Tag Archive: chocolate dessert

Almost Fat Free Brownies

With all kinds of summer parties and other gatherings, it seems that it's really easy to over eat.

Wanting to enjoy all the good food, without the guilt, I found this recipe for almost fat free brownies.

This one uses a jar of prune baby food.  This is basically the substitute for the oil you would normally add.  Another substitution, if you have all the other ingredients handy and don't want to run out for pureed prunes, is apple sauce.

In fact, in many recipes you can replace some or all of the fat with apple sauce and get good results.  I have tried that with other brownie recipes and it works well, though the texture changes, sometimes resulting more fluffy cake-like texture than a dense brownie texture. 
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Chocolate Cinnamon Angel Food Cake

After dinner or in the evening of a hot day, you have that urge for something chocolate.  But you just don't want something heavy.

How about a nice chocolatety angel food cake?  Angel food is light and fluffy as well as having little fat and fewer calories than other desserts.

You could have a big piece and still have very little.  Good chocolate flavor without filling you up.  That makes it a perfect dessert for a summer night.
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Chocolate Pops

Summer is heating up so it's time for a chocolate recipe that can help cool you down. 

In this recipe you're making a kind of smoothie and freezing it into a delicious chocolate popsicle.  Keep them frozen until you need a nice, cool, chocolatey snack.

Chocolate Pops

• 1 8-ounce chocolate-flavored low-fat or non-fat yogurt
• 1 very ripe banana
• 3/4 cup club soda or 3/4 cup sparkling water 
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Best Chocolate Brownies

Brownies are one of the most popular all time favorite desserts. They are served almost everywhere. You will find them on the table at most parties, displayed on the tray at bakeries, and wrapped in special boxes at your local store.

Brownies are not only baked for the whole family to enjoy but they can also be considered as tasty gift items and give away on special occasion. They may not be as lavish as a multiple layered cake or as sophisticated as brulee, but the simplicity of brownies makes them special. A square of thick, rich, chocolate flavored brownie that softens in your mouth can definitely bring a taste of perfection!
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Chocolate Lava Cake

I remember a certain look on my babies’ faces after they finished filling their tummies with milk.  Their sleepy smiles were a mixture of deep satisfaction and complete happiness.  Life was good.

I think I had a similar look on my face one evening while enjoying a molten chocolate lava cake for dessert.  After finishing our meals at a local restaurant (D Mo's Pasta & Chop House at The Clarke Hotel), my husband suggested we try this dessert.  Ah, life was good.
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Fudge Brownie Pie

Here's an interesting recipe for a brownie within a pie.  Basically it's a big round brownie in a pie crust.  Sounds like the best of two worlds.

Fudge Brownie Pie

• 1 9-inch unbaked pastry shell
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/4 cup margarine or butter
• 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
• 1/2 cup biscuit baking mix
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup nuts, chopped
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Favorite Chocolate Cheesecake

I enjoy making cheesecakes.  Over the years I have picked up a few good recipes.  One of my favorites is a Garlic Cheesecake!  As you can imagine, this is not for dessert.  It's a good appetizer though.

Well, I'm not writing for Garlic University Online so I'm not going to give you the recipe for that cheesecake.  Instead, I'm going to give you the recipe for one of my absolute favorite chocolate cheesecakes.

This is a substantial cheesecake with lots of chocolate impact.  It's rich and dense.  It takes time to make, but the results are really worth the effort.
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Chocolate Delight Bars

Here's a recipe for Chocolate Delight Bars.  This bar is in three layers; a nice flour crust on the bottom, then a layer of chocolate from melted chocolate chips, and then a nutty layer on top.

I've heard good comments about this dessert and hope that you do too.

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Chocolate Raspberry Mousse

You know how you get a favorite recipe and then over time you seem to forget about it as new things come along?  Well this is one of those.

This chocolate raspberry mousse is easy to make and quite delicious, but it's probably been a couple years since I last made it.

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Almost Fat–Free Chocolate Cupcakes

Some things get “lighter” in spring.  My mood gets lighter, my appetite gets lighter, and as I shed my heavy winter sweaters, my clothes get lighter!

Here is a recipe for something lighter in fat calories...

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