European customers are loving ZSweet®. I get such a kick out of the charming phrases they use to describe ZSweet®. In a recent article, "Zero calorie sugar launches and claims 100% natural", the writer stated the following: "For all the 2 million people in the UK living with diabetes, sugar has become a scary no-no. But here’s for some great news! Zsweet (Zsweet®) is the first, natural, truly zero calorie, zero glycaemic sugar alternative that tastes, well just like sugar, instantly allowing you to devour some rather naughty puds...."
I had a chuckle and had to look up "puds" to be sure of what was being said, sure enough puds means desserts, like pudding, and yes, it's true, you can still have a lil' naughty dessert when you swap sugar for ZSweet®.
For customers within the European Union shop at www.ZSweet.eu.
Melt coconut crème and place in food processor.Add agave, stevia, and ZSweet®.Blend.Add cocoa and carob and blend.Add in Goji, pistachios, and nibs. Pulse until just incorporated.Use extra hemp milk for thinning.Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper.Spread mixture a 1/4 inch thick.Set in freezer for 15 minutes.Break into pieces.
Kelly Keough shares her simple sugar-freemintchocolate pattie recipe.
All the ingredients are natural & healthy, now that's sweet. Enjoy!
INGREDIENTS Candy 1 ½ cups extra virgin coconut oil, melted ¾ cup hem butter ½ cup Zsweet® powdered 1 teaspoon peppermint extract 3 drops Peppermint Liquid Stevia 3 drops Chocolate Liquid Stevia ¼ cup agave ¾ cup roasted carob powder ½ cup raw cacao nibs ½ cup hemp seeds
Filling ½ cup hump butter ¼ cup agave ¼ cup powdered Zsweet® 2 drops Peppermint Liquid Stevia
PREPARATION Line mini cup cake tins with paper liners. Melt coconut oil by placing jar under hot water or spoon into saucepan and melt over low flame. When coconut oil turns to a liquid, pour oil in medium bowl. Slowly whisk in peanut butter until smooth. To powder Zsweet®, place in high powered blender and blend on low and increase speed high for 30 seconds. Measure amount needed. Whisk powdered Zsweet® into wet batter. Add in peppermint extract, Liquid Stevias, and agave one at a time and blend. Slowly stir in carob and cacoa powder a spoonful at a time. Stir in raw cacoa nibs and hemp seeds one at a time. Batter should run off of spoon easily, but not too runny.
To make filling, in a small bowl mix together hemp butter and agave. Add Zsweet® and Liquid Stevia and mix. With two spoons, spoon drop a small teaspoon full of filling into prepared paper liners. Spoon a tablespoon full of prepared batter on top of filling. Freeze for 15 minutes. Store in freezer. Yield: 50 candies.
Did you spot the Zsweet® van last night at Whole Foods in Tustin, CA?
I was there to attend "The Sweet Truth" TV show host & cookbook author, Kelly Keough's sugar-free, gluten-free chocolate cooking class. It was an intimate, hands-on experience. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Zsweet® is one of Kelly's staple ingredients. When I first scanned her table of ingredients, I must say, other than the Zsweet® I was unfamiliar with most of the items and a little intimidated. Green hemp butter, cacoa powder, goji berries... I've seen these foods before, but never knew what to do with them or how they would taste together. Let me tell you, they taste AMAZING together, and her recipes were complete in only 5 minutes!
Kelly has perfected sugar-free, gluten-free cooking. Even though I watched her make her recipes with my own two eyes, once I tasted them I couldn't believe there was absolutely no sugar inside. They were that sweet and delicious.
Once Kelly got started she explained the nutritional value of all the ingredients and let us taste each one. We sampled the hemp butter with agave nectar on top which she recommended as a great peanut butter and jelly taste alternative, and she was right, it tasted just like that. She explained that agave and stevia are great compliments to Zsweet® and that it's necessary to use a blend of alternatives to achieve the most sugar-like taste without the sugar.
As she was preparing the recipes she was friendly and inviting. We all took turns participating, there was lots of Q&A and at the end we all had yummy samples to take home.
Kelly Keough has used her innovation to come up with creative, simple recipes to satisfy sugar cravings without eating sugar. She really makes eating healthy taste scrumptious and appear attainable for everyone. If you're working on breaking your sugar addiction and you need help getting over the hump, or if you're interested in guilt-free desserts, DEFINITELY buy Kelly's cookbook "The Sweet Truth" for all her unbelievably sugar-free recipes.
Southern California residents, check your Whole Foods event calendars for her next class. DISH Network subscribers, watch Kelly Keough's show "The Sweet Truth" on Veria TV.