SF Chocolate Chip Cookie Question

Okay, so at the support group tonight a lady asked me a question and I wanted to ask all of you to see what you thought. She said that on the back of the package of new Hershey's Sugar Free chocolate, it has a recipe for chocolate chip cookies. She says that the recipe calls for butter, but she can't tolerate butter since surgery. So, she asked for a substitution. She asked if she could substitute cream cheese and I said, (verbatim) "Oooo, that might work." (not really sure what I was thinking) The ladies around me jumped right in and said probably not; not the right consistency. Please help me with suggestions as a possible substitute. I'm going to make these cookies, so that I'm not just telling her "oooo, that might work" and it doesn't. I wanna test it out first. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP IN ADVANCE!!! Jen Halliday

hi jen: i'm not sure how it would work in choc chip cookies, but i've used sf applesauce as a sub in my banana bread and it works really well. pre surgery i always sub crisco butter flavor for the butter, but i'm thinking she might not tolerate that either. wish i had better ideas for you. good luck on the 'holy grail' of baking. and when you find a good recipe for the cookies could you please, please share. i'm more concerned with the sugar content than the fat, so i looked at splenda brown sugar. when i read that it was half splenda, half sugar, i stopped looking. but the store bought taste really, really bad. IMHO. again, good luck dorthe