TOO TRUE!! I had the exact same reaction and came to the exact same conclusion after drinking that swill. It took everything I had to finish the bottle, and I only did so because it was the only stuff I had to drink. It was HORRIBLE!

I'd almost swear they're using the same proportions of Splenda as they use of regular sugar. YUCK!!

--TwoDragons

So you know how much not  to use for my dessert at Brew Naunfels. :-)

Every drink that has Splenda has too much of it.

But Aspartame still tops the Suck-O-Meter.

Amen, Alan. I've been getting frustrated because my favorite chewing gum started using aspartame in its formula and I can taste it. I can't find a gum out there that doesn't have the nasty stuff in it and it drives me up a wall. Aspartame turns into FORMALDEHYDE and FORMIC ACID--the acid fire ants sting you with!--in the bloodstream! Why the HELL it's still avaliable to dieters mystifies me. Even saccharine isn't as bad as aspartame. (Though I can't stand either of them in the long run, thankyouver'muchly...)

As for YOU, Spats...I'm still trying to figure out how to switch things around so I can make a Kahlua Chess Pie using no sugar, but damn if I'm not coming up blanks! Does Splenda make a brown sugar substitute?! And it's so fluffy and light, it melts down to virtually nothing when added to liquid. I might have to go with another recipe entirely, 'cause this is beginning to get expensive! But if I come up with that no-sugar version, I'll crow about it to ya! :-)

--TwoDragons

D, Sugar Twin makes a brown sugar substitute; have you looked into that?

Iced tea with saccharine works well for me as far as non-sugary drinks go. I control the dosage, it's safe as long as I don't consume the dosages (500+ packets a day) used in those fraudulent tests from way back when. (note to the CDC: FREAKIN' OVERDOSE CAUSES CANCER, YOU MORONS!) Bigelow™ Plantation Mint Tea is good stuff.

As for sodas, Coke with sugar is tops.

Oops, wrong agency. That note needs to go out to the FDA.

I'm sure there are a few unrelated ClueBats of Doom that need to come the CDC's way, but those are issues for another day.

Spats--thanks for the heads-up, I'll have to check it out as the Big Day gets closer! :-)

Alan--Sorry, saccharine still sucks to me. The flavor is so cloying and chemical it turns my stomach inside-out before I even have a chance to swallow. I'd rather drink my tea unsweetened if there's no Splenda avaliable!

--TwoDragons