Author Nicholas Sparks has sold millions of books and seen his work turned into tearjerker blockbusters, but if you’re seeing him crop up in your social media feed this week, it’s probably for a different reason.

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A recent feature of the "Notebook" author revealed a chicken salad recipe with a shocking secret ingredient. So of course I had to try it.

According to Morfoot, 'The Notebook' author spent the morning in his kitchen making a chicken salad that that seems it may have been better suited for the laboratory of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

You can use real sugar, but why throw sugar in if you can use Splenda?” Mr. Sparks asked, adding that he tries to avoid carbs “most of the time.” To repeat: Sparks was preparing a chicken salad with a dressing made up of mayonnaise,