SweetLeaf Sweet Drops Liquid Stevia Sweetener, Vanilla Creme, 2 Fl Ounce

I have been using these products for years. While they do have different flavors, the vanilla flavor is my favorite. You can literally use this in cooking, baking, coffee, water, shakes, yogurt, just about anything you can imagine. I have a very sensitive stomach regarding anything that is sugar-free and these do not bother my stomach at all. These are very concentrated so you don’t need much, for example, I put five small drops in my husband‘s mason jar of overnight oats every morning. I never go without these in my pantry. Excellent product.

Great way to get rid of your craving. Cravings satisfied while getting your water intake

Stevia is a 100% natural sweetener, it comes from the leaves of the Stevia plant, and I really like this brand of liquid Stevia. It is VERY sweet so you just need a few drops. I find it best to add a lot less than you think you'll need and then keep slowly adding a drop at a time and tasting to make sure you don't get it too sweet. Stevia has a tendency to taste bitter when you use too much or with the wrong thing, like chocolate. I think the vanilla flavor in the Stevia really adds something to recipes (like Chia pudding), but my favorite use is a few drops in tea - really helps satisfy my sweet tooth. This is my third bottle of this brand of Stevia, but to be fair, the last one got knocked over and broke when it was about halfway full.I have read how people buy the root beer flavored one and put it in sparkling water, but I have yet to try that.

Okay.... I'm officially addicted to this stuff! It just makes everything better. And it does it without adding any calories or causing glycemic spikes! Since it has a glycemic index of ZERO, it is an EXCELLENT choice for diabetics and dieters who would rather avoid the nasty chemical laden artificial sweeteners.The Stevia plant has been used for thousands of years to naturally sweeten food and drinks. It is hundreds of times sweeter than sugar, so a little goes a long way! You can use the whole leaf and steep it with tea, use the dry leaves and crush to create a powder, or you can make a liquid extract from the leaves. Using the whole leaf can sometimes leave a bitter aftertaste, so I generally prefer the liquid extract.Sweet Leaf Vanilla Creme Liquid Stevia adds sweetness with a fabulous dash of rich, earthy vanilla. There is ZERO bitterness or funky aftertastes. It blends perfectly into everything. I have NOT tried it with baking, but I wouldn't recommend it. They have a powder that works great in baked goods as a sugar substitute!Personally, I use it every morning in my coffee! It that splash of vanilla really helps wake me up and gets my day started right. I also use this in my tea - both hot and iced. It is particularly awesome in red, black, (most) herbal, and tea blends! My smoothies also get a nice shot of this! It tricks me into thinking I'm having a naughty, sugary treat. I get the satisfaction without the consequences! It works beautifully in fruit based smoothies. Power smoothies are hit or miss and I would highly recommend testing it on a SMALL bit of your prepared smoothie before adding to the whole thing. That way, if you don't like it, you haven't ruined an entire smoothie.Unfortunately, I've been addicted! I'm never without it at home and I'm trying to figure out the best way to carry some with me at all times! I'm thinking of getting one of those nasty flavor pods, washing it out then filling it with the stevia! Lulz!If you think about how much sugar, calories, and carbs you can reduce if not eliminate from your diet using Stevia, it can quickly make a HUGE difference in your diet! And it's delicious! I'd use it even if I wasn't concerned about my waistline!My one complaint - and the reason I deducted one star - is that this is NOT as sweet as the plain extract. I assume it's because the vanilla flavorings dilute the stevia some. But I definitely have to use more compared to the same application using the plain. So, to compensate, I keep a bottle of both on hand and use a personalized ratio of each. That way, I get the delicious vanilla creme flavor and all the sweetness I want! I use different ratios for each type of drink or smoothie I make. You just need to experiment a little to find your *sweet spot*!It's certainly NOT a deal breaker, but I wanted to mention it. If this is your first experience with stevia, I HIGHLY recommend getting a bottle of the plain to go with it. That way, you can taste how sweet pure stevia really is! And, if you have a serious sweet tooth like me, you can get your "sugar" fix without overdosing on vanilla!Aside from that one minor gripe, I absolutely love this stevia and I very highly recommend it!If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to reply to this review, tweet me, or shoot me an email! There are links to both my Twitter and email in my Amazon profile. Thanks! I wish you happiness and health! :-)

Love this in my iced coffee. Delicious and guilt free!

Good flavor for my morning coffee

Love this and a little Half n Half for my coffee instead of sugar creamers

This was a huge find for me! Dessert-like flavors like vanilla, caramel, or chocolate just aren't commonly available, so I was very pleased to discover this liquud sweetener came in all three flavors, and many others. I used to use Truvia in my coffee, so I had a favorable disposition toward Stevia sweeteners, and this claimed to sweeten even regular water with a serving suggestion of 5 drops/ 8 fl oz, so I thought I had stumbled upon the holy grail of water flavoring.A little background: I use powdered water flavoring singles every day, and I particularly LOVE the A&W Root Beer singles, but only when they actually dissolve! Increasingly often, I've bought entire packs that instantly turn into gooey tar on the outer surface, surrounding very intense, nastily potent internal clumps of still dry powder on the inside, that have a coin flip probability of either sticking to the inner mouth and/or bottom surface of the glass/bottle they are mixed into, or dissolving just enough to float freely while drinking and inevitably flow directly into the mouth (where God-willing they catch on your tongue instead of the back of your throat and violently gagging you for far too long while desperately trying to spit or swallow to GET IT OUT NOW PLEASE! I eventually stopped buying them at all because the quality has been so unreliable.Back to this liquid sweetener. I restrained myself (barely) and only ordered a 1 pack of the Vanilla Creme to test it out before going wild with the wide variety of flavors available, and I'm very glad because as much as I wanted to like this, I just can't taste any sweetness or anything vanilla-like in bottled or filtered tap water. I started with the suggested ratio of 5 drops/8 fl oz (I measured it out) and literally couldn't detect any difference.Thinking that my expectations for sweetness intensity were just too high, I put another 5 drops into the already smaller amount of remaining water, stirred it, and tried it again. No change. Now my high expectations were gone as I realized that the huge number of servings every bottle contained (the cost value) was dramatically becoming less and less a bargain.I was determined to press onward and figure out how much I would have to use to at least be able to judge the flavor once identifiable and decide if it would be worth finishing the single bottle, so I continued and added 5 more drops without refilling, probably around 5x the suggested ratio because of how much water was already gone. Still no sweet flavor, though I started to detect a mild vanilla extract (alcohol) scent while drinking it.Finally, I decided to empty the glass, refill it to 8 oz, and give it an all or nothing shot. I added 15 drops all at once this time, then I shot in another half dropper-full extra for good measure, roughly doubling the initial overdose to 30 drops, and tried it one last time. Now it reeked of vanilla extract at close range, but still no sweetness. It DID finally pick up a faint chemical flavor after all that though, and I just couldn't bring myself to finish it so I poured my glass out and haven't touched the bottle again since. As it was an unsealed liquid food product, I wasn't able to physically return it but was given a refund regardless, so I am grateful for that.I'm really dissapointed because I got this specifically for water flavoring (the advertised purpose) and it was a huge bust, but since I am unable to do anything else with it other than simply throwing it away or gifting it and disappointing someone else, I'll give it a chance at serving another purpose and try it as an an add-in for a latte, or possibly just attempt to use it in place of vanilla extract the next time I have a need for that. If it improves my opinion of it for either of those alternate purposes I will update this review and bump up my rating (very) slightly. No more than 3 stars max unless it is great for something else and the water flavoring claim is revoked, which won't happen.I'm sure that at least a couple of the other more distinctive flavors (orange, or any other citrus flavor, is likely potent enough) are decent in high enough ratios, but I'm not going to risk wasting the cost for another potential letdown. I'm also not going to slander any flavor I haven't tried, and there are several good reviews for various others, so give them a read and ask a question or two from customers with positive experiences before making a decision one way or the other.I was quite disappointed with this particular variety of the product, but I sincerely hope that you won't be.