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6-ingredient desserts

Need something sweet in a hurry? These easy desserts can be whipped up with six ingredients or fewer. No stress.
Coffee and chocolate custard pots
by Tom Kerridge

Shop-bought, low-fat custard forms the base of these easy chocolate dessert pots, flavoured with coffee, orange and cardamom.

Each serving provides 155 kcal, 5g protein, 25g carbohydrates (of which 20g sugars), 4.5g fat (of which 3g saturates), 0g fibre and 0.1g salt.

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