Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

It took me a couple of years to finally take a chance on a small bag of this sweetener due to the Erythritol content. I detest the cooling effect that erythritol has but was getting irritated by the drawbacks that other natural sweeteners have... including PURE MONK. We were so ready to workout which keto-friendly sweetener worked best that my daughter did her science project on which natural sweetener acts most like sugar in baking cakes. In the end, straight Pure Monk just didn't have the bulk. All Xylitol bubbled over and burnt to the bottom of the oven every time. The Stevia didn't have the bulk and I'm always reluctant to serve it to guests who might be sensitive to the aftertaste. The Erythritol gave us the best texture, but I couldn't tolerate the cooling effect and neither could my husband... he says it tastes "Chemical-ish". (Not the best endorsement of an all natural sweetener.) Ultimately, we settled on a 50/50 blend of erythritol and Xylitol which cut the cooling effect and didn't bubble over. That is UNTIL NOW. This Lakanto Monkfruit/Erythritol blend has little if barely detectable cooling effect straight out of the bag and ZERO COOLING EFFECT IN BAKING! And because it's a blend I don't run into the bulk problem I did with pure monkfruit. (Which is still perfect for whipped cream and other non-baking applications.) Sooooooo happy I decided to give this a try. It even makes our Keto Shortbread cookies a little "crisp" like sugar would and carmelizes our Fathead Pecan/Cinnamon Buns. After years of trying every type of natural, keto-friendly sweeteners in every form from liquid and pastes to granulated and powdered, the search is over... LAKANTO Monkfruit blend WINS!!!