Leave it to my mom to find the recipes! This one is one that ran in a local paper a while back. Its a great idea for a tray of forbidden holiday sweets you can actually eat. I love it..
Chocolate Clusters
Yield 16 clusters
1 ounce unsweetened baking chocolate chopped.
2 tablespoons of butter
1/2 cup smooth natural peanut butter without sugar added
1/3 cup ricotta cheese
Artificial sweetener to equal 6 teaspoons. We used 7 splenda.
1 tablespoon of vanilla.
Combine chocolate and butter in a glass bowl microwave on high until melted, stirring every 30 seconds. ( I would be using a double boiler since no microwave). Add peanut butter and ricotta. Stir till smooth, then stir in sweetener and vanilla. Drop by rounded teaspoons onto waxed paper, chill until firm. Store in refrigerator.
Per cluster: 61 calories, 5 gm fat, 2 g saturated fat, 5 mg cholesterol, 2 g. protein, 2 g carbohydrate, 1 g sugar, 1 g fiber, 27 sodium, 16 mg calcium, 23 mg potassium. ( think we may have used smart balance instead of butter to reduce the bad fats.
I think you will find the quick and best of all tasty!
Happy holidays, Larry