Two Tasty Fall Treats: Skinny Hot Cocoa and Pumpkin Pudding
This weekend was a cold one in Orlando! Any excuse for me to bust out my boots makes me a happy girl. Saturday night was a chilly 45 degrees, which really put me in the mood for a warm, delicious treat. I really wanted hot chocolate, and I just happened to have a box from last winter waiting patiently in my pantry. I did a quick check of the Nutrition Facts, and I was kind of surprised that one tiny packet had about 100 calories and 3 grams of fat. Not that this is a high-calorie drink by any means, but I try to save all my calories for eating real food 
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After some long stares into my almost-bare pantry, I spotted a tub of Hershey’s Unsweetened Cocoa hiding in the corner. I grabbed my favorite mug and started to whip up a skinny version of my favorite hot drink.
Skinny Hot Cocoa
Servings: 1
Ingredients:
1 cup Almond milk
2 tablespoons Hershey’s Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
3 packets Splenda
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions:
In a mug, pour the cocoa, Splenda, and cinnamon and stir together.
Hot Almond Milk
In a separate mug, heat the Almond milk in the microwave until hot.
When the milk is hot, pour about half of it over the cocoa-Splenda-cinnamon mixture. Stir with a spoon until well dissolved. Pour the rest of the milk in, stir, add the vanilla extract, stir again, and drink up!
Treat #2
After my hot cocoa discovery, I was pretty much ready to fry up a turkey and invite the family over for early Thanksgiving! It seems like when the holidays are just around the corner, I can’t help but crave some kind of pumpkin-flavored food at least once a day. I love Pumpkin Spice Lattes, pumpkin bread, pumpkin seeds- you name it!
The other day I was in the spice aisle at the grocery store and spotted a tiny jar of Pumpkin Pie Spice. Who knew they could capture that delicious scent and put it in a spice shaker?! I threw it in the cart, along with a can of pumpkin, even though I had no idea what I was going to make with the two ingredients (I am a cook, after all, not a baker!) After some brainstorming when I got home, I came up with a creamy, low-calorie, 3-ingredient dessert!
Pumpkin Pudding
Looks like baby food, Tastes like Fall =)
Servings: 1
Ingredients:
1 individual cup of Jell-O Sugar Free Dulce de Leche Pudding (you could use Vanilla flavor instead)
2 spoonfuls of canned pumpkin
1/2 teaspoon of Pumpkin Pie Spice
Directions:
In a bowl, scoop out the pudding from the individual cup and add to the bowl.
Pumpkin + Pudding
Spoon the pumpkin into the bowl and mix together.
Add the Pumpkin Pie Spice and mix again. Serve with an additional sprinkle of the spice.
