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Mocha Parfait
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YIELD Makes 4 servings
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INGREDIENTS
| 1‑1/2 | tablespoons margarine |
| 1/3 | cup unsweetened cocoa powder |
| 1 | cup boiling water |
| 1/2 | cup sugar |
| 1 | tablespoon instant coffee granules |
| 1 | teaspoon vanilla |
| 1 | pint coffee nonfat frozen yogurt |
| 12 | whole coffee beans (optional) |
PREPARATION:
- Melt margarine in heavy saucepan over low heat. Add cocoa; cook and stir 3 minutes. Add boiling water, sugar and coffee; cook and stir until thickened. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla. Cool to room temperature.
- Place 2 tablespoons frozen yogurt in bottom of each of 4 parfait glasses. Top each with 1 tablespoon sauce. Top sauce with another 2 tablespoons frozen yogurt; top frozen yogurt with 2 tablespoons sauce. Repeat layering twice more. Top each parfait with 3 coffee beans, if desired.
Cook's Note
Cocoa powder gives desserts rich chocolate flavor without adding fat since practically all of the cocoa butter has been removed.
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NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION:
| Sodium | 109 mg |
| Protein | 5 g |
| Carbohydrate | 54 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1 g |
| Total Fat | 5 g |
| Calories from Fat | 16 % |
| Calories | 265 |
DIETARY EXCHANGE:
| Starch | 3 |
| Fat | 1 |
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