• 1/3 cup sugar
• 2 Tbs. cocoa powder
• 2 cups lowfat milk
• 1/4 cup light chocolate syrup
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup lowfat yogurt, chocolate, vanilla, or plain
• 4 ice cubes
• 1 ounce shavings of bittersweet chocolate, optional

Mix together sugar and cocoa powder in a small saucepan. Add 1/2 cup milk to sugar mixture; stir constantly over medium-low heat 3 minutes, or until mixture is hot and sugar is dissolved. Pour mixture into a blender.

Add remaining milk, the chocolate syrup, vanilla, yogurt and ice cubes to cocoa mixture in blender. Process until smooth. Pour into glasses and sprinkle with chocolate shavings or additional cocoa powder.

Yield: 6 ounces, per serving

Recipe created on behalf of 3-A-Day of Dairy by Chef Scott Campbell of SQC, New York.

Enjoying 3-A-Day™ of Dairy – 3 servings of milk, cheese or yogurt every day – as part of a reduced calorie diet, can give better results when it comes to trimming the waistline than just cutting calories alone. Visit 3aday.org for more delicious spa-inspired recipes and tips to lighten-up your favorite dishes.

This recipe serves 6 people. Due to the nature of this recipe, it adjusts the number of servings in multiples of 6 only.

Per serving: calories 137, fat 1.7g, 11% calories from fat, cholesterol 5mg, protein 4.9g, carbohydrates 26.1g, fiber 0.9g, sugar 24.1g, sodium 70mg, diet points 3.2.

Dietary Exchanges: Milk: 0.6, Vegetable: 0.0, Fruit: 0.0, Bread: 0.0, Lean meat: 0.0, Fat: 0.1, Sugar: 1.2, Very lean meat protein: 0.0

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