Light and fluffy and perfect for a date night in, this Chocolate Mousse is the perfect way to get your chocolate fix. Serve it up with whipped cream and fresh berries and you have a restaurant worthy dessert!
This chocolate mousse is an example of the perfect ending to a special meal at home – just like this Raspberry Creme Brulee Recipe, this Butterscotch Budino, or this Vanilla Bean Rice Pudding with Raspberries and Salted Caramel.
I have always loved Valentine’s Day. From those grade school days of coming home with dozens of Valentine’s Day cards, to celebrating with my own husband and children – it has always been a day that has brought me joy. And it never has really been about having that perfect significant other – it’s all about a day to show your love and support to all of those special people around you.
It has also become about showing love and support – especially when it comes to a cause that is close to my heart.
The Good Cookie Food Bloggers Valentines Event
Which is why I love participating in the Good Cookie Food Bloggers Valentines Event. For the third year, Julie from The Little Kitchen has organized this event among food bloggers to raise money for Cookies for Kids’ Cancer. Not only do we as bloggers have to donate to participate, but we are also asking for help from you to raise money for such a worthy cause.
If you don’t know my story already, in January 2016, my then 4-year old son, Easton, was diagnosed with leukemia. He just hit the three year mark in treatment, and is so close to finishing treatment. It’s been a long road (I had no idea before diagnosis that the treatment for leukemia was so long) and a road I wish no one had to walk. And my hope is that one day, that treatment road won’t be as long. That there will be treatments to cut that time down.
Did you know that only 4% of cancer research money is allocated for children’s cancer? Cancer is the #1 cause of death in children, and over 40,000 kids are currently fighting their own cancer battle. What can you do to help? This online event is held to help raise money for childhood cancer. Julie set the goal of raising $3000, and through the donations from food bloggers, we have already hit that goal! But let’s all blow it out of the water this year to make an even bigger difference!
You can donate here.
Every bit helps the kids, and will hopefully eventually lead to more efficient treatments, higher cure rates, and healthier children!
A huge thank to the sponsors – Dixie Crystals, Mediavine and OXO – for their help in making this event a success! They have each pledged to match donations up to $3000, and I’m so grateful for their generosity!
Since Easton’s favorite is chocolate, I’m sharing this Chocolate Mousse recipe today to show another way to share that Valentine’s Day love. We usually have a special “fancy” dinner at home with the kids, and this Chocolate Mousse is the perfect way to end off a special meal!
Chocolate Mousse Ingredients
One of my favorite things about this recipe is that there are only a few ingredients, which means it’s always easy to whip up, right? Here is what you need:
semi-sweet chocolate – don’t use chocolate chips on this recipe – they won’t melt like you need them to. And since the chocolate is the prominent flavor, you really need a chocolate that is really great quality.
butter – I use unsalted so that I can control the amount of salt
heavy whipping cream – make sure you buy enough for both in the chocolate mousse and to make extra whipped cream for serving
powdered sugar – you should already have this in your pantry
pinch of salt – if you used salted butter, I’d leave this out
egg whites – so, you can separate your eggs and use those whites. But this recipe does not have you cooking the eggs, so you will be consuming raw egg whites. If this is something that you are concerned about, you can buy pasteurized egg whites to use.
sugar – this is regular, granulated sugar
whipped cream and berries, for serving – you don’t want to miss these!
How to Make Chocolate Mousse
There are three parts to this chocolate mousse:
- Start by melting the chocolate and butter together in a double boiler (or in a bowl over a pot of simmering water). Once melted and smooth, allow it to cool slightly.
- Whip the egg whites with the sugar.
- Whip the cream with the powdered sugar.
- Then you just have to fold it all together. Start by folding the chocolate into the egg whites, then fold that mixture into the cream.
- Transfer the mixture to serving dishes and refrigerate. They should be good after about 30 minutes in the refrigerator!
Tips for Making this Chocolate Mousse Recipe
- You want to use good chocolate for this. Don’t use chocolate chips, as they are made to hold their form and will not melt perfectly for this.
- The trick is to try to keep as much air as possible in both the egg whites and the cream. Fold gently.
- Make sure your bowls are clean for both the cream and the egg whites beat up properly.
More Chocolate Desserts
Frosted Chocolate Sugar Cookies
Chocolate Cream Pie
Dark Chocolate Cake with Nutella Buttercream
Double Chocolate Bundt Cake
Chocolate Molten Lava Cake
Italian Chocolate-Almond Flourless Cake
Tools Used to Make this Chocolate Mousse
- You can use a hand mixer or a stand mixer to make this chocolate mousse.
- You can use a double boiler to melt the chocolate, but I just put a heat safe bowl on top of a saucepan that has an inch of water in it.
- I put our chocolate mousse into custard cups for serving.
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Light and fluffy and perfect for a date night in, this Chocolate Mousse is the perfect way to get your chocolate fix. Serve it up with whipped cream and fresh berries and you have a restaurant worthy dessert!
Ingredients
- 6 oz good quality semi-sweet chocolate, chopped
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 tablespoon powdered sugar
- Pinch of salt
- 2 egg whites*
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- Whipped cream, for topping
- Fresh berries, for topping
Instructions
- Fill a saucepan with about an inch of water. Bring the water to a simmer. Place a heatproof bowl on top of the pan, making sure the bottom doesn’t touch the water.
- Place the chocolate and the butter in the bowl on top of the pan. Cook, stirring occasionally, until melted and smooth. Remove from the heat.
- Meanwhile, place the egg whites in a large bowl and beat with an electric hand mixer until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in the sugar.
- In another bowl, combine the cream, powdered sugar and salt. Beat with an electric hand mixer until stiff peaks form.
- Fold the melted chocolate to the whipped egg whites. Fold the whipped cream into the mixture.
- Refrigerate until it is set up, about 30 minutes. Serve with freshly whipped cream and berries.
Notes
*If you are worried about raw egg whites, you can use pasteurized egg whites. You can usually find these in the grocery store in a carton by the eggs.
This recipe says that it makes 4 servings, but it is quite rich and can be made to even smaller portions. I portioned it out to 5 servings (so we could each have one). This was the perfect serving for the adults, and maybe even a little large for the kids.
Nutrition information provided as an estimate only. Various brands and products can change the counts. Any nutritional information should only be used as a general guideline.
Calorie information does not include whipped cream topping or berries.
Nutrition
- Calories: 418
- Sugar: 33 g
- Sodium: 167 mg
- Fat: 29 g
- Saturated Fat: 18 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 39 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 5 g
- Cholesterol: 56 mg
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