Hi Rachel
My son was anticipating a difficult Thanksgiving without his favorite sugar laden dessert, cream puffs. I made the usual recipe, but I cut the sugar by 2/3. The cream puff itself is basically eggs with a little bit of flour. You can replace white flour with coconut flour, a little less in carbs. I also used an artisan chocolate for the frosting which required only a tbl. of sugar to frost 8 cream puffs. I personally like the chocolate without any sugar. I filled the cream puffs with custard made with eggs milk, butter, sugar to taste, and unsweetened whipped cream folded in. The dessert is heavy in fat, but with a much reduced carb burden. The dessert went over well with the family. They never noticed the difference.
I don't like to use Splenda or xylitol because they have caused my son severe diarrhea. Also if you have dogs, xylitol is deadly poisonous to dogs. -hope this helps
