I have been trying a new sweetener - Swerve. I was looking for low-carb
recipes, and came across one that called for this. I looked it up on the
net, and ordered a pound.

It tastes as good as any no-calorie sweetener that I've tried, and it
has a few advantages over the others. It looks a lot like sugar; it's
actually granulated like sugar, and dissolves much like sugar. It
supposedly shares some other attributes with sugar, such as the ability
to brown, and it's supposed to hold up well in baking, although I
haven't tried either attribute yet. It has no bitter aftertaste that I
can tell.

One offputting quality is that it absorbs heat when it dissolves, which
means that if you use it undissolved, such as just eating a pinch from
the container, you will notice a distinct cooling sensation. This is not
a problem if you eat it after it is dissolved in something. It's also
not cheap, as you can imagine.

The SO, who is on the low-carb diet, likes it, although she didn't care
for the cooling effect. I hope to try cooking with it, perhaps even some
baking if I can find some good low-carb baking recipes.

http://www.swervesweetener.com/