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For some reason I am not a fan of candy canes, but I love Peppermint Patties. Maybe it is the dark chocolate surrounding the mint patty that makes it taste better to me, but in any case we always have mints around for the holidays. This year, my sister is watching her sugar intake because of a predisposition to diabetes so I found her some “amazingly delicious” sugar-free peppermint patties!
I have baked with Splenda a number of times, and my family has a hard time telling the difference between Splenda cookies and cookies baked with sugar. Because of that, I was certain that these mints would have a great taste as well. I had never heard of Maltitol before (which is also used in these candies), but after doing a bit of research I discovered that Maltitol is a sugar alcohol that is nearly as sweet as table sugar but does not have as much of an effect on blood glucose.
My sister received these mints just yesterday, and she called me immediately after sampling them because they were so delicious! She loved the presentation in a red gift tin, and said that she couldn’t tell they were sugar-free. The patties are thinner than a York Peppermint Pattie, but my sister liked them better because they were not quite as “minty”. I paid $19.99 for a 9.8 oz tin, plus $9.99 for shipping.