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Title: Chocolate Flavored Syrup - Diet
Categories: Low-fat, Mcdougall
Yield: 20 servings
1/2 c Firmly packed cocoa powder
1 1/4 c Cold water
1/4 ts Salt
Sugar substitute equal to
-1/2 cup sugar **
2 1/2 ts Pure vanilla extract
1/4 ts 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...
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 - 1 1/4 cups. 1 serving = 1 tbsp.
Nutritive values per serving: CHO 2 g, PRO 1 g, FAT
0 g, Fiber 0.1 g, Sodium 25 mg, chol 0 mg.
Food exchanges per serving: Up to 2 tbsp. may be
considered "Free". If 1/4 cup is used - count as 1
Vegetable Exchange or 1/2 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 0.1 g, Sodium 151 mg, Chol 4
mg. FOOD EXCHANGES per 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 1.1 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 0.2 g, sodium 109 mg, chol 0 mg.
FOOD EXCHANGE per serving: 1 serving may be
considered "FREE". Low sodium diets s- 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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