Cherry Chocolate Bars

Total Time: 3 hrs 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 16 ounces low-fat vanilla yogurt cheese
• 3/4 cup water
• 2 tablespoons gelatin, unflavored
• 5 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
• 1/2 cup cherry fruit spread (this is the thick kind, not jam)
• 3 egg whites
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 pinch salt

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees. lightly spray pam into a 8x8 baking pan.
• 2 use 1/4 cup of the water to soften the 2 tablespoons of gelatin for several minutes.
• 3 in the meantime heat the remaining 1/2 cup of water and stir in the cocoa till smooth.
• 4 now add to the chocolate the gelatin and stir until it is dissolved completely. cool.
• 5 place the yogurt cheese in a medium-sized bowl. add the cherry spread to the yogurt cheese and mix gently with a fork to blend well.
• 6 next gradually blend in the gelatin mixture.
• 7 in a separate bowl beat egg whites with the pinch of salt. add sugar gradually and continue to beat until moist, soft peaks form.
• 8 fold in egg whites into the yogurt mixture gently using a spatula .
• 9 pour into the 8x8 prepared pan. bake for 30 minutes. cool on rack and then refrigerate until well chilled, at least 3-4 hours. cut into squares.