Enjoy the taste of a Snickers Bar without the sugar and added ingredients. A wonderful recipe for diabetics.
Being a diabetic is no fun, expecially when it means not being able to eat any of your favorite sweets. Store brand candy bars and sweets are full of sugar and they are also often full of additives and preservatives. A better option - especially for diabetics - is to make your own sweets and treats. You know what is in them, you can pick and choose the ingredients you want to use. You can also substitute ingredients if you need to - the choice is yours.
Here is a wonderful alternative to a Snickers candy bar. If you have always been a fan of Snickers candy bars this is the perfect recipe for you. Now you can satisfy those sweet tooth cravings for chocolate and peanut butter combined in that yummy unique Snicker bar flavor. It is quick and easy to make and will have you going, "AHHH! before the first mouthful is all the way down.
Are You Sure It's Not A Snicker's Bar Treat
What you need:
- 12 ounces soft sugar free vanilla ice cream
- 1 cup diet Cool Whip type whipped cream
- 1/4 cup chunky peanut butter
- 1 package sugar free butterscotch pudding - the dry powder mix only
- 3 ounces Grape Nuts cereal
What you do:
- Mix the sugar free vanilla ice cream, diet whip cream, peanut butter and sugar free pudding mix with a mixer, in a medium size mixing bowl until well blended.
- Next stir in the Grape Nuts cereal. Mix everything together well.
- Pour the Snicker's bar mixture into an 8 inch square pan. Cover pan with plastic wrap and place in freezer. Allow to freeze for serveral hours before serving. Cut into four equal portions and enjoy.
Makes 4 delicious servings.
By watching what you eat, counting carbs and eating healthy, you can go a long way towards contolling your diabetes. Be sure and count the carbohydrates in this wonderful Are You Sure It's Not A Snicker's Bar Treat towards your daily carbohydrate and starch allowances. With careful planning even diabetics can enjoy the occasional treat, especially when you make your own and control the ingredients.
For some people, losing weight can also help control and in some cases, even reverse diabetes. For an interesting read, visit the article Is Yeast Making You Fat for insight to a reason behind the inability to lose weight.
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