Chocolate Spread
Ingredients
cup Unsalted Butter,
3 tablespoons Cocoa powder,
cup Lowfat cream cheese,
4 tablespoons 6 tb artificial sweetener,*
Preparation
1
Melt the butter in a small saucepan. Add the cocoa and cook, stirring, for 3 minutes over low heat.
2
Remove from the heat and leave to cool for 5 minutes.
3
Stir cheese into the cocoa, then mix in the artificial sweetener to taste. Chill the chocolate spread in a covered container and it will keep for about 3-5 days in the refrigerator, depending on the shelf life of the cheese.
4
*This works very well but it important to avoid sweeteners containing saccharine as they make the spread very bitter.
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Yield:
4.0 servings
Added:
Thursday, February 11, 2010 - 5:51pm
