I love the Kohl’s Cares for Kids product line! I’m pretty sure I own every book and stuffed animal that came out during the first five years of my son’s life. For $5, they’re a great way to support a worthy cause.

If your kids are past the stage of needing easy reader books and stuffed animals, Kohl’s has been running several cookbook promotions. Their current Kohl’s Cares for Kids lineup includes the Cook This, Not That! Skinny Comfort Foods cookbook.

Cook This, Not That! Skinny Comfort Foods includes 125 fast yet healthy versions of your favorite comfort foods. There are recipes for macaroni and cheese, burgers, pizza, cookies, and more. If your kids keep sabotaging your diet by demanding these types of foods, this is the cookbook for you.

Visit the Kohl’s website or your local Kohl’s store to pick up a copy.

Here’s a sample dessert recipe from the Cook This, Not That! Skinny Comfort Foods, reprinted with permission:

Molten Chocolate Cake

The idea of baking and frosting a multi tiered chocolate cake is daunting for most, but these little self-contained parcels of joy are the lazy man’s cake, the type of dessert that makes a non-baker feel like a pastry king when they emerge from the oven, pregnant with a tide of melted chocolate. Crack the middle and watch the flood of lava flow freely onto your plate—and eventually into your eagerly awaiting mouth.

Did we mention these have only 360 calories?

You’ll Need:

• 4 oz bittersweet chocolate (at least 60 percent cacao), plus 4 chunks for the cake centers
• 2 Tbsp butter
• 2 eggs
• 2 egg yolks
• ¼ cup sugar
• Pinch of salt
• 2 Tbsp flour
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 Tbsp instant coffee or espresso (optional)

How to Make It:

1. Preheat the oven to 425°F. Lightly butter four 6-ounce ramekins or custard cups.
2. Bring a few cups of water to a boil in a medium saucepan over low heat. Place a glass mixing bowl over the pan (but not touching the water) and add the chocolate and butter. Cook, stirring occasionally, until both the chocolate and butter have fully melted. Keep warm.
3. Use an electric mixer to beat the eggs, egg yolks, sugar, and salt until pale yellow and thick, about 5 minutes. Stir in the melted chocolate mixture, the flour, vanilla, and instant coffee if using.
4. Pour the mixture into the prepared ramekins. Stick one good chunk of chocolate in the center of each ramekin. Bake the cakes on the center rack for 8 to 10 minutes, until the exterior is just set (the center should still be mostly liquid). The cakes can be eaten straight from the ramekins, but it’s more dramatic to slide them onto plates (after letting them rest for a minute or two), where the molten chocolate can flow freely.

Makes 4 servings
Per Serving
$1.20
320 calories
22 g fat (11 g saturated)
31 g carbs

Photo credit: Kohl’s