Chocolate-oatmeal Parfaits

Total Time: 43 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 28 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 cups nonfat milk
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 large egg, lightly beaten
• 4 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups quick oatmeal granola cereal
• 1/4 cup honey
• 2 tablespoons light butter or 2 tablespoons light margarine, melted
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups uncooked oats
• 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/3 cup almonds
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups thawed reduced-fat whipped topping

Recipe

• 1 pudding:.
• 2 whisk together first 5 ingredients in a medium-size heavy saucepan over medium-high heat, and cook, whisking constantly, 5 minutes or until mixture is hot.
• 3 gradually whisk 1/3 cup hot milk mixture into egg in a small bowl.
• 4 whisk egg mixture into remaining hot milk mixture.
• 5 cook, whisking constantly, 3 minutes or until mixture thickens.
• 6 remove from heat; add chopped chocolate, stirring until chocolate melts and mixture is smooth.
• 7 stir in vanilla.
• 8 pour mixture into a glass bowl.
• 9 place heavy-duty plastic wrap directly on warm mixture (to keep a film from forming), and chill 2 hours or until completely cool.
• 10 prepare granola: while pudding is chilling.
• 11 stir together honey and next 2 ingredients in a small bowl.
• 12 stir together oats, flour, sliced almonds, and salt in a large bowl.
• 13 add honey mixture to oatmeal mixture, stirring until combined.
• 14 spread oat mixture onto a lightly greased baking sheet.
• 15 bake at 350°f for 20 minutes, stirring often.
• 16 assembly:.
• 17 layer 1 1/2 tablespoons quick oatmeal granola, 3 tablespoons chocolate mixture, and 1/4 cup whipped topping into each of 6 (1 1/2-cup) parfait glasses.
• 18 repeat layers once; sprinkle each parfait with 1 tablespoons granola.