Dry mix equal amounts of unsweetened, *non-alkalinized cocoa* & Splenda.

Optional: add 1 or 2 tablespoons powder of Jello sugar-free, fat-free Instant Vanilla pudding, for a creamier taste. Then add water, stir -- and that’s all! The pudding powder adds maybe another 10 calories.

A little water makes a thick fudgey mixture; more water makes fudge sauce, and more water still makes a great cocoa drink. (Better not to use milk for your cocoa drink, as milk tends to inhibit the absorption of antioxidants. Wait 2 hours, till the stomach empties, before drinking milk.)

Each tbsp unsweetened cocoa is 20 calories & contains 4,000 antioxidants. Two tablespoons mixed with water make a serving: 40 calories, 8,000 antioxidants, no sugar, no fat. Talk about a healthy win-win!

Cocoa is a drug, btw: a double drug that acts both as a mood elevator and is the top antioxidant, with 29 times more antioxidants than broccoli, 10 times more than blueberries. Click this link to see more...

•The healthiest cocoa is UNSWEETENED & NON-ALKALINIZED.  (Alkalinization, aka Dutch process, destroys the antioxidants.) Good brands are: Hershey's (little brown box in bakery aisles), Trader Joes, & Whole Foods/Wild Oats.

1. •Unsweetened cocoa's secret: Its miraculous ability to activate nitric oxide, which dilates your arteries in *seconds.* This instantly increases the flow of blood, oxygen, and nutrients to every organ in your body. Super-healthy for everyone; a life-saver for people with diabetes and coronary disease. (Nitric oxide isn’t nitrous oxide, the old-fashioned “laughing gas” used by dentists.)
   http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=cocoa+effects+nitric+oxide+in+blood&btnG=Search
   

Information on the safety of Splenda here, near bottom of page.