Chocolate flavored syrup - diet

20 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
½ cup Firmly packed cocoa powder
1¼ cup Cold water
¼ teaspoon Salt
Sugar substitute equal to 1/2 cup sugar **
2½ teaspoon Pure vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon Chocolate extract - Optional
PERSONAL NOTES from Ursula Taylor - original recipe did not call for chocolate extract but I find that it does help the flavor.
**Also found that substitute to equal 1/2 cup sugar was not quite sweet enough for me - so adjust to your own taste...

Directions

Mix cocoa, water and salt in a heavy saucepan until smooth. Bring to a boil, and simmer gently, stirring constantly for 3 minutes. Remove from heat; let cool 10 minutes. Add sweetner and vanilla and mix well. Pour into a jar, cover, and store in refrigerator. Stir in jar before measuring to use. Yield: 20 servings - 1¼ cups. 1 serving = 1 tbsp.

Nutritive values per serving: CHO 2 g, PRO 1 g, FAT 0 g, Fiber ⅒ g, Sodium 25 mg, chol 0 mg.

Food exchanges per serving: Up to 2 tbsp. may be considered "Free". If ¼ cup is used - count as 1 Vegetable Exchange or ½ Fruit Exchange.

Low sodium diets: Omit Salt from recipe. VARIATIONS: CHOCOLATE MILK - 1 cup skim milk and 1 to 2 tbsp. syrup.

Combine ingredients in a tall, cold glass and stir vigorously to mix well. Yield: 1 serving of 8 oz.

Nutritive values per serving: CHO 13 g, PRO 9 g, FAT 1 g, CAL 97, Fiber ⅒ g, Sodium 151 mg, Chol 4 mg.

Food Exchanges per serving - using 1 tbsp. syrup - 1 Skim Milk Exchange.

Low sodium diets: Omit salt from syrup recipe. HOT MILK CHOCOLATE - ingredients same as for chocolate milk.

Heat milk and syrup together in top of couble boiler over simmering water, stirring frequently until very hot. Serve immediately to a warmed mug or cup.

Serving size, nutritive value, exchange value and for low-sodium diets are the same as for chocolate milk. MOCHA MILK DRINK - 1 tbsp. Syrup, 1 tsp. instant coffee powder and 1 cup (8 oz.) skim milk.

Measure syrup into a tall glass, add instant coffee powder, and pour milk on top slowly, stirring vogorously to blend well. If you have a blender, measure ingredients into blender, cover, and mix at low speed for about 30 seconds. Yield: 1 serving of 8 oz.

Nutritive values per serving: CHO 14 g, PRO 9 g, FAT 1 g, CAL 100, fiber 1⅒ g, sodium 152 mg, chol 4 mg.

Food Exchange per serving: 1 Skim Milk Exchange.

Low sodium diets: Omit salt from syrup recipe. DOUBLE CHOCOLATE SODA - 2 to 3 ice cubes, cracked into small pcs., 2 tbsp. chocolate syrup, 6 to 8 oz. chilled club soda.

Place ice cubes in a tall beverage glass. Measure chocolate syrup on top of ice. Add club soda slowly; stir vogorously with a long-handled beverage spoon to blend. Serve at once. Yield: 1 serving of 8 to 10 oz.

Some call this drink a chocolate phosphate.

Nutritive values per serving: CHO 3 g, PRO 1 g, FAT 1 g, CAL 22, fiber ⅕ g, sodium 109 mg, chol 0 mg.

Food Exchange per serving: One serving may be considered "FREE".

Low-sodium diets - omit salt from syrup recipe. These recipes are from a cookbook called "THE ART OF COOKING FOR THE DIABETIC" - revised edition by Mary Abbott Hess, R. D., M. S., and Katharine Middleton.

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