Chocolate Mousse - Cook Good Recipes

You are four ingredients away from heaven! When it comes to a perfectly luscious and light dessert, it doesn’t get much simpler than this deeply flavored easy chocolate mousse recipe. It takes fifteen minutes to whip up and you can make it a few days ahead. You can even replace the powdered sugar with your favorite sugar substitute and the heavy cream with dairy-free heavy whipping cream. What’s not to love?!

What Is Chocolate Mousse?

Chocolate mousse is a dessert with intensely deep notes of rich chocolate and a creamy, airy texture that melts as soon as it hits your palate. It’s the perfect dessert after a heavy meal. And because you can make it ahead of time, it’s one less thing to think about come dinner time.

What You’ll Need

Chocolate is the most important ingredient, so steer clear of low-quality chocolate. Semi-sweet or dark baking chocolate is a great choice. Milk chocolate can make the mousse very sweet, so cut it with semi or dark chocolate to balance the sugar.
Heavy Whipping Cream is necessary to create a mousse’s light texture and silky mouthfeel. Low-fat creams will not work for this recipe. You can also use a non-dairy heavy whipping cream.
Egg Whites should be from fresh room temperature eggs, as they whip easier. Be careful when separating, as any yolk in the white will make it next to impossible to whip. If you are using older eggs, add a pinch of cream of tartar to help stabilize the whites.
Powdered Sugar adds sweetness and helps stabilize the whipped egg whites. Granulated sugar won’t dissolve easily in egg whites and leaves you with a grainy texture. If you only have granulated sugar, process it in a blender until powdery.

What Are Soft And Stiff Peaks?

You make chocolate mousse by whipping heavy cream to soft peaks and whipping egg whites with sugar in it to stiff peaks. A soft peak means that when you take the beater out of the egg whites or cream, a peak will form, but the tip of the peak will curl like an upside-down letter j. A stiff peak means when you take a beater out of the egg whites or cream, it will leave a stiff peak that stands straight up and does not curl over, like the letter i.

How To Store Chocolate Mousse

The mousse will only keep at room temperature for a few hours, so take it out of the fridge when you are ready to serve. You can make chocolate mousse a few days ahead. It will keep in the fridge for up to 5 days, as long as it isn’t exposed to air. Place plastic wrap directly on the surface of the mousse before storing it.

You can also freeze mousse for up to two months, in an air-tight container, with a sheet of plastic wrap on the surface of the mousse. Defrost overnight in the fridge.

Chocolate Mousse with no Eggs

You can make this mousse without the egg whites, but it won’t be as stable and airy. To substitute the egg whites, whip 1/2 cup more heavy cream and add the sugar to that mixture.

When it comes to a perfectly luscious and light dessert, it doesn’t get much simpler than this deeply flavored easy chocolate mousse. You are four ingredients away from heaven!

Servings: 6 1-cup servings

Prep time: 15 mins

Resting Time 60 minutes

Total time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

8 oz dark or semi-sweet chocolate*, chopped
1 pint heavy whipping cream, very cold
3 egg whites, room temperature
1/2 cup powdered sugar or sugar substitute

Instructions

Fill a pot halfway with water and bring it to a boil. Take it off the heat. Place the chocolate in a bowl and place the bowl in the hot water, being careful not to get any water in the bowl. Leave the bowl there until the chocolate melts.
Add the heavy cream to a large mixing bowl and beat on medium speed until soft peaks form.
In a separate large mixing bowl, whip the egg whites on medium speed to soft peaks. Add the sugar and continue beating until stiff peaks form.
Gently fold the egg whites into the chocolate in thirds. Fold until no white streaks remain.
Gently fold the whipped cream into the chocolate in thirds. There should be no white streaks.
Scoop mousse into serving dishes, cover, and refrigerate for an hour. Garnish with sweetened whipped cream, raspberries, mint, or shaved chocolate.

Notes

*8 ounces of chocolate is about 1 1/2 cups

Nutrition

Serving: 1cup Calories: 504kcal Carbohydrates: 37g Protein: 4g Fat: 39g Sodium: 46mg

How to Make Chocolate Mousse – Step by Step Photos

Bring a pot of water to a boil and take it off the heat. Add the 8 ounces of chopped chocolate to a clean, dry bowl and place it in the pan. Leave the bowl in the water for a few minutes, then stir the chocolate until smooth and silky.

Beat the pint of heavy cream on medium speed until it forms soft peaks. When you take the beater out of the bowl, the tips of the whipped cream will look like an upside-down J.

Whip the 3 egg whites on medium speed to soft peaks. Add the 1/2 cup of sugar and continue beating until stiff peaks form. Stiff peaks will stand straight up and remain that way when you remove the beater from the bowl.