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Good morning dear girl, I'll try to post a few more a little later in the weekend. I have a mountain of work to do this beautiful day. But knowing women as well as I do..(NOT!), I thought you might enjoy this bad girl.. :o)

Smooze the Chocolate Mousse
If you haven't tried Dried egg whites, which are great for people who are uncomfortable using raw eggs, were once available only to professional kitchens. Now they can be found in the baking section of most grocery stores.

4 Carob Candy Bars, coarsely chopped *
3 tablespoons dried egg whites, or 2 Real eggs, will work just fine..wanted to freak you out..ha!
1/2 cup warm water
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 cups heavy cream, divided
2 tablespoons granular sugar substitute
1 Carob Chocolate Candy Bar, frozen (I can make metric available if you require)

1. Melt 4 chocolate candy bars in a double boiler. Cool to room temperature.
2. While chocolate is cooling, whisk dried egg whites and water 2 minutes, until whites are thoroughly dissolved. With an electric mixer on medium speed, beat whites 3 minutes, until stiff peaks form; set aside.
3. Mix cocoa with ¼ cup of the cream until smooth. Stir cocoa mixture into chocolate.
4. With an electric mixer, beat remaining 1¼ cups cream with sugar substitute. Set aside 1 cup of whipped cream; fold remaining whipped cream into chocolate mixture.
5. In three additions, fold egg whites into chocolate-cream mixture. Divide among dessert glasses. Pipe reserved whipped cream on top of mousse. With a vegetable peeler, shave thin pieces from frozen chocolate candy bar. Sprinkle over whipped cream.
*carob confections, often found in health-food stores. Although carob powder is lower in fat and naturally sweeter than cocoa powder, fat is added to turn carob powder into candy, so its total fat and calorie counts are usually the same as in chocolate. The difference: The cocoa butter added to chocolate bars is rich in stearic acid (a saturated fat which has been shown not to raise blood cholesterol levels), while any type of fat may be added to carob -- including artery-clogging palm kernel oil and coconut oil.