{"id":51150,"date":"2011-06-24T11:20:48","date_gmt":"2011-06-24T16:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=51150"},"modified":"2011-06-24T11:20:48","modified_gmt":"2011-06-24T16:20:48","slug":"3-sugar-free-desserts-to-let-go-of-the-guilt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/06\/3-sugar-free-desserts-to-let-go-of-the-guilt\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Sugar-Free Desserts to Let Go of the Guilt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><a title=\"my daily moment\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mydailymoment.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-50698\" title=\"my daily moment\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/my-daily-moment.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a>By <a title=\"my daily moment\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mydailymoment.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">MyDailyMoment.com<\/a> Editorial Team <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Just because you\u2019ve sworn off sugar doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t satisfy your sweet tooth. If you\u2019re one of those people who can\u2019t resist the urge for rich desserts, you can still have your cake and eat it too, especially since it\u2019s sugar-free.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you are looking to lose weight, maintain your fantastic figure, or can\u2019t indulge because of medical reasons, you may be under the assumption that sugar-free desserts don\u2019t cut it. But that couldn\u2019t be further from the truth. Check out these sweet treats, and you\u2019ll quickly realize they\u2019re even better than the real thing.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-51155\" title=\"cake\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cake.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" \/>If you like your desserts fresh and are the cooking kind, whip up your own tantalizing sugar-free desserts at home.<br \/>\nSugar-free desserts have come a long way since those flavorless pieces of cardboard you may remember. Artificial sugars, especially those derived from sugar, can give you the sweetness you crave without the calories and health risks of regular sugar. Using natural sweeteners like honey or agave nectar can also give your sugar-free desserts the sweet kick you crave.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Baking with Artificial Sweeteners<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wonder why manufacturers recommend combining artificial sweeteners with sugar when baking? Sugar is not used in recipes simply for sweetness. Sugar is used to keep baked goods moist. Sugar also makes cookies easier to spread and acts as a natural preservative. This means that you may have to experiment to find the right balance of sugar and artificial sweetener instead of completely eliminating sugar when you bake or cook.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are a few of our favorite sugarless desserts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Sugar Free Whipped Cream\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/recipes\/sugar-free-whipped-cream\/\">Sugar-Free Whipped Cream<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Sugar Free Grilled Fruit\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/recipes\/sugar-free-grilled-fruit\/\">Sugar-Free Grilled Fruit<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Sugar Free Chocolate Cake Recipe\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/recipes\/sugar-free-chocolate-cake\/\">Sugar-Free Chocolate Cake Recipe<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By MyDailyMoment.com Editorial Team Just because you\u2019ve sworn off sugar doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t satisfy your sweet tooth. If you\u2019re one of those people who can\u2019t resist the urge for rich desserts, you can still have your cake and eat &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/06\/3-sugar-free-desserts-to-let-go-of-the-guilt\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[3272,281,23,8513],"class_list":["post-51150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes","tag-baking","tag-desserts","tag-guest-blog","tag-my-daily-moment"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51150"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51167,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51150\/revisions\/51167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}