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Bake With Low-Calorie Sugar Substitutes, and It'll Cost You

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On its own: crunchy granules with an icy aftertaste.

When mixed with ingredients: lent a characteristic flavor of sugarless mint gum.

Recipe: Key Lime Shortbread Cookies ( http://www.sweetsimplicitysweetener.com).

Results: citrus flavor masks some of the aftertaste, but not all of it.

· SPLENDA NO CALORIE GRANULATED SWEETENER (maltodextrin and sucralose; 0 calories per teaspoon; 9.7 ounces, $9.59, available at larger grocery stores).

On its own: smells like a carpet-cleaning product; overly sweet and powdery.

When mixed with ingredients: created strangely stiff peaks in meringue batter; strong, artificially sweet flavor.

Recipe: Angel Bites ( http://www.splenda.com).

Results: fake flavor, oddly textured interior.

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