Piled high with cupcakes, brownies and creme brulee, a high-powered trio of Bay Area pastry chefs arrived in The Chronicle test kitchen to put the artificial sweetener Splenda through its paces.

Murray Sugar Free Chocolate Chip Cookies, made with a revised ingredient list that now includes Splenda, want to take on the big boys of the cookie industry. The company, owned by Kellogg, arranged ...

The stuff is in the baking aisle, after all, tucked between brownie mixes and baking tins. So why did I feel slightly queasy about lacing otherwise normal chocolate chip cookies with artificial ...

The artificial-sweetener market is savoring the taste of success. During 2004, Splenda became the No. 1 branded sweetener in the U.S., outselling all other brands of both faux and real sugar. The ...

Most of the artificial sweeteners available for home use do well at sweetening beverages, but they can't handle the heat of cooking or baking, or they deliver results with a lot to be desired. Splenda ...