How to make sugar free powdered sugar, which works for any recipe that calls for regular powdered sugar. It’s SO easy!
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow…
Is it snowing where you are?
As usual, Dallas weather doesn’t know what it wants to do. So it vacillates from 25 to 75 and back again.
Shorts one day, fleece pants the next. Always on our toes.
No snow here yet, but I do have white powder of a different sort: sugar-free powdered sugar. (Oxymoron?)
Every Christmas for as long as I can remember, my mom has made multiple batches of pixie cookies (the little chocolate crinkle cookies, dusted with powdered sugar).
Last month I decided it was time to try creating a healthier, vegan version of those crowd-friendly chocolate pixies. In my quest to “healthify” the recipe, I landed on an about.com article describing how to turn Splenda into powdered sugar.
This got me to thinking, “If you can do it with Splenda, why not with other sweeteners?”
So I tried it, first with Sucanat and then with Xylitol.
Both times, it worked!
Sugar Free Powdered Sugar
Ingredients
- 1 cup granulated sweetener of choice, such as coconut sugar or erythritol
- optional 1-2 tsp arrowroot or cornstarch, to prevent clumping when stored
Instructions
- Blend all ingredients in a blender. It’ll smoke a little, but that’s okay. You should have powdered sugar in a matter of seconds! Store in a covered container in the pantry, just as you’d store regular powdered sugar.Healthy Glaze Icing:Combine 1 cup of the above powdered sugar with 1 1/2 tbsp milk of choice and 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract. Use in place of regular powdered sugar icing, on cookies or cupcakes, etc.
- Shown above on Cinnamon Roll Baked Oatmeal.
Notes
And now I’m going to return to eating my chocolate pixie cookies. Hope you all have a lovely day!
Has anyone tried this with monk fruit or other sugar substitutes? Coconut sugar tastes like dirt to me, so I don’t wanna use that– but I will… in the spirit of not being wasteful, since I already bought it before I knew how much I hate it.
I love your website. I do have one important request…
whenever you use xylitol as an ingredient in a recipe could you PLEASE place a warning that even a TINY amount of xylitol will kill a dog. As great as it is for humans, it’s fatal to dogs, even a stick of gum containing it can kill a large dog. Thank you!
This is a genius idea! I use pure stevia in my cooking/baking, but sometimes when the recipe calls for powdered sugar, I always have to find different ways to substitute it. I’ll definitely try to use this way (maybe with some modification) to make my own powdered sugar. Love the idea use cornstarch. Thanks for sharing!
Try Swerve Sweetener! They have a powdered sugar, and a regular one! I love it!
So cool! Does coconut sugar work for this?
Yes!
would like to see a trail mix
Hi Katie! I am a celiac and am also required to abstain from sugar which is extremely difficult. Thank you for your post about how to make powdered sugar. I use a sweetener made from “Monk Fruit” which can be purchased from the Wheat Free Market online. It is four times sweeter than sugar so a little goes a long way. It is easy to digest and does not have a chemical aftertaste. I am excited to try this with that sweetener and thought you might like to know about it. Thanks again! Renee in Jackson MS
I love the fact that you provide nutritional information. For diabetics, it would be great if sugars are listed, even if it’s 0…we really like seeing the 0’s. ?
I really love your site and recipes…am signed up to receive them, however i get the pop up box to subscribe constantly while i am trying to read…how can i keep this box from appearing?
Thanks! 🙂
I made this in a pro power blender, belnding for 10 secs. Then used it for cream cheese frosting. The frosting is gritty… don’t know if maybe a special recipe has to be used and not just subbing the sugar in any recipe. Also maybe it needed longer blending to get really fine…?
Can you use 1 cup of coconut sugar to make the powdered sugar?
You definitely can!
Has anyone tried it with powdered stevia?
Can you use something else besides a vitamix to make this powdered sugar ?
Sure, any blender
You can whirl brown surgar with arrowroot or cornstarch to make a powdered sugar? I suppose you could do with organic coconut sugar or others like that as well ? Did I misunderstand? Thanks Colleen
Yup, it works with coconut sugar too 🙂
Can someone please tell me how I can use sugar free powdered sugar when making meringue cookies? I have tried one recipe for sugar free powered sugar but all it did was make the cookies like little hard bricks and tasted as bad. Has anyone had luck with this type of sugar free cookie Thanks for the help
The recipes using Xylitol leaves me with one question. Xylitol is often used as a laxative. The heavier chains of sugar alcohols are harder for your body to handle and can result in upset stomach and diarrhea. Sorbitol, Maltitol, Mannitol, and a few others will do the same thing.
I bought a sugar-free chocolate bar once, before ever knowing this, and it was full of maltitol. An hour after eating the thing, I was dying.
How do you get over this issue with Xylitol?