Smooth Chocolate Frosting

Delight your friends and family with this delicious, reduced calorie creamy frosting.

Recipe Ingredients:

1 cup Splenda® Sugar Blend
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup 2% reduced-fat milk
2 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate, chopped
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Cooking Directions:

1. Combine Splenda® Sugar Blend for Baking, flour, and milk in a saucepan, stirring until smooth. Add chocolate. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a boil; reduce heat and cook over low heat until mixture thickens and is pudding-like in consistency (about 5 minutes). Remove from heat and stir in butter.
2. Place saucepan in a bowl of ice water. Stir mixture occasionally, until mixture cools and begins to thicken (about 20 minutes). Stir in vanilla.
3. Spread on cupcakes.

Makes 12 servings.

Nutritional Information Per Serving (1/12 of recipe): Calories 190 | Calories from Fat 100 | Fat 11g (sat 7g) | Cholesterol 20mg | Sodium 85mg | Carbohydrates 21g | Fiber 1g | Sugars 17g | Protein 1g.

Recipe courtesy of Splenda, Inc. Splenda® is a no-calorie sweetener made from sugar that is suitable for diabetics. For more information regarding this product, please call 1-800-777-5363 or visit their website at www.splenda.com.