Could you substitute part of the sugar for powdered coco? It would give a 
chocolate flavor, but it isn't sweet, at least, the dark chocolate one isn't.
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On Jul 8, 2011, at 11:32 PM, Lynn Schneider wrote:

> Hi everyone.  I have several recipes that use powdered sugar, for example, a 
> peanut butter pie recipe and a no-bake oatmeal cookie recipe.  Although I 
> enjoy these recipes, I find them to be way too sweet.  Since the powdered 
> sugar is really being used as a thickener in recipes like these, I was 
> wondering about something I might use as a substitute.  I was considering 
> things like powdered milk, flour, corn starch and even potato flakes in place 
> of some of the powdered sugar.  I thought I would pick your brains and see if 
> we could come up with something for me to experiment with.  Any thoughts on 
> this would be much appreciated in advance.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Lynn
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