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Our best healthy chocolate recipes

Sometimes, nothing will do but chocolate—but that doesn't have to mean a high-calorie, high-fat splurge. Try these healthy chocolate recipes to satisfy your cravings without overdoing it

 

Our best healthy chocolate recipes 

Cappuccino Chiffon Cake (pictured)
When chiffon cakes first appeared in the 1940s, the focus was on how easy they were to mix. Today, however, we also value the fact that they are sweet treats (such as this recipe) which are lower in fat and cholesterol than most.

Chocolate Almond Smoothie
This is a satisfying, antioxidant-rich smoothie that will keep the hunger away for hours.

Chocolate Raspberry Brownie Bites
Don't feel guilty about indulging in these bite-size brownies—the applesauce keeps them moist without any added fat. They freeze well and are great for take-along snacks or for a dessert tray.

Dairy-Free Chocolate Birthday Cake
For this ever-so-satisfying chocolate birthday cake, use the best bittersweet chocolate you can find. To keep the cake dairy-free, read the ingredient list carefully to make sure it doesn't contain any milk solids.

Chocolate Banana Brownies
There is quite a lot of fruit in these easy brownies: bananas, prune puree and dried cherries. They combine amazingly well to make a rich and chewy brownie that both kids and adults will love.

Chocolate-Nut Meringue Cookies
Here’s an astounding achievement: chocolate-nut cookies with less than one gram of fat each! The secret is meringue. These chocolate-nut meringue cookies contain no butter or margarine and no egg yolks, yet they’re tender and rich tasting.

Fudgy Chocolate Brownies
Most people’s ideal brownie is one that is moist in the centre, with a deep chocolate flavour. This recipe for fudgy chocolate brownies uses chocolate and cocoa powder to give plenty of chocolate flavour, and dark brown sugar for the desired texture.

Chocolate Chunk and Nut Cookies
These chocolate chunk and nut cookies are simply irresistible eaten while still warm, when the chocolate chunks are soft and melting. Macadamia nuts add a crunchy texture, but can be omitted if you prefer. Like the chocolate, the nuts should be in large pieces.

Black Forest Mousse Cake
This very light cake is almost fat-free, being based on egg whites beaten to firm peaks and folded together with flour, sugar and cocoa powder. Cocoa delivers the rich chocolate flavour in this Black Forest Mousse Cake without the fat of chocolate.

Rich Chocolate Torte
A generous amount of good-quality dark chocolate makes this cake beautifully moist and rich. The chocolate torte is perfect with a cup of coffee, or warm for dessert, with a spoonful of reduced-fat cream or yogurt and some fresh berries.

Mocha Ricotta Tiramisu
This delectable version of tiramisu, the popular Italian dessert, includes the traditional lady fingers cookies soaked in coffee and liqueur. A creamy mixture of sweetened ricotta and yogurt is sprinkled with grated dark chocolate to make this elegant mocha ricotta tiramisu.

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Web exclusive: November 2008

 
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