Reduced Sugar Belgian Chocolate Truffles

These are delicious and decadent tasting smooth and creamy chocolate truffles.

The version noted here for is Belgian chocolate, but these could just as easily be made in any flavor, from simple mint chocolate to toffee chocolate or orange chocolate, depending on which flavor of Options or Skinny Cow sachet is used.

These are very easy to make and don't require any actual cooking other than a minute's use of the microwave, so kids can easily make these!

(The next time I make these, I will add a photo to this post.)

Makes 20

Ingredients

50g Dark Chocolate
113g Quark
6 tbsp sweetener
2 sachets of Belgian Chocolate flavor Options
1 tsp Cocoa to dust (1/2 syn per tsp)

Directions

1. Melt chocolate in microwave for 1 minute

2. Beat Quark with sweetener until creamy. Add melted chocolate and mix well.

3. Add the Options sachets and mix well.

4. Make into 20 blobs using a teaspoon and put on greaseproof paper or wax paper.

5. Put into the fridge to harden for about two hours.

6. Remove from the fridge and shape into balls.

7. Roll in cocoa powder and set in the fridge overnight.

8. Serve and enjoy!


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Chocolate Cornflake Krackles

This recipe is very simple for kids to make and you only need to use the microwave for the melting process.

Ingredients

2 cups cornflakes cereal
1 large bar of baking chocolate
Silver Balls (optional)

Directions

Melt the chocolate in the microwave. (This only takes about a minute or two.)

Stir the chocolate until it is all melted together and smooth.

Add the cornflake and stir until the cornflakes are completely coated with the melted chocolate.

Spoon the mixture into cupcake or muffin cases.

Set out to cool until the chocolate hardens.

Enjoy!





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Quick & Easy Strawberry Cookies

This is an unusual way to make cookies, but these cookies have a very cake-like texture and a terrific strawberry taste.



Makes 12 cookies.

Ingredients
1 cup Strawberry Nesquick
2 cups plain white flour
1 egg
2 tablespoons light margarine or butter
low calorie oil cooking spray

1. Preheat oven to 200F/100C.

2. Mix all of the ingredients together until smooth.

3. Place spoonfuls onto baking tray sprayed with low-calorie cooking spray, leaving adequate space between each one as they will spread when cooking.

4. Bake in the oven for 8 to 10 minutes.

Alternatively, your kids can sprinkle some Hundreds & Thousands over the cookies before baking, making the cookies into Strawberry Confetti Cookies.

Peanut Butter Honey Oatmeal Balls

This recipe is simple, does not require any cooking, and provides a bit of protein and fiber.



Ingredients
1 tbsp. reduced fat peanut butter
1 tbsp. pure honey
1/2 cup oats

1. Mix the peanut butter and honey together until smooth.

2. Add in the oats and mix completely.

3. Using your hands, separate the mixture into five sections and roll into balls.

4. Refrigerate for one hour and then serve.

Candy Corn Chocolate Chip Cookies

This recipe is very simple, but, for very young children, will require an adult to use the oven. This also makes a colorful cookie for Halloween.



Ingredients
cookie dough mix
package of candy corn
low calorie cooking oil spray

Prepare the cookie dough mix as instructed on the packaging. (Some only need water added which is ideal when cooking by kids, but other mixes may require eggs and/or butter. Alternatively, buy pre-made cookie dough, although your child will miss out on the "mixing" part of the preparations this way.)

Place spoonfuls of cookie dough onto a baking tray sprayed with low-cal cooking oil spray. Add one candy corn on the top of each cookie right in the middle.

Bake as instructed on cookie dough packaging. The candy corn will become slightly melted but stil retain most of its shape once the cookie is finished baking.

Reduced Sugar Peanut Butter Cookies

Kids will find this recipe simple to make, and it only uses a small amount of ingredients. Very small children will need a parent to help with the oven.



Ingredients
2 oz peanut butter
2 oz light margarine
3 1/2 oz Splenda
1 beaten egg
4 oz self-raising flower

Cream peanut butter, light margarine and Splenda together. Beat in the egg. Stir in the flour and knead well. Place small balls well apart on a greased baking sheet. Bake for 25 minutes at 200C/395F.