Low-carb Hot Fudge Sauce, or Chocolate Milk Syrup

I saw this hot fudge sauce recipe and decided to alter it a little bit to make a chocolate syrup that I can use to make easy chocolate milk. One of the things I really miss about eating a low-carb diet is chocolate milk! I can make a low-carb hot chocolate, but I don't want to go through all of that, then wait for it to cool down, just to have a glass of cold chocolate milk. :)

http://healthyindulgences.net/2009/08/low-carb-vanilla-ice-cream-whot-fudge-sauce-no-ice-cream-maker-required/


Ingredients:
3 ounces unsweetened chocolate (I like Ghirardelli)
2 teaspoons butter
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Pinch sea salt (omit if using salted butter)
3 tablespoons xylitol, powdered
3 tablespoons erythritol, powdered
Pinch NuNaturals powdered pure stevia extract
2 tablespoons water
3/4 cup unsweetened almond milk

Powder xylitol and erythritol in Magic Bullet blender with pinch of sea salt. Break chocolate into squared. Melt together unsweetened chocolate and butter in a 2-cup glass measuring cup in the microwave, stirring every 20 seconds. Stir in cream and sweetener mixture, and whisk until smooth, heating for 10 - 20 seconds at a time in the microwave as needed. Add vanilla, water and almond milk. Warm again for 10 - 20 seconds in microwave. Taste and adjust sweetness with a bit more stevia or powdered erythritol, as necessary. Store in a covered container in the refrigerator.

A quarter cup of this mixture mixed with a cup of unsweetened almond milk makes a yummy chocolate milk!

If you don't add the almond milk at the end you have a hot fudge sauce that you can drizzle over ice cream. This sauce without almond milk firms up in the fridge, so you have to warm it before using. With the almond milk it stays liquid in the fridge, making it easy to mix into cold milk.

Nutritional info:

Makes eight 1/4 cup servings (with the almond milk added)
124 calories, 2 grams net carbs, 12 grams fat, 2 grams protein, 2 grams fiber
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