Danielle&Scott...Question

Have you tried the Da Vinci syrups? If so where do you buy them?

I tried them. I got hazelnut and irish creme sampler bottles at the diet shop in the lobby of all 4 sports and fitness gym in Islip.

They have small bottles of one or two servings or larger bottles. I didnt like it, but I'm not much of a coffee drinker. Ever since I started Atkins I've wanted a Starbucks White Chocolate Mocha. Not a potato, pasta, bread. I want a starbucks drink. Weird, considering I would only have about one every 3 months.

Anyway - I got the syrup in the hopes of putting some of it in my coffee at work and satisfying my craving... well, unfortunately it didnt work out as I had planned.. it just tasted weird to me. Not like irish creme, not like anything much. Maybe if I was a bigger coffee drinker I would have liked it. GIve it a try, a sampler bottle was only like 1.50. Some people swear by the stuff!

I know they have other flavors that are more soda like that you can mix with soda water - but I really didnt intend on doing that because I found Dr. Jones Sugar Free Soda and that tastes great without the trouble of mixing.

What kind of recipies? I put the two little bottles I had near the coffee at work, and nobody's touched them either. LOL

So I wandered into to TJMaxx on 6th Avenue yesterday and walked out with three bottles:

French Vanilla
Caramel
Almond

There were a bunch of recipes on the low carb site that make use of these syrups. On Saturday I'm going to make the low cheesecake that Danielle&Scott posted for easter. I have these cute little mini springform pans so I'm going to do some experimenting. I'm going to make a few plain cheesecakes and two with the syrups included in the mix. I'm anxious to try the caramel!

The cheesecakes were great!!!! Thanks for the recipe! I used the syrups to substitute for the vanilla extract and they were yummy - although the vanilla extract makes it taste more like regular cheesecake so I'm going to stick to that.

It's amazing how this tastes exactly the same - although it makes sense since the only change is from sugar to splenda. It's so great to have cheesecake. I even had a piece for breakfast this morning - oink oink. I was in heaven!