine) I think it has to do with your ability to break down the sugar alcohols. If your body is very good at breaking them down then they don't make it into the large intestine where they cause all the problems. Although this sounds good it also means that you are getting the full carb count listed in the product!

[Janice]

Just a quick note that I agree about the Hershey chocolates. They are worse to me than some of the other sugar alcohol brands. The Russel Stovers don't bother me as bad as the hershey does. Maybe it has to do with the type of sugar alcohol it is -- malitol versus lactitol but to me, the Hershey flavor is terrible. I don't waste my money on them.

I prefer dark chocolate anyway and just ordered some from a store I saw on eBay. It arrived yesterday and I love the flavor. I'm eating it VERY slowly and IN MODERATION!! lol lol