Easter egg for diabetics?

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My DP has recently been diagnosed type 2 diabetic. He’s been making a brilliant effort to reduce/cut sugar out of his diet, watch his carbs etc and I don’t want to knock him off his path come Easter!

What alternatives do you get for the diabetics in your life? I’d be interested in recommendations for eggs or other sugar free sweets/treats please.

thanks!

If he’d really like chocolate then I’d opt for something dark chocolate (85% up has moderate carb and sugar content) and just eat it sparingly over a few days rather than all in one go. Not diabetic “sugar-free” chocolate - it still contains alcohol sugars and isn’t great for blood sugar management (or bowel movements!)

Or, I’ve seen card / gift shops selling cardboard eggs which you can fill with your own small gifts, which he might prefer to chocolate. Savoury egg-related things perhaps.

There are so many options for sugar free sweets but there is a reason sugar is added to sweets, and a taste of the sugar free ones will demonstrate that reason perfectly. Plus they can give you an upset stomach if you eat more than two in a 24 hour window.

I’d go for a non food related gift, like a computer game or cufflinks, or a book etc.

I might be going against the grain here but I would just get them something small, like one of the small lindt bars. My diabetic family member has always turned their nose up to any of the alternatives - they're disgusting! Or like PP have said, a non-edible gift.

Thanks. He was previously a sweetie addict (quite likely the reason for the T2!) so I think a not very nice sugar free sweets would just be a depressing reminder of what he’s missing!

if anyone has found any nice sugar free or low sugar alternatives please do share, otherwise I think I’ll swerve it altogether as some have suggested and get him something non-edible

I will also go against the grain and be a bit mean and say this year you miss out. Have it as something to work towards when you change your habits and turn your health around and reverse the diabetes. Nobody needs chocolate and ultimately it is bad lifestyle that has got him and many in the country here

Full sympathy for those with T1 or non lifestyle induced diabetes

Avoid anything marketed as diabetic chocolate or sweets like the plague.

Your best options are reframing your family Easter away from chocolate and/or having small amounts dark chocolate eaten over several days.

If he's done the hard work of quitting sugar, having it again for a treat can just kick all the cravings off again and set him back.

I was diagnosed last year and have asked for no chocolate. I'm doing really well at not eating it and have now reached the 'not even really wanting it' stage. I see no point ruining that for a chocolate egg that will probably be full of palm oil and waxy anyway. DH has asked for ideas of non-chocolate things to get me and I've given him a few suggestions of cheap things I'd like, everyone else I'm just asking to skip me this year or get me a bunch of daffodils.

How about a cheese Easter egg?

If he drinks whisky I'd opt for a small bottle of his favourite rather than chocolate, spirits are ok for diabetics (obviously in moderation)!

Taken from diabetes.org.uk:
'It's a myth that you can't eat chocolate if you have diabetes. But you can eat chocolate, just in moderation and not too often. Try not to eat a lot in one go'.
Let him enjoy a chocolate egg!

There was a lot of info recently due to a recommendation that diabetics can have some dark chocolate. It got a lot of press coverage.

I am T2. I have settled into eating a small amount of dark chocolate as an occasional treat. For me, a box of chocolates is much better than an egg, as they are effectively pre-portioned! Much easier to just have one...

Lindt dark 70% lindor balls have less than 4g sugar each...

I'm T2 and the ones that Aldi do in the purple box are gorgeous! (Purple box with a magic wand and stars on it in gold). It's sugar free chocolate that actually tastes like chocolate and is really smooth! I sent one to my MIL in NZ who's diabetic and she loved it! They've had them the last 3 years. I stocked up last year as they're so nice and you feel like you're part of Easter Egg day! 😁

I second something small and dark chocolate. Not as nice admittedly as milk, but it has less sugar, good source of iron and it’s something I find I couldn’t over indulge on due to it’s taste. You kind of have to get accustomed to it

How is he with coconut sugar? There are a few Om bars made with coconut sugar and they taste fine.

This! Don’t buy ‘diabetic’ or low-sugar chocolate, it’s horrific.

Diabetics can eat the same as everyone else either in moderation (or with the correct insulin if you’re Type 1). So just go for normal chocolate either smaller or something that’s easier to portion out, like the mini Lindt Bunny’s.

I’m pre diabetic (in my 30s). I’d be happy with a small, good quality high % coco content Easter treat, compared to a generic supermarket one full of palm oil and glucose syrups. Type 2 diabetics can have small t amounts of sugar as part of a healthy diet, it’s all about moderation and being sensible. Easter is only once a year.

I'm a type 2 diabetic who has managed to control it with diet, and I eat quite a lot of 85% dark chocolate, so I'd try and get some nice bars if that (Green and Black's my favourite) or if you can find an egg that's very dark.

Or for more of a treat the extra dark lindor are delicious and lower sugar than most chocolates.

Avoid the 100% stuff though -that tastes like eating a dementor to me! And also agree with avoiding the diabetic / no sugar stuff as the sweeteners taste odd and can upset stomachs, and I actually found them too sweet tasting once I'd been avoiding sugar for a while anyway.

However, it depends if you think he'd struggle to eat a little at a time. Perhaps a non edible gift / treat would be safer if not.

I have type 2 that has got progressively worse over time. I eat very low carb now but can still have some chocolate. I prefer dark chocolate anyway and the one I’m currently buying is Vivani 92% which is smooth and not very bitter, it only has 13g carb per 100g of which 6.5g is sugar. I wear a continuous glucose monitor so I know it doesn’t affect my glucose much, but I can’t have any late in the day as it affects my sleep.