Bittersweet Chocolate-Coffee Sauce

                    Bittersweet Chocolate-Coffee Sauce

  1                 cup   Chocolate chips, bittersweet or semisweet
  1         tablespoon  Light corn syrup
  1         tablespoon  Instant coffee
                        (or strong peppermint tea)
     1/4            cup  Hot water
     1/4            cup  Half-and-half or whipping cream

Place chocolate chips and corn syrup in large bowl and set aside.
Dissolve instant coffee in hot water in small saucepan.  Add half-and-half
and bring to boil.  Pour heated sauce over chocolate chips and corn syrup
and whisk until well blended and slightly thickened, about 5 minutes.
Yields 1 cup.

Each tablespoon:  34 calories; 2 mg sodium; 1 mg cholesterol; 3 grams fat;
4 grams carbohydrates; 1 gram protein; 0.10 gram fiber

   Recipe Source:
Los Angeles Times
Recipe from Amy Pressman, who founded the Old Town Bakery in Pasadena, CA

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