Joy Filled Eats Natural Sweetener
Looking for an all natural and economical sugar-free sweetener that actually tastes good? You need to try my natural sweetener blend! I’ve found that by using a combination of xylitol, erythritol, and stevia I can save money while enjoying a low carb sweetener that tastes just like sugar.
Joy Filled Eats Natural Sweetener Blend – Xylitol, Erythritol, & Stevia – Low Carb, Keto, Trim Healthy Mama, Diabetic Friendly, Sugar Free
When I started the Trim Healthy Mama diet I was leery about all the recipes using stevia because I have never liked it. All of the grocery store varieties and even the flavored liquid drops have a bitter aftertaste to me. In the past when I stopped using sugar on the South Beach Diet I used artificial sweeteners to replace it. Over the years I’ve read more about the negative effects of artificial sweeteners and I knew I needed to give stevia another try.
I heard that the Trim Healthy Mama Gentle Sweet natural sweetener, which is a blend of xylitol, erythritol, and stevia, was a game changer so I thought I would give it a try. It really changed my perception of stevia. It had no aftertaste or bitterness.
Because we have a strict food budget I became determined to come up with my own blend of erythritol, xylitol, and stevia. I try to save as many pennies as I can when I shop. Making my own sweeteners, baking mixes, seasonings, and cooking from scratch saves the most.
These Tagalong Cupcakes are one use for my sweetener. Don’t they look yummy? They are sugar-free! But you would never know. Even my husband who isn’t a dessert guy loved them.
You can now mix up your own sweetener that measures just like Gentle Sweet. If you are on a tight budget this helps with this way of eating immensely. I use this sweetener in all my dessert recipes and I’ve subbed in it recipes from the Trim Healthy Mama Cookbook like the Trimtastic Cake.
You can make everything from Sweetened Condensed Milk to Caramel with this recipe and more.
If you grind this in a food processor it works great as a low carb powdered sugar. It is the best out of the low carb and keto sweeteners!
Ingredients in Joy Filled Eats Sweetener
Xylitol is a natural sweetener. It is a sugar alcohol made from birch trees or corncobs. It has 40% fewer calories than sugar and is a 7 on the glycemic index (white sugar is a 64). Please note that xylitol can be fatal to dogs so don’t share treats containing xylitol with your furry friends.
Erythritol is a sugar alcohol like xylitol. It occurs naturally in some fruits and vegetables It has zero calories and no impact on blood sugar. It is produced from glucose by fermentation with yeast.
Stevia is a plant discovered in South America. To make stevia powder a water extraction method is typically used. Stevia is 100 to 200 times sweeter than sugar so a little goes a long way.
Where Do I Buy Sweetener Ingredients?
My natural sweetener recipe is easy and economical. There are many choices on where to order the ingredients from. And I’ve used several brands of these products successfully.
I personally order the ingredients for this natural sweetener from amazon, walmart, thrive market, and iherb.
Thrive Market: My Thrive Market Coupon works on everything from sweeteners and baking supplies to vitamins and beauty products! Thrive has great prices on coconut products, spices, organic health items, baby food, and more especially since they often will email codes for an additional 25-30% off your entire order. Head over to this post to see more of the latest deals at Thrive. My favorite deal is always getting Lily’s Chocolate Chips for $4 a bag!
iherb:
If you are ordering from iherb you save $5 with my link. Generally, you can get the ingredients to make for under $8 a pound. Free shipping is on orders over $20.
I ordered the ingredients from iherb with free shipping. They have a lot of products that work for Keto, Low Carb, and Trim Healthy Mama eating plans. Other products they have that are compatible with THM are oat fiber, psyllium husks, whey protein powder, coconut flour, almond flour, etc. etc. This link takes you right to iherb so you can start making your own sugar free sweetener! Just put each ingredient into the search bar and add to your cart. It’s cheaper to buy the 2.5 pounds but they also have 1 pound bags if you’d like to go small before you commit to a huge bag. It is very very easy.
Amazon:
With free one day and two-day Prime shipping, Amazon is where I order from most often. I can consistently get xylitol and erythritol inexpensively. I buy the largest size stevia and it lasts me about 2 years. And I bake A LOT.
I have tried all of these brands and just buy whichever is the cheapest on the day I order! No big deal.
Walmart:
Over the last year or so I’ve been buying more and more groceries from Walmart. They offer free shipping over $35 and have many low carb products in addition to having more choices in the store.
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Joy Filled Eats Natural Sweetener - Low Carb, THM, Sugar Free
Ingredients
Weight measurements:
- 16 oz xylitol *** (or allulose)
- 12 oz erythritol (or allulose)
- 2 tsp Better Stevia or any pure stevia extract
Cup measurements:
- 2 cups plus 2 tablespoons xylitol (or allulose)
- 1 1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons erythritol (or allulose)
- 2 tsp Better Stevia or any pure stevia extract
Instructions
Powdered Sweetener
- Process the ingredients in the food processor for a few minutes if you are planning on using it in chocolate, beverages, or icing.
Granular Sweetener
- For baking and candy making, you can just mix the ingredients together by hand.
Notes
Nutrition
Please note that xylitol is fatal to dogs so don’t share treats containing xylitol with your furry friends. You may prefer to not have it in your pet-friendly house at all.
My family loves this sweetener blend. Even my husband is who has not always been on board with alternative sweeteners will often reach for this instead of sugar. I did have to find the right brand of xylitol so that it wouldn’t have a cooling affect. XyloSweet is our favorite combined with Now brand erythritol, and Better Stevia.
I have major digestive problems with sugar alcohols. I am very interested in this recipe, but am concerned erythritol and xylitol will cause issues for me. Do you have any thoughts?
With the additional of stevia you use less sweetener total. You could even try adding more stevia and using less sweetener. That can work in most recipes. Things like candy and icing are trickier.
try just Allulose and Stevia. Or, also Monk Fruit. Monk Fruit with taste a bit like brown sugar. I think there is Golden and White…White won’t taste like brown sugar. None are sugar alcohols.
Like you, my guts are absolutely wrecked by sugar alcohols. I also don’t like Stevia. As a result, a lot of experimenting landed me on Monk Fruit extract (liquid) sweetener. It’s gotta be pure (no sugar alcohols) or I get massive abdominal pain. For at least two years I’ve been using Now Foods Certified Organic Monk Fruit Liquid. It’s super expensive, but I figure it’s cheaper than sugar>diabetes>heart attack. 🙂
Some non-sugar sweeteners are good in some things and bad in others. I find this stuff is quite good in coffee, tea, and candy. There are some brands that make really good chocolate and caramel with the stuff. The best example I’ve tried is ChocZero’s Keto Bark, Dark Chocolate Almonds with Sea Salt. Expensive, again, but cheaper than a heart attack.
Hi,
Thank you for this recipe. I cannot consume erythritol as it gives me vertigo and I do not use xylitol as I have fur babies. Will it work as well substituting allulose for both erythritol and xylitol? Would I use 3.1/2 cups + 4 Tablespoons of Allulose? Would I still use 1/2 cup of the sweetener (Allulose and Stevia) to replace 1 cup of sugar? Which pure Allulose brand do you recommend?
Thank you 😊
Yes, you can use all allulose plus stevia. Yes, to those measurements. I just buy whichever brand is the cheapest on amazon. I haven’t noticed a big difference.
This is my go-to sweetener now!
Thanks!
Is the stevia in liquid or granular form? I am looking forward to trying this blending of more natural sweeteners!
Thank you!
It is powdered.
Thanks Taryn~ was just getting ready to ask, but figured I’d read through comments to see if someone already had. =) Bingo! I’m attempting homemade chewy caramels- again- after stepping away from many previous attempts. It’s been elusive, trying to get the right temps/times/blend of ingredients. Any tips on chewy caramel, which I hope to coat in white/milk/dark chocolate? Thanks, in advance, for any further info you may have~ if not, that’s okay too, of course. Such a great website, find myself coming back here often~ appreciate all that you share here. =) Samantha in AZ
Is there another option besides xylitol? Xylitol is very dangerous for dogs, so I will no longer buy it on the off chance my dogs might get hold of something with it in it.
I talk about this in the blog post. You can use allulose and erythritol.
Hi there,
I saw Monk Fruit Sweetener in the pic above. I have the same sweetener. How do you use it – what are your thoughts? Thank you!
I use it in coffee, baking, candies, etc. I prefer to make my own sweetener blend because it is cheaper though.
I would love this recipe, but unfortunately, in my version on my iPad, there’s an ad right in the middle of the recipe and I can’t get it to go away. Can you just give me the ingredients list as above? PS…I’ve tried a few of your keto recipes and have saved a bunch of them to try! I love your site and your sharing of all you’ve learned on this keto journey! Thank you.
I’m sorry Linda! That should not happen. If you click over to the printable view (you don’t need to actually print) that will bring you to a simplified page.
Hi. Have you tried Inulin? I ask because I have some along with xylitol and Erythritol and wondering if a blend of all three would work? Thanks. I love your recipes!
I have not tried inulin yet. If you try it in this blend let me know how it turns out!
Your recipes are wonderful! I have used mostly Swerve for baking which I have to keep in the refrigerator since it gets hard at room temperature. Just wondering how this should be stored, in the fridge or room temperature? I will be using allulose, stevia and erythritol. I would like to mix the whole batch at once. I am leary of using xylitol because I have a dog. Thanks so much!!
I keep it at room temperature. I make a big batch every few months and have never had it get hard.
I have pure Monk fruit sweetener. I have not been able to find how to convert it when following a recipe. And can this be used in your recipe and to what ratio?
Julie
Monk fruit is the only ingredients, correct? It is concentrated like stevia so I think it would work to use it in my sweetener in place of the stevia.
is this recipe keto friendly? I don’t want to be kicked out of ketosis. and is anyone doing Keto using this homemade sweetener??
Yes, most people can have sugar alcohols and stevia while on keto.
We have been using this recipe for 2 years now and are very pleased. However, we will no longer be using xylitol, once we finish our supply. How would I make this without using Xylitol?
You can use allulose to replace the xylitol.
This is by far, the best and most versatile sweetener I have ever used. We use it for baked goods recipes as well as canning figs!
Excellent! Followed the original recipe with all three types of sweeteners. I have been baking with this for a couple of months and it is fantastic. I don’t notice ANY cooling effect or aftertaste at all. It is a much better sugar sub than any of the ingredients alone.
I do not find it “twice as sweet” as sugar. I use 25% less when replacing sugar or another 1:1 substitute and that works very well.
Thank you! This makes keto baking a lot closer to old recipes with plain sugar.
If a standard recipe calls for a cup of sugar, how much of your homemade sugar substitute would you use?
1/2 cup