Diabetic Christmas Candy Recipes

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Christmas is fun when you pay attention to everyone's enjoyment. If any of your family member is not present there or is not enjoying Christmas then the whole family feels sad. The true fun of Christmas is enjoying Christmas desserts along with all. The sweetness of that dish increases when you have it with all. However, sometimes it so happens that one of your family member is not able to enjoy this fun.

One of the major reasons why people avoid having Christmas sweets is because of their health problems. One of the most problematic diseases that take away your sweet eating right is diabetes. This disease is terrible not just because of its effects but also for the simple reason that after it attacks you, you are not able to taste anything sweet in life. Diabetes affected people are requested not to have anything sweet as their body lacks insulin that can help digest sugar in the body.

During Christmas, it becomes difficult to avoid sweets. You cannot expect that they just watch how you are eating Christmas candies. The celebration of Christmas loses its joy when one of your loved members is sad. However, this will not happen if you have diabetic Christmas candy recipes.

Read ahead to find such sugar free Christmas candy recipes:

1. Butter Rum Candy Recipe

   Ingredients

   • One tsp vanilla extract
   • Three tsp granulated fructose
   • Five cup unsweetened puffed rice
   • Two egg whites
   • Two tsp butter rum flavoring

   Method

   • Empty puffed rice into a blender and powder it finely.
   • Now pour this rice powder in to a food processor.
   • Then add vanilla extract, fructose, egg whites and butter rum flavoring.
   • Now with the help of a wooden or steel spoon mix the mixture properly. Note that the mixture will be sticky.
   • Make around twenty candies with that mixture
   • Place these candies on a buttered baking utensil.
   • Now bake these candies at 300 degree Fahrenheit or 150 degree Celsius for twenty minutes. You can check that the candies are baked by feeling their dryness.

2. Sugar Free Chocolate Nut Clusters

   Ingredients

   • A cup full of nuts (you can use nuts like almonds, hazelnuts or cashews).
   • Two bars of sugar free chocolate (each bar of 2.8 ounce).
   • For garnishing, one third grated nuts.

   Method

   • Line a baking sheet using aluminum foil.
   • Now chop the chocolates into small pieces and place them on a low flame, to melt the chocolate.
   • Remember to stir the melting chocolate after every 45 minutes so that it is not over heated.
   • Take down the bowl and stir the chocolate until it is completely melted and then pour all the nuts in the bowl.
   • Continue stirring until all the pieces of nuts are coated with chocolate.
   • Now using a spoon pour this mixture on the baking sheet to form candies.
   • You do not need to shape it these candies can be of any shape or shapeless.
   • Now sprinkle the chocolate clusters with grated nuts
   • Cool down the candy by keeping it in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

These simple to make diabetic Christmas candy recipes will surely please your diabetes affected family members.