[bbqcooker]

Hello everyone. I am just getting into making hard candy and was wondering if splenda is ok to use as a sugar substitute. If not what should I use and and are there any cooking changes

 

[Ceashels]

I haven't made hard candy but I'm going to say yes since sugar establishes a crystalline structure. Here is a link for a sugar free hard candy recipe: http://www.life123.com/food/candies-fudge/hard-candy/delicious-sugar-free-hard-candy-recipe.shtml and they call for maltitol and sugar free syrup.

 

[Libby]

Dunno about candy but with baking cookies = more delicate, fragile & flaky cookies. The sugar adds bulk to the cookie. Sometimes you can get away with a 1/2 sugar + 1/2 Splenda combo.

 

[CookieLee]

No, hard candy is nothing more than sugar that is brought to the melting point, liquified then allowed to re-harden without developing crystals. Splenda won't work the same way. Look for lower-sugar recipes or no-sugar recipes that are proven. But no, you can't do a one-for-one substitution.