Allergy -Friendly
Sweets
Sarah M.
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My name is Sarah and I'm a Freshman at NLA. For my IP project I decided to make Allergy-friendly sweets. I did research on 4 different candy allergy bars but I decided to only make 2 of them. I came up with this project because I have a sweet tooth and I love candy (Especially ones with chocolate in them). There are so many people out there who have a vegan, gluten free, or non-dairy diet for both health and allergy reasons and cant enjoy these candies.
To collect "Data" I asked my family questions about the taste, appearance, and quality of the treats I made along with comparing them to the original store-bought versions. For my project, I created peanut butter cups (Reese's) and peppermint patties (York)
I hope you enjoy my project! :))
Ingredients used:
Peanut Butter Cups
Peanut Butter Filling
½ cup unsalted, natural peanut butter*.
1 tablespoon pure maple syrup.
1 tablespoon coconut flour.
Chocolate Coating
2 cups vegan chocolate chips
2 tablespoons coconut oil.
Peppermint Patties
Mint filling
2 tsp water
2 tbsp coconut butter
1/8 tsp pure peppermint extract, or as desired
1 1/2 tsp agave or pure maple syrup
Chocolate part
2 tbsp virgin coconut oil
1/4 cup cocoa powder (dairy free)
2 tsp water
2 tbsp agave or pure maple syrup
Data collected/ questionnaire (answers from 3 family members)
Test 1: Homemade vs Store bought Peanut Butter cupsHow often do you buy reeses cups?Mom and Tina: Once a yearDad: Never
Which treat looks more appetizing? (Store bought or homemade)Tina and mom: HomemadeDad: Both
On a scale of 1-10 how does the store bought taste? Explain whyMom: 5; peanut butter flavor is good but not a ten because it’s very sweet and salty. Texture is creamy and melts in mouth. Dad: 6-7; he likes both pnut butter and chocolate, likes the after taste. The peanut butter is more dominant. (good thing) Tina: 8; very sweet, peanut butter is fluffy, melts in mouth easily
On a scale of 1-10 how does the homemade cup taste? Explain whyMom: 7; it has more chocolate than peanut butter which I like, it’s not salty (good).Dad: 6-7; likes the crust of homemade better. Likes the chocolate flavor moreTina: 8; chocolate meltier, firm, doesn’t taste like peanut butter, more chocolate-coconut taste, hard peanut butter, richer
Comments:
- Homemade looks beautiful once popped out of paper cup, not too sweet, not too salty.
- reeses taste is more familier, likes the peanut buttery taste
Test 2: Homemade vs store bought Peppermint PattiesHow often do you buy peppermint cups?Mom: Never; only if offered at halloweenDad and Tina: once or twice a year
Which treat looks more appetizing? (store or homemade)Mom: homemade, you can see the layers and has a shiny look. Store bought looks like a pebble Dad: depends. The store bought looks old and crusty. Homemade looks fresh Tina: store bought
On a scale of 1-10 how does the store bought version taste? Explain.Mom: 2-3; tastes like toothpaste, way too much peppermint Dad: 5-6; normal mint chocolate. Nothing spectacular Tina: 9; chocolate is thin (good), very soft when you chew into it, more minty than chocolatey.
On a scale of 1-10 how does the homemade version taste? Mom: 8; tastes like a dessert, it’s just the right amount of sweetness, it has a small amount of mint but not overpowering like the store-bought. Has a coconut flavor added to it. Dad: 5; don’t taste any mint, mushy, messy Tina: 2; very thick, crystals in it, more like a fudge cake consistentcy, more rich, taste the mint but its too sweet.
Comments:
- Homemade is creamy and can be eaten like a dessert. All flavors are balanced. Yum, But the shape isn’t held together uniformly around.
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