No Sugar Added Candies & Chocolates

Some of our candies we offer with no-sugar-added as well.  These are made with maltitol (a sugar alcohol), since this is the sugar substitute that is most chemically similar to sucrose (crystallized sugar), and therefore functions in the most similar manner in candy.  Brehmer’s Candies offers English Toffee, chocolate and coffee truffles, almond clusters, any of the nut barks in dark chocolate only (almond, tree nut, and pistachio), and caramels in no or low-sugar forms.  Not all of our candies are replicated in a no-sugar-added form, because if we can’t replicate the flavor of our original candies in a no-sugar-added version, we don’t do it.

Our no-sugar-added truffles also contain Sucralose © in addition to maltitol.  Our low-sugar caramels also contain just a bit of molasses for flavor, adding approximately 3 carbohydrate calories to each caramel.  Of course, all of our no and low-sugar candies contain the same cream, butter, and cocoa butter of their regular counterparts, so they are not low-calorie.

From a biochemical standpoint, maltitol is not digested as sugar by human metabolism, but it is digested in part by bacteria in the small intestine, so there is some glucose (simple sugar) absorbed through the small intestine as a result.  Also as a result of this bacterial digestion, eating large amounts of maltitol can result in laxative effects.  Which, depending on your digestive system, can be a good thing or bad thing.  In either case, be fore-warned, and eat accordingly.  These candies are so good, you may be tempted to over-indulge.