This post is part of the HEALTHY ESSENTIALS® 2014 program by Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc. and The Motherhood, who sent me a box of products and compensated me for my time. Opinions, experiences and photos shared here are all my own, and I hope you enjoy them.
As mentioned in my previous post about ways to be healthier for your Valentine, one of the aspects into being healthier is to use lower calorie ingredients in your cooking. This can be great to make a lower calorie treat for your loved one on Valentine’s Day or ANY day of the year! We really should treat our loved ones well every single day, and what better way than to show them with treats baked from the heart. Below you can see how I made my Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies with SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener to share with my loved ones!
- ¼ cup softened margarine
- 1 cup creamy honey-flavored peanut butter
- ¼ cup egg whites
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener, Granulated
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon Kosher rock salt
- ½ cup chopped milk and dark chocolate pieces
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Mix margarine and peanut butter in a large mixing bowl
- Add egg whites and vanilla and mix well
- Add SPLENDA® Granulated No Calorie Sweetener and mix well
- Combine flour, baking soda and Kosher rock salt in a small mixing bowl
- Slowly add flour mixture to peanut butter mixture and mix well
- Chop pieces of both milk and dark chocolate and fold into batter
- Roll tablespoon-sized balls and place onto baking sheet
- Bake for approximately 9 minutes
- Let cool and enjoy
I like to use Creamy Peanut Butter with Honey
Mixing in the SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener, Granulated
Stirring in well the SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener, Granulated
Chopping the Milk and Dark Chocolate Pieces
Folding in the Milk and Dark Chocolate Pieces
Rolling Batter into Balls, the Cook at 350 for 9 Minutes!
Makes for Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies with SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener
Make sure to keep yourself healthy all year round and to use ingredients that can keep your calorie intake where you need it in your diet. I also love that SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener can be used straight from the box in my coffee and tea! I can add that sweetened flavor without adding all the calories! This product is great for cooking, baking, and just using as an everyday sweetener!
Here’s a hint: SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener, Granulated can be used almost anywhere sugar is used, including cooking and baking. It measures cup-for-cup like sugar, but contains 678 calories less than sugar on a cup-for-cup basis. One teaspoon of SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener, Granulated contains the sweetness equivalency of one teaspoon of sugar with no calories or carbohydrates.
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Those cookies look like they are the PERFECT amount of fluffy!
I’m actually making chocolate chip cookies for tomorrows Valentines Day party. Your cookies sure turned out pretty. I’ve never thought about using splenda instead of sugar in my cookies.
Chocolate and peanut butter cookies are my fav!! These sound scrumdiddlyumptious!
I love chocolate chip cookies a little bit too much. Makes me want to bake some.
Yum! These cookies look so good. The chocolate chunks are amazing.
Those look delicious. I love chocolate and peanut butter cookies!
Two of my favourite things together…chocolate and peanut butter. Yum.
I have always wanted to bake with splenda but was scared, ha… but I will have to give these a try. Thanks so much
Those look so good! I am a huge fan of chocolate chunks. The more chocolate, the better!
They look so much better than mine, mine always are thin and runny. 🙁
My MIL had me bake her up some cupcakes and use Splenda a couple weeks ago. I was pleasantly surprised it didn’t have that bitter taste!
I have not baked with Splenda but have wanted to. I think your cookies look so good that I need to give it a go!
I’ve never substituted Splenda in cookies before but after seeing yours turn out so good, I want to try it.
These cookies look AMAZING!!! I might just have to whip some up tomorrow!!!!
Those look so good! They are one of my husbands favorites so I’ll have to make this recipe for him asap!
Chocolate and peanut butter is one of my husband’s favorite combinations!
Looks delicious, My kids would enjoy this recipe!
The cookies look great. I’m always scared to bake with artificial sweeteners cuz I don’t want a funky taste…But these sound super tasty.
Yummy! Perfect little to-do on this chilly, but filled-with-love day!
I think I may try these with SunButter- (my son is allergic to ALL nuts) YES feel bad for me! lol
These look so delicious that it’s unbelievable. I really could use some cookies right now.
These look delicious and excellent watch on calories. I may try these sometime. Thanks so much for the post!
These look so good! I’m getting ready to make some v-day cookies for my boys=)
Those sound good. Splenda is one of my favorite sweeteners.