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Diabetes Support Advent Calendar 2011

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Does anybody actually eat this stuff?! 😱
 
I confess I naiively suggested buying the dreaded Thorntons Diabetic Chocolates to a friend of mine with an elderly T2 friend, not knowing any different 12 months ago. Now I know otherwise......!

Our only negative 'windy' experience was when I bought my son some M&S sugar free orange & lemon drops and butterscotch drops (not sure of exact name) for on a long car journey......big mistake :D
 
Werthers make sugar free butterscotch and I quite like them, but a packet lasts me months.
 
Day 11 - more delicious chocolates made especially for us! :D

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Oh blast - thought that was a box of proper Milk Tray !
 
But why would you ever want to eat Apple Jelly in the first place, I wonder!
 
Was in Thorntons today (having a coffee😉) when overheard a chap buying some of their love-erly diabetic chocs😱

Wanted SO much to warn him but was scared to cause a scene(not like me normally!) - should I have said something??:D
 
MeanMom said:
Was in Thorntons today (having a coffee😉) when overheard a chap buying some of their love-erly diabetic chocs😱

Wanted SO much to warn him but was scared to cause a scene(not like me normally!) - should I have said something??:D
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I think I possibly might have done to save some poor innocent from getting an undesirable 'present' 😱 Might not have done much for their sales though and you might not have been welcomed back!
 
I did try this some time back and didn't like or dislike it. If I have ice cream, which I don't very often, I want it to be something I can actually taste - Kelly's honeycomb is very nice 🙂eek: I know !).
 
Lady Willpower said:
My brother in law brought me some of those chocs once and I had to tell him not to buy any more. Apart from the fat content they nearly blew the seat of my trousers off!!!!!! I remember when the new type first came out with Maltose? in it. I was chatting to my diabetic consultant and he mentioned that he, and his secretary and nurses all had complimentary boxes to try just before they came onto the market. He told me that, the next day in the office, they were all looking a bit uncomfortable and rather 'shy'. It turned out that they all had the side effects and were trying to hide it as they thought they each were the only ones to suffer. I laughed so much when he told me that as I have a very vivid imagination!!!!
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Much as I like & respect my diabetic team, this had me rolling on the floor!! 😱:D

When I was a kid a much loved & very kind elderly aunt used to buy me diabetic chocs or even worse, Karob (sp?!) at Christmas & Easter, which was pretty much the only choc I got - so so kind of her but eeeek! Strangely enough, I've never been that into chocolate...!!
 
Actually, carob isn't bad as a chocolate substitute; it's naturally sweet, so needs a lot less sugar, especially since it also doesn't contain any caffeine (or any of the other drugs in chocolate). The latter means that it doesn't have the bitter undertones of chocolate, but if using carob flour in baking, a few drops of almond essence (or a bit of cardamon if using it to flavour a faux-Mexican dish) will fix that problem. 🙂

Carob doesn't taste exactly like chocolate, but with judicious use of almond and vanilla essences in a cake, people will be hard-pressed to tell the difference. When I was a member of an evening social club, and they held a "Bring and Share" party, my speciality was carob cupcakes with essences as described, and with raisins and nuts in them as well; I called them my "Chocolate Surprise" cupcakes, because people were surprised to learn that there was no chocolate in them. :D

Mind you, I also remember (several years before diagnosis) buying some sweets (from one of those discount weigh-and-pack-it-yourself places) which were supposed to be "Smarties" but obvviously weren't; apart from the fact that the orange ones weren't orange flavoured as real orange Smarties are, they were obviously carob rather than chocolate; the maker had taken insufficient pains to mask the slight difference in taste. They were enjoyable (and probably more suitable for small children than real Smarties, due to the lack of caffiene etc.), but I was annoyed by the dishonesty.
 
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What is Karob? Is it dairy free too?

Anyway these diabetic chocs....do they do, um, 'damage' if you only have 1 or 2?? OR only if you eat the entire bar/box....lol.

Is it not like any "sugar free" sweet - it does always warn of the gastric effects on the packet, sugar free polos etc!

My friends husband is diabetic and she said he gets the thorntons fudge/toffee as he likes it!? She never mentioned explosive effects...!

I have to admit to years ago buying my FIL diabetic chocolate from Boots thinking I was doing the right thing....woops. 🙄
 
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What is Karob? Is it dairy free too?
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Carob is a natural chocolate substitute (made from locust-bean pods instead of cocoa beans) which is obtainable from all good health-food shops (and probably most c**p ones as well). As I already said in my previous reply, it's naturally sweet and caffiene-free, and for these two reasons needs less added sugar (or other sweetener); it doesn't taste quite like chocolate, but the difference is easily masked.

As with chocolate, whether carob products are made with milk or with some substitiute such as soya milk depends on the manufacturer. However, since carob is marketed as a healthy substitute for chocolate, it's probably easier to get dairy-free carob products than chocolate ones.

Health-food shops usually sell carob-coated bars and the like, so you can try it before buying a bag of carob flour. One thing to be wary of is that (unlike cocoa flour) carob flour isn't completely soluble, so if brewing a bedtime drink from it, use a filter coffee machine.
 
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In my teens I got the idea into my head that eating chocolate was giving me spots so for about 5 years the only 'chocolate' I ate was Carob - I actually like it but it's resemblance to chocolate varies with what else is with it eg the fruit and nut bars are quite similar but a 'milk chocolate' carob bar is quite different IMO - the texture is different for a start. Hadn't thought about it being lower in sugar but lacking in artificial nasties, but I suppose it is🙂

An acquired taste, but I would imagine a better one,'health wise', to aquire than the dreaded 'Diabetic Chocolate'!
 
Great for those suffering sore throat and constipation. 😱 :D
 
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