This chocolate mousse recipe is a light chocolate cream set with whipped cream and melted chocolate. It is not chocolate pudding or a chocolate cake.
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Chocolate Mousse
- Total Time: 2 hours
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
Description
Chocolate Mousse. From Alissa.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 ounces (113g) semisweet chocolate
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons strong coffee or water
- 2 eggs, separated
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 cup (120ml) cold heavy cream
Instructions
- Melt chocolate, butter, and coffee. Cool until lukewarm. Stir in the yolks.
- Beat the whites to soft peaks, add the sugar, and beat to stiff peaks. Whip the cream.
- Fold whites and cream into the chocolate. Spoon into glasses and chill 2 hours.
Notes
The chocolate must be lukewarm. Hot chocolate scrambles the yolks and melts the cream.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No-bake
- Cuisine: American
Chocolate
Semisweet. Unsweetened needs more sugar.
Whites
Stiff, then folded, not stirred hard.
Cream
Whipped to soft peaks before it joins the chocolate.
Chill
Two hours. It will not hold a spoon before that.
Nutrition (estimated)
About 320 calories per serving. Estimate only, not a lab test.
FAQ
No raw eggs
Skip the whites and yolks and fold the chocolate into 1 cup of whipped cream. It will be denser.
Storage
Fridge, 2 days.
Coffee
It sharpens the chocolate. Water works.
Top
A spoon of cream, not more chocolate sauce.