I partnered with Born Sweet™ Zing™ Zero Calorie Stevia Sweetener to bring to you some of my favorite stevia recipes and an awesome giveaway that Zing™ is sponsoring for YOU! I have been using stevia for many years to sweeten our drinks and snacks and I especially like Zing™ because it’s made with only real ingredients — nothing artificial, and has a perfect sweet taste. Stevia sweetener is derived from extract of the stevia plant, so it naturally sweetens drinks and food without adding calories or artificial ingredients. Below are some of my favorite ways to sweeten my day with Zing™.
Our mornings are made up of coffee, smoothies, and coffee. Did I just say that twice? Yeah, we like our cup ‘o joe. My favorite coffee drink to make with stevia is a Skinny Vanilla Latte. You can customize the ingredients to your taste but what makes it “skinny” is the skim milk and the no calorie stevia. I added an image with the recipe I use so that you can pin it for later. You know I drank that cup of goodness right after I shot this picture… yum!
Well, coffee is in first place but in at a close second are smoothies. I try to teach my kids to eat their veggies but truth is, I am still trying to learn myself. I sneak in some healthy kale into this strawberry smoothie and the kids (and me) love it! Of course, I add a few packets of stevia sweetener to cover-up any bitterness from the kale and we are left with sweet yumminess. Tip: When I buy strawberries in bulk, I freeze half of them for smoothies and I leave the rest in the fridge for snacking.
This one is for you so I dressed it up with a strawberry. Don’t say I never gave you anything.
This simple snack is my kid’s favorite! I simply mix some 2% Greek yogurt with 2 packets of Zing™ Zero Calorie Stevia Sweetener and I cut up some strawberries.
I then dip them into the yogurt/stevia mix and I place them on a tray lined with parchment.
Then they go into the freezer for a few hours. I don’t make too many at once because I will usually make it for an after-school snack and they all get gobbled up.
And they come out looking like this. Kids will want to eat them asap.
No, really. I was barely able to take the finished-product pictures before my little taste-tester attacked the plate!
Those are some of my favorite ways to use Zing™ Zero Calorie Stevia Sweetener. What are yours? Look for Zing™ in the Sweetener Aisle at mass merchandisers and grocery stores nationwide! You can also add ZING™ to your life by visiting www.zingstevia.com to request a Free Sample of Zing™ Zero Calorie Stevia Sweetener, plus a $1.50 Coupon.
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We make smoothies 3-4 days a week, but I’ve never thought to add sweetener. I bet I could pack a lot more spinach in there if I were adding some sweetener too 😉
Love Stevia. Use it in my Chai, smoothies and oatmeal. Among other things.
I want to use it in my iced-tea.
O, this is a good idea. I will use Zing stevia first in Almond Milk….heated with vanilla, cinnamon and some of the Zing for sweetening. In the summer this would be good
cold. Whirred up in the blender with some ice.
Loved your idea of dipping the strawberries in the sweetened yogurt and then freezing them.
Well I was going to say in my daily iced coffees but…now I first want to try it with your Skinny Vanilla Latte recipe!
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i would love to try this in my tea
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I’d like to try it in iced tea.
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I am excited to mix Zing Zero Calorie Stevia Sweetener into my lemonade.
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I am really excited to mix Zing Zero Calorie Stevia Sweetener to my morning apple spice tea. It would also go very well in my hot chocolate for a sweeter, lower calorie option.
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I would mix it into my favorite iced tea
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I would add it to some peach iced tea
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Im a big ice tea drinker and Id love to try it in that or my coffee.
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I am excited to add Zing™ Zero Calorie Stevia Sweetener to my Hot Coffee Latte! I would rather try this than use regular sugar!
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I would add this to smoothies 🙂
I tweeted: https://twitter.com/LauraBessy/status/581108240215355392?lang=en
I would like to try it in a mango smoothie.
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It’s delicious with a Cafe con Leche.
I’d like it in place of sugar in Mexican hot chocolate.
I’d love to try Zing in my iced coffee or a mint chocolate protein shake.
I want to try Zing™ Zero Calorie Stevia Sweetener in iced tea first.
I would add Zing to iced coffee.
I’d like to try this in black iced tea.
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I’d try Zing™ Zero Calorie Stevia Sweetener in my coffee, and also in homemade lemonade.
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My favorite beverages I am most excited to mix Zing Zero Calorie Stevia Sweetener into first is my morning coffee.
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Is it just me and my kids or am I missing something because we could pick up on the artificial sweetner taste totally. I want to keep this as a regular thing, but honey (with its more calories) tastes better to me…any thoughts??
Stephanie, I do like honey in my tea but I don’t use it for everything because the calories add up. I didn’t detect an artificial taste in stevia when adding it to smoothies or the recipes above. I would assume that every brand of stevia sweetener is a bit different. Also, I usually only add a packet (maybe 2).
I am most excited to mix Zing™ Zero Calorie Stevia Sweetener into daily green smoothie first.
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I would love to try this in my morning coffee. Thanks for the chance to win!
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I’d add it to my cocoa!
I would like to add it to my iced coffee.
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I would mix it into my iced tea.
I’d add it into my coffee.
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I’d add it to my latte.
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I would like to try the Strawberry & Kale smoothie
I’d use it in some sweet iced tea!
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Love the taste
I’m excited about adding Stevia to my iced coffee.
thank you
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I would love to make homemade Lemonade using Zing Stevia!
I tweeted: https://twitter.com/ggallagher71/status/583746608698916864
I’d like to try this in my morning, get-me-out-the-door cup of hot tea.
I would love to try this in my hot tea
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I’d try it in raspberry tea.
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I would like to add some Zing to my morning cup of tea
Love to use Zing in my Bulletproof Coffee!
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I’d love to try this in my coffee!
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I would add this to my vanilla latte
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I’d like to use this Stevia Sweetener in my hot tea that I drink daily and also in ice tea which I sometimes drink.
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I’m excited to try it in some iced tea.
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I’d like to add it to my mixed berry fruit smoothie
Tweeted https://twitter.com/rosannepm/status/587290379571060736
i would love to try this in my tea
My vanilla iced coffee and homemade frappy!
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I’d like to try it in my Iced Lemonade
I’d love to try this in my morning cup of coffee!
This will be nice for my hot water with lemon.
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I would like to add Zing Zero Calorie Stevia Sweetener to my iced coffee for a refreshing summertime drink.
I am most excited to mix Zing™ Zero Calorie Stevia Sweetener into coffee first!
My morning coffee.
I’d love to mix it in a homemade green tea frappucino. 🙂
I would try this in my iced tea first.
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I am excited to try this in iced tea or flavored iced teas.
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I can’t wait to use this on my coffee 🙂 Being diabetic, I have to look for sugar alternatives and some just don’t do the job! So this would be great to try out 🙂
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A chai latte would benefit from this sweetener greatly!
i would mix zing into some iced tea
I would try it in my morning cup of coffee. Thank you!!
I’m most excited to mix Zing Zero Calorie Stevia Sweetener with my iced tea first. Thanks for the giveaway!
I tweeted: https://twitter.com/PuffyBiggler/status/587799894053625857
I would love to put it in my chocolate banana smoothies that I have for breakfast!
I am excited to try Zing in my iced tea and coffee.
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I would love to try this in my lemonade!
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I’ d like it in my iced tea!
I would like to try it in my cranberry juice.
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I’d like to try this in my iced tea. Sometimes it needs a little sweetness to it!
It would be good in hot tea with lemon instead of honey
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I am excited to try this in my morning tea first.
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I live in the south and we love our iced tea so this would be mixed in with my iced tea.
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in my sweet tea
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I would love to make lemonade with it
I would use Zing Zero Calorie Stevia Sweetener to sweeten my coffee in the morning and my tea in the afternoon.
sweet tea
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I would love to try this in our smoothies we make each morning or in our coffee!
I would use it in my morning avocado and blackberry smoothie
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I would use Zing™ Zero Calorie Stevia Sweetener in my smoothies to make them even better.
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I’d like some Zing in my iced tea.
Thanks for the contest.
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I’d add this to my morning protein smoothie. It would really sweeten it up!
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I’m most excited about iced tea.
I would make lemonade.
I would like to try out Zing in my coffee!
I would love to try it in my coffee!!
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i’d try it in a smoothie
Sometimes my breakfast smoothies turn out bland or could use a bit of zing to get my day going. I would love to try the sweetener in my smoothies in the mornings.
I would use this in cold cereal and coffee. Thanks for this giveaway!
I’d use it in my tea.
I would use this in coffee
I would like to try this in my tea! ky_grandma40@yahoo.com
I like to put stevia in my morning coffee
I would mix it with my tea!
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Strawberry Lemonade!
Homemade hot chocolate!
I would use it in my coffee.
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i would try it in hot coco
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I would like to try it in my hot tea and also my iced tea. I would really like to win this gift card, thank you for the chance.
Id put it in my coffee
I’m most excited to try Zing in my homemade hot cocoa!
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I’d like to try it in my strawberry lemonade recipe.
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Frozen strawberry margaritas
I would add to my coffee.
I would like to use it in iced tea.
I would like to try it in my tea. I make a gallon of sweet tea a day so we use a lot of sweetener.
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I would add it to my breakfast tea
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I would try it in my tea.
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I would mix it in my coffee.
I’d like to add it to my nightly green tea.
I would use it in my camomile tea
I would love to use this in my blueberry smoothies
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I would love to make this latte.
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Excited to mix it with my green tea
I bet this would be good in my limeade! Refreshing and sweet without all the sugar!
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I tweeted here: https://twitter.com/MsTofuFairy/status/590507391646568448
in my iced tea
I would add it to a chocolate milkshake!!
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My grandmother’s lemonade would be good with this.
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I would use it in my tea or in my not so healthy frappuccinos
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i’d mix it into hot black tea
I’d put it in my hot tea.
I would put Zing Zero Calorie Stevia Sweetener into my cafe mocha.
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My morning iced mocha coffee!
I’m most excited to mix Zing™ Zero Calorie Stevia Sweetener into lemonade.
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I’d like to try this in a nice big glass of sweet tea.
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I would love to try this in my black coffee each morning!
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I would use it to flavor my home-made peach and strawberry tea.
I would like to sweeten my tea with Zing™ Zero Calorie Stevia
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I think it would be really nice to try in my sweet ice tea and smoothies
I would put it into my coffee and tea.
I would put it in my cup of lemon tea!
I’d make a strawberry smoothie with Zing! Delish!