Perfect as a mid-afternoon pick-me-up, it’s also good enough to serve as dessert. Back in my high-carb days, I used to make honey-sweetened homemade frozen yogurt, frozen banana ice cream, and avocado chocolate mousse sweetened with maple syrup (I’ve since developed a low-carb version), which I considered as better alternatives to traditional desserts. But now that I eat a low-carb diet, I prefer this chocolate yogurt recipe. It’s so easy that it hardly qualifies as a recipe! I make it almost daily - it’s my favorite after-dinner dessert.
Ingredients
Variations
An interesting way to vary the basic recipe is to add flavor extracts. You can add ½ teaspoon of any pure extract you like, including vanilla, coconut, almond, and orange extract. Greek yogurt: I use plain whole-milk Greek yogurt in this recipe. Unsweetened cocoa powder: I prefer using Dutch-processed cocoa powder, which is milder and less acidic than natural cocoa powder. Sweetener: I use stevia. You can use a powdered sweetener instead. If you don’t mind the extra carbs, you can also use honey or maple syrup.
Instructions
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First, grab some creamy Greek yogurt. Whole milk is best. Place it in a bowl. Add unsweetened cocoa powder and your favorite sweetener (I use stevia glycerite). Then, I give the yogurt one more stir and dig in! Since I make this recipe for my after-dinner dessert, I usually make it before we sit down to eat our dinner and let it rest while we eat. When we’re done eating our main course, I dig in! Mmm, creamy. It’s not that this recipe won’t work with natural cocoa powder. But I think it’s tastier with alkali-treated cocoa powder.
