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Parfaits: Chocolate-Cherry Parfaits

Source of Recipe

RDJ - Light Good Neighbor Recipes - e-mail - Stephanie from NYC.
Chocolate-Cherry Parfaits

Exchanges
Makes 6 servings.

3 oz Neufchatel cream cheese (Neufchâtel is a name used in the United States for a softer form of cream cheese that contains 20 to 33% fat)

2 c cold skim milk
1 pkg sugar-free instant chocolate pudding (3 oz)
1 lb fresh bing cherries, pitted, cut in half

Blend cream cheese with 1/4 cup skim milk, on low speed of electric mixer, until smooth. Add remaining milk and pudding mix. Mix 1 or 2 minutes until smooth and well blended. Add to 3/4 of the fresh cherries to 1/2 cup water, and cook until it boils for 1 minute. Remove from heat, drain well.

Alternately spoon pudding and cherries into parfait dishes, ending with pudding. Garnish the top of each parfait with the remaining cherries.

One serving equals: 116 calories, 4 g fat, 16 g
carbohydrates, 15 mg cholesterol, 305 mg sodium.