Have you used Splenda or other sweeteners in recipes?

Having a Mother with diabetes, I'm interested in making her some desserts without sugar. Are Splenda type sweeters a bunch of chemicals or what? Any great recipe suggestion/comments appreciated.Have you used Splenda or other sweeteners in recipes?
My fiance is borderline diabetic and has a horrible sweet tooth. I have been cooking with Splenda for over 2 years now.





What I like about Splenda is that you use the same amounts, unlike other sugar free sweeteners, if the recipe calls for 1 cup of sugar, you use 1 cup of Splenda. Splenda now has brown sugar as well. I have used it to make New York Style Cheese cake, and it came out perfectly.





You can take any regular sugar recipe and just substitute with Splenda, it cooks perfectly!





For recipes I suggest you go to www.recipezaar.com and look up recipes that are sugar free. Normal everyday people like you and me post recipes and then others bake them and rate them. I always try to use recipes that have 10 or more reviews and have never been let down. You can search for recipes by ingredients and enter Splenda as the ingredient.





Good Luck!Have you used Splenda or other sweeteners in recipes?
I avoid ALL artificial items. Chemistry experiments were not meant to be eaten.





You might want to check out a health food store and look for things like brown rice syrup or stevia to use as a sweetener instead.
I have made desserts in the past using splenda and they were quite delicious. here is a website to give you a few ideas.





http://splenda.allrecipes.com/Default.as鈥?/a>
I use Splenda to bake with, on strawberries, etc %26amp; can tell no difference.