This dazzling dessert blends the airy lightness
of cream puffs with coffee-spiked pudding and fresh berries.
Mocha Cream Puffs
- 1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
2 large eggs
1 (4-serving-size) package fat-free instant chocolate pudding
mix or reduced-calorie regular chocolate pudding mix
2 cups fat-free milk
2 teaspoons espresso powder or 1 tablespoon instant coffee
crystals
1 cup sliced fresh strawberries
- Grease a baking sheet; set aside. In a
small saucepan combine water and butter. Bring to boiling. Add
flour all at once, stirring vigorously. Cook and stir until mixture
forms a ball that doesn't separate. Remove from heat. Cool for
5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition
until mixture is shiny and smooth. Drop mixture in eight mounds
3-inches apart on the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake in a 400°F (205°C)
oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from
oven. Split puffs and remove any soft dough from inside. Cool
completely on a wire rack.
- Meanwhile, for filling, prepare pudding
mix according to package directions, using the fat-free milk
and adding espresso powder. Cover surface with plastic wrap.
Chill thoroughly.
- To serve, spoon about 1/3 cup of filling
into the bottom half of each cream puff. Top with strawberries.
Replace cream puff tops.
Makes 8 servings.
Nutritional facts per serving: calories:
116, total fat: 4g, saturated fat: 1g, monounsaturated fat: 2g,
cholesterol: 54mg, sodium: 246mg, carbohydrate: 14g, total sugar:
4g, fiber: 1g, protein: 5g, vitamin C: 18%, calcium: 9%, iron:
5%
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