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Chocolate Mousse with a Secret Ingredient

April 5, 2013 By Becky 2 Comments

Here it is…another fabulous vegan dessert!  You
have to try this.  It’s easier than easy, and super delicious.  No
cooking is involved, and it comes together in less than five minutes.

So, I told you it’s vegan.  Can you guess what
the secret ingredient is? I will give you one hint: it’s not avocado
(although I have been wanting to try this recipe for chocolate avocado pudding).

Here’s a picture of the process:

Have you figured it out?  It’s coconut cream!
 Isn’t that crazy?  Maybe you already knew about this whipped coconut
cream miracle, but I had no idea until I saw this photo tutorial
the other day. Today after dinner (I tried to make shrimp korma—it was
pretty good but I want to tweak the recipe before I share it with you) I
had an extra can of coconut milk and a hankering to try it.  But, I
felt like it would be lame to just make and eat a bowl of whipped
coconut cream.  So, I searched for a dessert featuring this amazing
stuff, and found and adapted this recipe from
Baking Chic.  If you have a can of coconut milk, go put it in the
refrigerator right now so you can make this tomorrow.  If you don’t have
a can of coconut milk, go out and buy one, then put it in the
refrigerator so you can make this tomorrow.  If you’re in a big hurry,
put your can in the freezer so you can make this in half an hour.

Ingredients (serves one):

Cream from one can of coconut milk, chilled
1-3 tablespoons cocoa, to taste
1-3 tablespoons sugar, to taste
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Open the can of coconut milk, and spoon the hardened cream off the
top.  Save the liquid for something else, like a smoothie.  Using an
electric mixer, whip the coconut cream until fluffy.  Mix in sugar to
taste and vanilla.  The original recipe called for three tablespoons of
sugar, but I thought that would be way too sweet once I saw how little
cream I had (maybe the yield varies by can).  Mine was perfect with a
tablespoon and an extra teaspoon of sugar.  Set aside a few tablespoons
of the whipped cream to use as a topping.  Mix in the cocoa to taste (I
used a tablespoon and a half).  Serve the chocolate mousse with the
reserved whipped cream on top.


Filed Under: gluten free, recipe, vegan Tagged With: chocolate, coconut, five ingredients or less

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Comments

  1. Pint Sized Baker says

    August 26, 2013 at 3:14 am

    Just wanted to let you know that your links aren't working.
    BTW- I've found a lot of inspiration in your blog.

    Reply
    • Rebecca Winkler says

      August 26, 2013 at 3:32 am

      Thanks! I fixed the links (at least in this post–about to check on some others). I'm glad you're liking the blog–thanks so much for reading and commenting! 🙂

      Reply

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