light chocolate truffles

By Caryl

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 4 oz. reduced-fat cream cheese
• 1/3 cup plus 2 tsp. baking cocoa, divided
• 1-1/4 cups plus 2 tsp. confectioners sugar, divided

Details

Servings 2

Preparation

Step 1

1. In a microwave, melt chocolate chips; stir until smooth.
2. In a bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Beat in 1/3 cup cocoa and melted chocolate. Gradually beat in 1-1/4 cups confectioners' sugar. Coat hands with confectioners' sugar; roll chocolate mixture into I-in. balls. Roll in remaining cocoa or confectioners' sugar. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.


Nutrition Facts:
1 truffle equals 62 calories, 2 g fat (1 g saturated fat).
4 mg cholesterol
24 mg sodium
11 g carbohydrate
trace fiber
1 g protein
Diabetic Exchanges: 1/2 starch, 1/2 fat.