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This sticky, shiny, chocolaty glaze has become a fast favorite. The perfect glaze for cakes, cupcakes and Easy Icebox Eclair Squares (which I promise to share soon). Warm from the microwave, this is excellent as a topping for ice cream or a dip for fresh fruit too.
How Many Calories and WW Points in this Skinny Shiny Chocolate Glaze?
According to my calculations, each 2-teaspoon serving has 35 calories.
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How to Make Easy Low Calorie Chocolate Glaze
Step 1: Gather and prep your ingredients.
Step 2: Place chocolate chips in a mixing bowl.
Step 3: Place nonfat half and half and sweetener in a microwave safe bowl (affiliate link) and heat for 1 minute. Pour mixture over the chocolate chips. Add vanilla and stir until smooth and creamy.
Step 4: Beat in the powdered sugar until creamy. Sift in the cocoa powder and beat until creamy. (Use a whisk or electric mixer (affiliate link) to do the beating.)
Recipe Notes
If the mixture seems too stiff, beat in a little more nonfat half and half until you achieve the desired consistency.
Serving Suggestions
Use as a glaze for cake or cupcakes. Warm and use as a dip for fresh fruit or topping for ice cream.
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Skinny Chocolate Fudge Glaze
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons semisweet chocolate chips
- 3 tablespoons nonfat half and half
- 1/2 cup granulated no-calorie sweetener (I used Lankato Monkfruit sweetener)
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder, preferably Dutch process
Instructions
- Place the chocolate chips in a medium-size mixing bowl.
- Place the nonfat half and half and sweetener in a microwave safe bowl (affiliate link). Heat in the microwave (affiliate link) for 1 minute.
- Pour mixture over the chocolate chips. Add the vanilla. Stir until the chocolate chips are melted and the mixture is smooth.
- Beat in the powdered sugar until smooth. Sift in the cocoa powder and beat again until smooth. (I used a wire whisk but you may want to use a hand held electric mixer (affiliate link))
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Recipe source: Eat What You Love Everyday (affiliate link) by Marlene Koch
A note about WW Points
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