Diabetic Recipes
sixuntilme
Well here's something I didn't see coming: Sugar-Free Chocolate Chip Girl Scout cookies. I walked into the lunch room at work and there, on the stainless steel countertop, rested this never-before-seen box of cookies.
"Where did these come from?" I asked my co-worker.
"No idea," they said, through a mouthful of crumbs. "But they're pretty tasty."
(I love when people without diabetes can't tell that they're eating something less crammed with sugar than what they're used to.)
According to the Meet the Cookies section of the Girl Scout site (yes, this is real - meet the cookies), "New for 2008, Sugar Free Chocolate Chip Cookies give those who need or prefer sugar free products have a new way to support Girl Scouting-and a scrumptious new snack at bedtime, or any time! They are made by Little Brownie Bakers."
Okay. These little suckers are about 22 grams of carbs per three cookies, and contain 7 grams of sugar alcohols. I'm always wary of sugar alcohols, finding that they affect my blood sugar regardless of the claims that they "shouldn't." For me, I need to bolus for the carbs, regardless of how many of them are sugar alcohols. If I don't, I end up with a higher blood sugar. Do you guys see that, too?
So I popped two cookies, took a unit and a half to cover the approximately 15 grams of crabs I had consumed, and said a whispered "thank you" to the Girl Scouts. Maybe these little sugar-free cookies could be the answer to the Tagalongs I'd prefer to be snacking on.
Bless the Little Brownie Bakers. :)
I gave up Tagalongs the spring after diagnosis: they are **so** laden with transfats, and high enough in sodium, that they are Not Worth The Effort any longer. Pretty much the same for all Girl Scout Cookies up this way.
I did make the mistake of only reducing sodium and refined carbs in the batch of Hamantashen i made yesterday, though. 150 calories per tiny cookie, about 40% of that butter-fat, and more than half of the remainder sugars from the commercially-prepared prune butter I had in the cabinet from last year. I don't dare mention what that's been doing to MY bg... but at least, no trans fats in there and no refined flour...
Mmmm, cookies...sorry, my head's in a fog today and my internal Cookie Monster is in control ;-)
Cookies... You know I was forced to visit the Girl Scout website and make a request for a box of these... :D!!!
Hi Kerri,
I bolus for carbs, period. I find "sugar free" to be non-factor. I count the cookies and match the carbs. This does work for me. Hope this helps. I do run a ongoing test for the "sugar free" items. I try a select amount bolus and test for blood glucose reading over the next sex hour period. I hae found that they are not all equal and certain "sugar free items have a different time lag. Hope this helps and have a great day.
D2
OMG! I hate girl scout cookies, but I might have to try these. Do you know how many carbs per serving? I was so excited to read about this...I had to tell my husband!!!