low carb fudgesicles

[silkhair1]

Are there any low carb fudgesicles that are Atkins friendly? I went looking today and I can't find any low in carbs. I thought I ate some before on Atkins, but can't remember what kind. Thanks for your help!!!!!!!

[liv]

Re: low carb fudgesicles

Most low carb products like that are not on the market any more.
They would also likely contain a lot of sugar alcohols which can be problematical. Certainly not an induction item.

Sorry to be a bearer of such tough news
But welcome to the forum

[silkhair1]

Re: low carb fudgesicles

Thanks, Atkins was so much easier when there was a craze out there!!!!!

[PeteinVA]

Re: low carb fudgesicles

Liv what exactly is a sugar alcohol and how does it show on a food label?

[liv]

Re: low carb fudgesicles

Maybe it one sense it was
But I think many people probably did too many of those "frankenfoods" and lost sight of the goal of being healthy -: eating whole foods without too many additives and chemicals.

[liv]

Re: low carb fudgesicles

Liv what exactly is a sugar alcohol and how does it show on a food label?

Sugar alcohols are often used as a sweetener in chocolates and stuffs like that Here is a web page

What Are Sugar Alcohols - Blood Sugar and Sugar Alcohols

[PeteinVA]

Re: low carb fudgesicles

Thanks Liv I appreciate your response.

I'm sitting here looking at my (delicious) Walden Farms blue cheese dressing which has 0g of sugar but an ingredient called sucralose (sounds like sugar to me!)

I do really like the Walden Farms as it has a particularly clean ingredients list. I'm going to be looking for more of their products for very moderate/small portion use: http://www.waldenfarms.com/

[liv]

Re: low carb fudgesicles

sucralose is Splenda. It is allowed but we are limited to 3 sweetner servings a day.
I find that walden farms is sometimes just water, chemicals and thickeners. But glad you found something that works for you

[chadcs]

Re: low carb fudgesicles

I do miss the "craze." There were a lot of weird things out there but some really good ones as well. Fortunately a few have continued. It is amazing how many items are just fine without adding the sugar or simply replacing with Splenda. A simple yet overlooked concept.

I know a lot of people do not like the Atkins food but I used to love to make the shakes with the powder. Added ground flaxseed to it and loved it.

What I most miss is how people were really thinking about what they put in their body. The debate was good for nutrition in general. It got people talking. After Atkins death many just pretended it all never happened yet you see pieces of his message in new advice from doctors, some other weight loss strategies, etc. Gone but not forgotten.

[mizski]

Re: low carb fudgesicles

But I think many people probably did too many of those "frankenfoods" and lost sight of the goal of being healthy -: eating whole foods without too many additives and chemicals.

I was one of those. It seemed I had low-carb versions of all the foods that made me fat. It taught me NOTHING about eating healthy and gave me some food sensitivities to boot.

[Slapshot]

Re: low carb fudgesicles

sucralose is Splenda

Is it? I thought Splenda was sucralose plus maltodextrin and dextrose. I don't have a packet handy so I'm not 100% sure...I see people ordering pure/liquid sucralose, so that's why I thought there was a distinction. I could be wrong, though...

[JulieB]

Re: low carb fudgesicles

Is it? I thought Splenda was sucralose plus maltodextrin and dextrose. I don't have a packet handy so I'm not 100% sure...I see people ordering pure/liquid sucralose, so that's why I thought there was a distinction. I could be wrong, though...

The powder version of Splenda has Maltodextrin & Dextrose added to it, the liquid version doesn't. Sucralose is the sweetener in Splenda.

[Slapshot]

Re: low carb fudgesicles

The powder version of Splenda has Maltodextrin & Dextrose added to it, the liquid version doesn't. Sucralose is the sweetener in Splenda.

Got it - thanks for the clarification!

[rosie321]

Re: low carb fudgesicles

Breyers makes a low carb fudge bar with only 3g net carbs, but as Liv said they get away with it by adding sugar alcohols (5g/bar). SO Delicious makes a fudge bar too that's 5g net carbs but only has 1g sugar alcohol per bar (and 6g of fiber!). Not induction-legal but certainly something to look forward to!

[Elizellen]

Re: low carb fudgesicles

You could always make your own by adapting a sugar-sweetened recipe like the one on this website by using a 'legal' sweetener instead (scroll down for the mini fudgsicle recipe)
2008 June The Reckless Chef
but beware if portion control is an issue with you, as eating the whole recipe at once would not help your weightloss efforts I am sure