Why I Love Lakanto Monkfruit Sweetener
Lakanto Monkfruit Sweetener is a product I’ve loved for a long time, so it’s time to make it one of my Kalyn’s Kitchen Picks! This is my favorite zero calorie sweetener for baking, sauces, and salad dressings, and I use Monkfruit in any recipe that calls for sugar.
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Lakanto Monkfruit Sweetener is a zero calorie sweetener I’ve been using for a long time now, and I really like the flavor of this sweetener. And then when I made Low-Carb No Bake Cherry Cheesecake with Monkfruit Sweetener, it was gobbled up by Kara’s kids.
In the past I’d sometimes gotten bad reviews from the kids when they tested low-sugar desserts made with other sweeteners. So when the kids really enjoyed a dessert made with this sweetener, share it as one of my Kalyn’s Kitchen Picks!
What is Monkfruit?
Monk fruit is a plant that grows in Asia, and the fruit is about 250 times sweeter than sugar. It’s been used for hundreds of years, but Monk Fruit Sweeteners just started showing up in the last five years or so in the U.S. Because Monkfruit is so much sweeter than sugar, all the Monkfruit products you buy have pure Monkfruit mixed with another type of sweetener, usually erythritol.
Monk fruit Sweetener has zero calories, zero glycemic index, and zero net carbs, and it doesn’t have any side effects. When I heard about Monkfruit I searched and read about it all over the web, and it seems to be universally considered to be a safe sweetener.
What Monkfruit do I like best?
I’ve used several brands of Monkfruit, and I like them all better than I do some other sweeteners. But the one I like best is Lakanto Monkfruit Sweetemer, which makes a wide variety of products containing Monkfruit. The Lakanto products I use most are Golden Monkfruit Sweetener (affiliate link) which has more of a brown sugar flavor and Classic Monkfruit Sweetener (affiliate link) which is a great all-purpose sweetener that measures 1:1 to sugar. I haven’t tried every product Lakanto makes, but I’ve enjoyed all the ones I’ve tried.
How does Lakanto Monkfruit taste?
And I think Lakanto Monkfruit tastes great for a no calorie sweetener. Of course, one thing I know from blogging is that everyone has their own tastebuds! But to me the taste of Monkfruit sweetener is closest to sugar out of all the different types of of sweeteners I’ve used, with no after taste.
Recipes I’ve Made Using Monk Fruit:
I’ve used Monkfruit Sweetener in hundreds of recipes since I first tried it; here are some of the dishes where I’ve used it:
- Sugar-Free Peanut Butter Cookies
- Instant Pot Teriyaki Chicken
- Sugar- Free Pumpkin Pudding
- Thai-Inspired Turkey Larb Salad
- Sugar-Free Coconut Macaroons
- Ginger Chicken Stir-Fry
- Low-Carb Cheesecake with Cherry Topping
- Sugar-Free Layered Pumpkin Cheesecake
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies (Flourless Sugar-Free)
- Flourless Sugar-Free Chocolate Shortbread Cookies
- Low-Carb Instant Pot Pulled Pork
- Almond Flour Brownies
- Spicy Asian Chicken
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars
- Low-Sugar Pumpkin Apple Crumble
- Turkey Sweet Potato Stew
- Strawberries Romanoff
- Slow Cooker Peach Crisp
Where Can You Get Monk Fruit Sweetener?
I first bought Lakanto Monkfruit from Amazon to try it, but now I am seeing it in the stores where I get groceries; sometimes it’s even at Costco! You can buy Lakanto Monfruit Sweetener at Amazon.com if you don’t find it at your local store. (affiliate link)
More About Kalyn’s Kitchen Picks:
Kalyn’s Kitchen Picks is a blog feature where I spotlight products I love. Everything featured as one of my picks is a product I purchased myself, and because I want readers to know that my choices are completely unbiased, I don’t accept sample products from the many companies that offer to send them to me. You can see all the products I’ve spotlighted at the page for Kalyn’s Kitchen Picks.
15 Comments on “Why I Love Lakanto Monkfruit Sweetener”
Thanks, so glad it was helpful for you!
I used this to make a broccoli salad and the monk fruit was really gritty.
Did you stir it into the dressing to try to get it to dissolve? I haven’t had that problem but I have used it mostly for baking or for things where it’s dissolved into a liquid. I wonder if it doesn’t work as well for a dressing that’s has a lot of oil.
Good Move! My Costco hasn’t carried it for a while. Maybe now with the word out, more people will request it there. I’ve been using this MonkFruit for a couple of years now and I LOVE it. No other sweetener I ever tried did I like the taste of. This one is exactly like the taste of cane sugar. The only thing I differ on is the 1:1 ratio. I find this MonkFruit a bit sweeter than cane sugar, so I use maybe a quarter less in my recipes. But I LOVE it.
I agree completely about the taste. Nothing else tastes this much like sugar.
I can still get it at Costco. But SLC has the world’s biggest Costco, so that might be why.
I am guessing the 1:1 thing partly depends on how you are using it.
Their chocolate and maple syrups are off the chart greatness.
I love the maple, so now I guess I better try the chocolate one! Thanks for the tip!
Thanks, I'll give these a try!
I use the two shown in the photo, but I do think there are other good ones.
Brittany, I am surprised to hear that. I don't taste any aftertaste with the monkfruit blends, and I've tried several brands. I don't think you will ever find pure monkfruit; from what I have read it's 300-400 times sweeter than sugar so it's mixed with other things to make it easier to use. But if you do find it, I'd love to hear about it.
Also, when I am using it for baking or cooking I want a product that has similar bulk to sugar so it's easier to convert recipes.
The brand I use has no extra carbs from the Erithrytol.
I know what you mean, a lot of people like Swerve (which is erythritol, but the after taste of that is really bad for me. I don't notice that with this; that's one reason I love it.
Lydia, when I was in D.C. I gave Ted some of the little packets to try, and I think he liked it.
Thanks, so glad it was helpful for you!