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.
I was hoping for a bit more information in the nutritional info chart. Is one serving equal to a tablespoon? And what is the carb count? This sweetener blend sounds very good and I will probably give it a try. Thanks in advance!
The carb count is 0. I manually subtract the sugar alcohol. The calories are basically 0 too unless you use a ton. I have it set for 1 teaspoon.
I made this blend and need to understand more about it. I’ve put part of it in a coffee grinder and made a powder for using in icing or other recipes that call for a powdered sweetener and it seems to work fine. However, when I use it in the granulate form it does not sweeten the recipe like I would like. I do not like the cooling effects of erythritol and neither does my family. For instance if a recipe calls for 1/4 cup of erythritol how much of this blend should I use? I used 1 Tbl+1tsp (which is more than I thought the conversion would be) last night making blueberry muffins and they were not sweet at all.
Hi Lynda, 1/4 cup erythritol is 4 tablespoons. You would have need 2 tablespoons of this blend. So you actually used a little less than you needed. There is no reason you can’t use it powdered all the time if that is working better for you. I hope that helps!
Monkfruit sweetener works great! It measures like sugar, tastes like sugar with no after taste, does not affect blood sugar and is all natural and keto friendly. It also comes in brown sugar
Yes, I like monk fruit blends too! It can be expensive though. Monk fruit measures 1:1 for sugar and is $8-10 a pound. My sweetener is twice a sweet as sugar so you use less and it is about $6 a pound.
I am scared to death to use xylitol with having 2 inside dogs and unfortunately, I’m a messy cook😬😢. If not using xylitol what would be your recommendations for your baked goods if I omit the xylitol?
You can make this using all erythritol.
How does it alter the taste? I also have dogs.
The only problem is using all erythritol can give you that odd minty cooling sensation.
I know what u mean!!!Imade a muffin and set down for a few secs. My chiuaha are it. This being 11:30 at night I had to take him to an emergency clinic 50 miles away. He is fine but this free baby wound up costing me $500. I still use xylitol but mix it in another room
How recently have you had people able to use the Thrive coupon? I clicked on the deal and entered my email. Put over $50 in my cart, but no discount. Checked my email, no coupon received if it’s supposed to be that way. It does show on the initial screen the offer itself as being $20 off the first 3 orders over $49.99, but once I entered my email and added stuff to cart, at checkout nothing is discounted…I even took a screenshot of the page where it initially shows the $20 off coupon if that will help at some point, but no success
I have been using your recipe for the sweetener 1:1 replacement since I first started low carb. It is a life saver and works without any aftertaste at all.
Question: when you powder this mixture, does it ever get completely powdered? I have a little graininess in frosting because I don’t get a completely powdered result. I’ve been using a coffee grinder. I’ve also used the bullet type attachment to my ninja blender. I have a cuisinart food processor but I’ve never tried powdering sweetener in it before. Does it really get powdered in your food processor?
As far as I know my coupon has been working but I can check tomorrow. I’d try a different browser. If it still doesn’t work you could call thrive. They have great customer service.
My sweetener is always a little grainier than regular powdered sugar. I think it’s just hard to replicate that with home appliances. I bet if you tried to grind cane sugar the same thing would happen.
The Vitamix grinds it to a powdered state.
I have 2 bags of super sweet blend in my cupboard that im not using because i like the gentle sweet better. Will be making your version of it as soon as my order comes in. But do you have any suggestions how I could mix off the super sweet blend with more xylitol or erythetol to get it to taste like gentle sweet? for 1 cup of super sweet, what would I add?
Thank you!
You can definitely do that but I don’t know the exact measurements. I’d suggest adding 1 cup of xylitol to 1 cup of super sweet and trying it in place of gentle sweet in a single serve recipe like a mug cake. Then just tweak the measurements if you need to.
Thanks for this recipe! I like that I don’t have to order the THM product and it fits perfectly into my 32oz rubbermaid container with a spout for easy pouring! I am enjoying several of your recipes!
Just used your link to make a purchase on Thrive Market! Thank you!
Thank you! I appreciate it 😀
Thanks again for all you do!
I’m making a Keto chocolate pie. Calls for 1/3 cup ‘granulated stevia/erythritol blend’.
I have both stevia and erythritol by themselves. I can’t locate the ratio to make. Any thoughts of a ratio to make 1 cup?
I’d like to store for future recipes. Thanks!
I am not the best at math. Lol. If you just cut my recipe into fourths and use all erythritol you will end up with about 1 cup. It’s easier if you have a kitchen scale. Then you just need 7oz of erythritol and 1/2 tsp stevia.
Taryn, I’m so glad to find this as I, too, would like more economical sugar substitute. I don’t like using Xylitol because of tummy distress. Can I just use Erythritol and Stevia? Would the measurement for the Xylitol be the same if using all Erythritol? Thank you for all you do and share!
Hi Daylene,
Yes, I think using all erythritol will work but I haven’t tried it myself. It would be 3 3/4 cups erythritiol to 2 tsp stevia.
Erythritol does have a “cooling effect” (think peppermint patties) so it doesn’t work well for, say chocolate cake. But it does work well in small amounts or things where you like a cooling effect. 🙂
I am so glad I found this it is perfect!
I backed down the sweetener by about 1/3 and this turned out awesome! Thanks for the great recipe!
Which ingredient of the 3 did you back down in the ‘Sweetener” recipe? Or are you referring to some other recipe you used the ‘Sweetener Recipe’ in? Thanks.
I purchased all the ingredients to make this but have a question, you mention that this is a good substitute for gentle sweet but what about recipes that don’t ask for gentle sweet, rather only ask for a sugar substitute. Do we use the same amount or half the amount?
It depends on the sugar substitute. I believe splenda is 1:1 for sugar. Swerve, xylitol, and erythritol are 1:1. I believe Pyure is twice as sweet as sugar so you use half. As is gentle sweet.
I know it can seem confusing. If you aren’t afraid of raw eggs (I’m not) just start with less and taste the batter.
Hi Taryn. Is there anything that I can substitute for the better stevia until I can order some online? I want to make your chocolate chip cookie dough cheesecake tomorrow, however I only have Stevia In The Raw, powdered swerve, and Splenda, along with the Xylitol and erythritol
Hi Michelle, you can sub in the swerve, xylitol, and/or erythritol but you will need a little more. What are the ingredients in Stevia in the Raw? I can’t find that on their website. Since this is a no-bake recipe and doesn’t include eggs you really can just taste as you go!
I was wondering if this blend works well under high heat to make a sugar free toffee?
Thanks!
Yup! I have several caramel and toffee recipes. Here are a couple:
https://joyfilledeats.com/caramel-pecan-turtle-bark/
https://joyfilledeats.com/toasted-coconut-toffee-pecan-turtles/
https://joyfilledeats.com/buttery-walnut-toffee/
Tried making your walnut toffee version of English toffee tonight. I used Sucralose and what a mess. Had to throw it out. The heavy cream, sucralose, butter mixture just clumped the nuts together, then the butter separated from the mixture.
I’m sorry it didn’t work with sucralose. I don’t use it so I’m not sure why it didn’t work. I prefer this combo of xylitol, erythritol, and stevia.