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The sugar-free (SF) Baskin Robbins ice cream-flavored candies are really good, and I don't think I've ever had a bad SF butterscotch or starlight mint.
The SF Jell-O Delights come in chocolate and creme brulee and taste really decadent. They're like a pudding mousse and are in the dairy section. I've also seen them at costco.
I like SF puddings, from the shelf-stable to the refrigerated, to the instant to the cooked. Custards are good, too, if you like to cook, because you can use fat-free half & half instead of whole milk and Splenda holds up to heat. You can even make a true creme brulee with these substitutions because it only takes a tiny sprinkling of sugar or fructose on top to caramelize.
For cakes, Cookies and other things, look up high-Protein recipes online and play around with the fat and sugar content by making reasonable substitutions. I'll be posting some of my recipes when I find the article where they belong, and I have a good one for chocolate Peanut Butter fudge as well as delicious Protein Bars.
Oh! One more thing that's easy - make meringue cookies! Just heat the oven to 350F, whip 2 egg whites until they're at the soft peak stage, add a pinch of salt, 1 t real vanilla and 1/2 C Splenda and beat to the hard peak stage. Pipe onto a silpat or parchment-lined baking sheet, place in the oven, turn it off and walk away for 2-3 hours or until the cookies are crisp. Do it on a dry day or they'll never turn out right. Egg whites are the purest protein, the one against which all others are judged, so this one has to be good for you!