The Sweetest Gift Of All

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The Sweetest Gift Of All (NAPS)—If you enjoy giving edible gifts year-round, no doubt you’re on the lookout for healthconscious benefits. Sugarless candies are emerging as a popular choice for Christmas, Valentine’s Day and Easter for obvious reasons—they’re low in calories and taste delicious. Sugarless candies featuring Splenda taste delicious and carry no health warning labels. One example is the Golightly series of holiday gift boxes, each filled with 5.5 oz. of scrumptious sugar-free hard candy with the added bonus of reduced calories. Parent company Hillside Candy uses Splenda brand no calorie sweetener to replace Aspertame. Splenda is the only no calorie sweetener that is made from sugar. It tastes like sugar, is safe for diabetics and it carries no health warninglabels. The Christmas offerings in red and green metallic wrapping, are available in chocolate mint and coffee flavors; the Valentine’s Day treats include chocolate mint candy in metallic red wrappers; and the Easter flavors include chocolate mint, lemon andlicorice covered in spring-colored metallic wrappers of green, yellow and lavender. Golightly doesn’t just specialize in seasonal delights. They make more than 50 products, including hard and chewy candies, mints and cough drops. Golightly is available at WalMart stores nationwide as well as supermarkets, groceries, pharmacies and independentretailers.