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Easy Cocoa Mousse Recipe

"This airy, melt-in-your-mouth mousse has a light cocoa flavor that's so good," comments Donna Brooks of Jefferson, Maine. "It's simple to mix, then pop in the fridge while you're preparing the rest of your meal."

This recipe is:

Quick

Diabetic Friendly

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Easy Cocoa Mousse Recipe

Prep: 15 min. + chilling

Yield: 6 Servings

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Ingredients

1 envelope unflavored gelatin
1/4 cup cold water
1-1/4 cups fat-free milk
Artificial sweetener equivalent to 1/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup baking cocoa
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-3/4 cups reduced-fat whipped topping, divided

Directions

In a small saucepan, sprinkle gelatin over water; let stand for 5 minutes. Cook over low heat until gelatin is dissolved.
In a blender, combine the milk, sweetener, cocoa and vanilla. Slowly add gelatin mixture. Fold in 1-1/2 cups whipped topping. Spoon into serving dishes. Cover and chill for at least 1 hour. Garnish with remaining topping. Yield: 6 servings.

Nutritional Analysis: One 3/4-cup serving equals 81 calories, 29 mg sodium, 1 mg cholesterol, 10 gm carbohydrate, 3 gm protein, 3 gm fat. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 fat, 1/2 starch.

Originally published as Easy Cocoa Mousse in Quick Cooking July/August 1998, p44