Diabetes 2 Friendly Product Review -Low Carb Cupcake and Frosting Mix by Dixie Carb Counters

Low Carb Cupcake and Frosting Mix by Dixie Carb Counters

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We hear about cupcakes everywhere! Whether you are in Los Angeles or Tulsa, cupcakes have become a superstar snack treat. If you go to a specialty cupcake bakery or get one of those mixes at the grocery store, they're full of SUGAR or High Fructose Corn Syrup! YUCK!

Leave it to Dixie Diner to come out with their Low Carb Cupcake and Frosting Mix. This very easy-to-make cupcake mix will let you have a great low carb treat. Just add sour cream and eggs and bake for 15 minutes. Makes 12 deliciously rich vanilla or chocolate cupcakes. Chocolate or vanilla frosting packet included. Just add butter to make real butter cream frosting. See label for fat free version. 4 or 5 net carbs per frosted cupcake.

Chocolate Cupcakes with Frosting
Nutrition Facts

    * Serving Size 1 Frosted Cupcake (23g dry)
    * Servings Per Container 12
    * Calories 56
    *   Calories from Fat 10
    * Total Fat 1g
    *   Saturated Fat 1g
    *   Trans Fat 0g
    * Cholesterol 0mg
    * Sodium 170mg
    * Total Carbohydrate 14g*
    *   Dietary Fiber 9g*
    *   Sugars 3g
    * Protein 3g

Ingredients: Hard wheat white flour, soy isolate, cereal fiber, dehulled soy beans, cocoa powder, baking powder (calcium acid phosphate, bicarbonate of soda, cornstarch), vegetable fiber, dried egg whites, carageenan, low glycemic monosaccharide, soy lecithin, sea salt, cream of tarter, low glycemic fruit concentrate, vanilla powder, sucralose.

*Net carbs as listed by the manufacturer on the package = 5g per cupcake.

Vanilla Cupcakes with Frosting
Nutrition Facts

    * Serving Size 1 Frosted Cupcake (18g dry)
    * Servings Per Container 12
    * Calories 40
    *   Calories from Fat 2
    * Total Fat 0g
    *   Saturated Fat 0g
    *   Trans Fat 0g
    * Cholesterol 0mg
    * Sodium 170mg
    * Total Carbohydrate 12g*
    *   Dietary Fiber 8g*
    *   Sugars 2g
    * Protein 3g

Ingredients: Hard wheat white flour, soy isolate, cereal fiber, dehulled soy beans, cocoa powder, baking powder (calcium acid phosphate, bicarbonate of soda, cornstarch), vegetable fiber, dried egg whites, carageenan, low glycemic monosaccharide, soy lecithin, sea salt, cream of tarter, low glycemic fruit concentrate, vanilla powder, sucralose.

*Net carbs as listed by the manufacturer on the package = 4g per cupcake.
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