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Mocha Parfaits (recipes)


Mocha Parfaits

Yield: Makes 4 servings

Mocha, the flavor combination of coffee and chocolate, is quickly becoming a favorite flavor for coffees, icings, desserts and sauces. Here we have made a low fat mocha sauce and poured it over nonfat frozen yogurt.





Ingredients:



1-1/2tablespoons margarine

1/3cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1cup boiling water

1/2cup sugar

1tablespoon instant coffee granules

1teaspoon vanilla

1pint coffee-flavored nonfat frozen yogurt

12whole coffee beans (optional)









Preparation:





1.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.2.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.









Nutritional Information:







Serving Size:







Carbohydrate

54 g







Saturated Fat

1 g







Total Fat

5 g







Calories from Fat

16 %







Calories

265







Protein

5 g







Sodium

109 mg









Dietary Exchange:







Fat

1







Starch

3