Sugar Free Snacks:
No More Boredom With A
Selection Of Healthy Snacks

Just because many items are sugar free snacks, this does not mean all of the sugarfree healthy snacks must be tasteless, bland or only "suitable for the garbage". With some quick common substitutions to use during cooking and baking, sugarfree snacks can be just as good or better than its regular sugar-laden counterpart.

Common Substitutions For Sugar Free Cooking and Baking

Unsweetened fruit juice in cans and unsweetened applesauce are also available as a substitute. Again read ingredient labels. It has been noted some labels have sucrose on the ingredient label. This is just another form of sugar.

Some Quick And Comfortable Snack Favorites

Sugarfree Gummi Chews

• 3 cups 100% fruit juice, flavor of your choice
• 5 packets of unflavored gelatin

In a mixing bowl, combine 1 cup of juice with the gelatin. Stir. Bring one cup of juice to a boil in a small saucepan, stir in gelatin mixture. Add remaining juice and stir till gelatin is completely dissolved. Pour into an 8X8 pan (or candy molds) and chill till set. Use cookie cutters to make cute shapes. This will keep solid for approximately 4-5 hours without refrigeration.

Fruit Leather Rolls

• Clean and slice fruit of your choice to make 2 cups of puree.
• 1 T. Lemon juice
• 1/4 tsp. cinnamon

Puree sliced fruit. Add cinnamon and lemon juice to blender. Blend again. Spread mixture evenly in a 10x15 pan. Place in a 175 degree oven (leave door ajar) for 3 hours. If bottom is still wet, turn the fruit over and dry longer.
Cut into 20 strips and cover each with plastic wrap. Roll up (with plastic in layers). Store in an airtight container.

Homemade Peanut Butter

• 1 cup raw peanuts or any nut of your choice
• 1 T. vegetable oil

Place nuts in blender jar and blend till a fine dust. As blender is running slowly add the oil and continue blending until smooth. Store in an airtight container.

Fruity Whip-pee Cream

• 1/2 cup sliced fruit
• 1/2 pint heavy cream

Blend the sliced fruit till smooth. Add the cream and whip until soft peaks form. Use as a replacement for anywhere you would use whipped cream.

Spreadable Peaches

• 16 oz. can sliced peaches, packed in its own juice
• 1 packet unflavored gelatin
• 2/3 cup unsweetened apple juice
• 1/4 tsp. cinnamon

Drain all of the peach juice into the blender jar. Sprinkle in the gelatin powder and allow to set 2-3 minutes. In a small saucepan, bring the apple juice to a boil. Add this to the blender jar with gelatin mixture. Blend on high till dissolved. Add peaches and cinnamon and blend until smooth. Transfer to a storage container and refrigerate until set. Allow to come to room temperature before serving for best flavor.

Use as a topping for biscuits, bagels, muffins, ice cream and shortbread etc.

Unlimited Jam Sauce

• 1/4 cup unsweetened fruit jam(from a jar)
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/4 tsp. vanilla extract

In a small saucepan, combine the jam and water. Stir and boil for two minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla. Serve hot or cold.

Sugarfree Pineapple Slush Syrup

• 8 oz can crushed pineapple
• 3/4 tsp. cornstarch
• 1/4 cup cold water
• pinch of cinnamon

Combine all ingredients and blend on high till pureed. Transfer to a saucepan and cook over medium heat till thickened, stirring continuously. Serve warm for best flavor.

Orangesicle Sipper

• 3 cups cold water.
• 1- 6 oz can frozen unsweetened orange juice concentrate, thawed
• 1 1/4 cup nonfat dry milk
• 1 medium banana

Blend all ingredients until smooth. Serve cold.

Touch Of Spice Cider

• 1 1/2 cups apple cider
• 3/4 cup water
• Pinch each of cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg

In a saucepan, simmer all ingredients together for 10 minutes. Serve warm.

Lazy Way Lemonade

• 1 T. lemon juice
• 2 T. white grape juice
• 1 1/2 cups cold water.

Shake all ingredients together. Chill. Serve.

Six Fruit Smoothie

• 1 banana
• 1 apple- peeled, cored and sliced
• 1 pear- peeled, cored and sliced
• 3/4 cup orange juice
• 1/4 cup nonfat dry milk powder
• 2 T. raisins
• 1 small orange, separated into wedges- optional

Blend first six ingredients in a blender until smooth. Pour into a glass. Garnish rim with orange wedge if desired.

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