I love baking desserts. Something about the smell of freshly baked cookies or the joy of biting into a frosted cupcake just makes me smile. The tricky thing is that desserts are often packed with something that doesn’t make me smile so much – calories. Lots and lots of calories. So, when I heard about a new sugar alternative that had half the calories as regular sugar, I was intrigued. Intrigued and wary at the same time. I’m trying to be more aware of the foods I eat, and the last thing I wanted was some new sugar thing that was all chemically and artificial.
Domino® Light is an all natural pure cane sugar and stevia blend with half the calories of sugar. That’s over a 350-calorie savings in each cup! By blending pure cane Domino® Sugar with a naturally sweet extract from the stevia plant, we have created a delicious sweetener with no artificial ingredients. Domino® Light is the ideal sweetener — a perfect sweet taste and half the calories of sugar!
Once I saw that Domino® Light was an all natural product, I was eager to bake with it. Baking with Domino® Light is a little different than baking with “regular” sugar. You use exactly half the amount of Domino® Light as you would sugar, so you might need to compensate for texture and cooking time. I decided to test out the Domino® Light with one of my favorite recipes – chocolate chip cookies.
Here you can see the the Domino® Light Sugar & Stevia Blend looks just like sugar. I made sure that I halved the amount of sugar that the recipe called for since I was using Domino® Light. A few mixes and 9 minutes in the oven later, I had delicious, fresh baked chocolate chip cookies.
They say that stevia has a slight licorice taste which is balanced out by natural flavors. I couldn’t taste any licorice flavors in the final cookies. I took the cookies over to some friends, one of whom is a self-proclaimed chocolate chip cookie connoisseur. After sampling, he declared the cookies to taste gourmet. All cookie testers (wow, tough job, right?) said that they couldn’t tell the difference in flavor at all.
If you’d like to learn more about Domino® Light Sugar & Stevia Blend, make sure you join the Time to Get Sweet Domino/C&H Light Twitter party.
Twitter Party Details
Who: Domino® Light AND C&H® Light: Sugar & Stevia Blends
When: August 8th, 2012 from 8-10pm EST
Hashtag: #DominoCHLight
Brand Twitter: @Dominosugar (Domino® Light) AND @Candh_sugar (C&H® Light)
You can also head over to the Domino Sugar Facebook page and click on the coupon tab to download a special coupon to try the new Domino® Light Sugar & Stevia Blend. If you give it a try, let me know what you think!
Disclaimer: This is a sponsored post, brought to you by Domino Sugar.
Barbara P. says
June 17, 2012 at 4:36 am🙂
darlene bohannon says
June 17, 2012 at 12:36 pmive tried the light domino and stevia,its very good.
Brooke Bumgardner says
June 17, 2012 at 12:46 pmWow, I love the idea of this! We currently use “light” salt, which is half salt, so we have less of a sodium intake. I need to print the coupon out and try this! Thanks for the post!
Kathy Swiam Idol says
June 17, 2012 at 1:45 pmI love this & running out to store to get some
Jodi Bradshaw says
June 17, 2012 at 1:58 pmthis would be worth a try! ive never tried stevia before. i hope its not like drinking a diet coke and then eating something with real sugar. that taste is always pretty gross… at least to me!
Lynn Wittner says
June 17, 2012 at 2:44 pmI will try this for cookies and brownies. Thanks for the tip that it could have a licorce taste!
Denise Taylor-Dennis says
June 17, 2012 at 4:51 pmI have never tried this I bet it would be a good way to cut calories.
Eli says
June 17, 2012 at 4:55 pmI want to try your cookies too.
Debbie CAMPBELL says
June 17, 2012 at 5:47 pmI have to cut my sugar, but I hate artificial sweeteners. Can’t wait to try this!
Jo-Ann Brightman says
June 17, 2012 at 6:43 pmI have been making my own blends of sugar and stevia, but this would be easier
denise says
June 17, 2012 at 8:22 pmI know stevia is supposed to be all-natural, but I find it has an aftertaste…nice review
randy fulgham says
June 18, 2012 at 10:10 amI DONT KNOW WHAT STEVIA IS,BUT I PROBABLY NEED TO TRY THIS LIGHT STUFF…
Jeannette Laframboise says
June 18, 2012 at 2:39 pmi had no idea they now offered a product mix of sugar and stevia. I have heard that stevia was a great sweetener but have not yet tried it. I like the fact that it is a mix so it will likely be as close to sugar flavor as possible. I love to bake as well but avoid it most of the time due to the high carbohydrates. Now…maybe I can bake and eat again…well, some of it.I have a major sweet-tooth! 😉
Marlene V says
June 18, 2012 at 4:28 pmI have a sweet tooth but really can’t afford the calories. This would be great — I may just bake!! I usually don’t bake because then I eat it and then add on the pounds!!!
Chelsea Saulpaugh says
June 18, 2012 at 5:06 pmSounds great! I always have to have my sweets and would love it if they could be less calories. How awesome is that!
Shannon Byrd says
June 18, 2012 at 11:18 pmCan’t wait for the twitter party b/c this sounds amazing, me being diabetic and all
Shannon Byrd says
June 18, 2012 at 11:18 pmCan’t wait for the twitter party b/c this sounds amazing, me being diabetic and all
Vesta Mason says
June 19, 2012 at 1:41 amFinally a way to eat sweets and feel 1/2 as guilty!
Tina says
June 19, 2012 at 8:33 pmCan’t wait to try it. Yum.
natalia ellin says
June 20, 2012 at 5:54 pmthis stuff is so amazing i love it!
Jessica P. says
June 23, 2012 at 12:55 amSounds like a great product.
Jan Messali says
June 23, 2012 at 1:00 amI use Stevia in my iced tea daily and love it. This product would help me lighten up my baking. Thanks for letting us know about it. 🙂
teressa oliver says
June 23, 2012 at 3:30 pmRecently my doc has said I need to cut back on sugar. But I have found most artificial sweeteners dont taste very good. Plus they have unhealthy things I can even pronounce in them. Since Stevia is natural, I think I will try this one. Cookies look yummy!
Erica Barnes says
June 27, 2012 at 11:29 amWill have to try this!