Debra's Chocolate Cloud

This is a quick-and-easy dessert that I made up one night when I wanted something chocolate. Now it's my most favorite "everyday" dessert because I can get the chocolate I love without any increase in my blood sugar. I call it Chocolate Cloud because it is a cloud--light and airy and and almost no-carb.

Last week my husband Larry and I were visiting his family in California. Larry's father, who is diabetic, was telling us how much he missed chocolate pudding. I told him about my chocolate cloud and it turned out they had all the ingredients. So I made a bowlful and gave everyone a taste--Larry's father and mother and a brother and a sister. All of them loved it!

This is an excellent dessert for using stevia, since chocolate is a bit bitter itself and covers up any bitterness from the stevia.

I always whip this up fresh and eat it right away, though you could make it up in advance and refrigerate it. It also tastes great frozen--a kind of fluffy ice cream.

makes 2 servings

1/2 cup whipping cream
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon white stevia powder
1 teaspoon unsweetened dark cocoa powder*

1. Whip cream, vanilla, and stevia in a bowl until stiff peaks form.
2. Stir in the chocolate with a spoon.
3. Enjoy!

* When I make this at home, I generally use Scharffen Berger or Green & Black's cocoa powder. At my in-laws' they only had Hershey's. The Hershey's required a lot more cocoa powder to get any flavor at all, so adjust your cocoa to taste.