Chocolate Mousse Recipe | In The Kitchen With Matt (2024)

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I absolutely love chocolate and all kinds of different chocolate recipes. One of my favorite no-bake chocolate treats is this easy chocolate mousse recipe.

If you are a fan of my pumpkin mousse recipe and you love chocolate you will just love this chocolate mousse recipe. It is so silky smooth, topped with whipped cream and shaved bits of chocolate. It is pure chocolate heaven with each bite.

A chocolate mousse is a classic French no-bake dessert. Time to impress your friends and family, or maybe that special someone with this elegant chocolate dessert. If I can do it, you can do it. Let’s get started!

Step 1: Gather the ingredients

In order to make this yummy chocolate mousse recipe you need just 4 simple ingredients! You will need the following:

• Chocolate – Use good quality dark chocolate bars or use semi-sweet chocolate or even bittersweet chocolate. The Godiva or Lindt bars work amazing for this. You can use chocolate chips as well if you like. You can also use milk chocolate if desired. Basically, you can use a lot of different chocolates.
• Egg whites – Save the egg yolks for something else like this amazing creme brulee. Room temperature eggs work the best for this.
• Heavy whipping cream
• Sugar
• Toppings – Top with whipped cream, chocolate shavings, nuts, coconut flakes, sprinkles, etc.

NOTE: This is a French traditional chocolate mousse recipe that uses raw eggs.

Tools

• Hand electric mixer or stand mixer
• Spatula
• Bowls
• Pot of water for the double boiler method (or use the microwave)
• Cool containers to hold the chocolate mousse (wine glasses, shot glasses, ramekins, etc.)

Step 2: How to make chocolate mousse at home

Begin by melting the chocolate. Melt the chocolate however you like. You can do it in a microwave-safe bowl in the microwave, using bursts of 30 seconds, then stir, repeat until melted. This is faster than using the stovetop.

Or you can use the double boiler method with the stovetop burner. Take a pot and add about an inch of water to it. Put a larger metal bowl on top of the pot, and the chocolate in the bowl.

Set the heat to medium. As the water heats up the steam will warm the bowl melting the chocolate. Stir the melting chocolate occasionally.

TIP: The higher quality chocolate you use the better for this chocolate mousse.

Now add the heavy cream to a large bowl. Beat with an electric hand mixer or stand mixer until you have soft peaks. When you pull up the beaters the peak that is formed will keep its shape but will fold over.

TIP: Chill the bowl and the beaters in the freezer for about 20 minutes first. This helps the cream whip better.

In a separate bowl, crack the eggs and transfer the yolk back and forth from each half of the shell. This will allow just the egg white to drop into the bowl. You can use the egg yolk for something else if you like. Make sure there is NO yolk in the egg white and no shells of course.

Beat the egg whites until frothy, then set the mixer to medium. As you are beating add a little bit of the sugar at a time. This will help the sugar to dissolve. Continue doing this until all the sugar is incorporated and you are left with soft peaks don’t beat it until you have stiff peaks, that is a bit too much.

Add the melted chocolate mixture to the bowl of whipped egg whites and fold them together with the rubber spatula until incorporated. Don’t stir it! It will ruin all the air that was created when beating the egg whites. This helps to create a light and fluffy chocolate mousse.

Step 3: Finish the homemade chocolate mousse

Finish off the chocolate mousse by adding in the whipped cream about 1/4th of it at a time. Fold it in until incorporated, then add in the next 4th.

Don’t dump it all in at once! Sometimes if you add together the cooler whipped cream and the warmer chocolate egg white mixture it will create a more gritty textured chocolate mousse. So to avoid that, only add the whipped cream a little at a time.

Use a piping bag or a spoon and fill up wine glasses, ramekins, shot glasses, etc., with the mousse mixture. Whatever you want to serve the mousse in. Then chill in the fridge for a few hours before serving.

Once chilled and before you want to serve them, top with whipped cream and some chocolate shavings, sprinkles, coconut flakes, nuts, etc. Enjoy that rich chocolate flavor!

If you like this easy mousse recipe, you can also use this as a filling for strawberry napoleons or eclairs.

How long does chocolate mousse last?

The chocolate mousse will last 3 to 4 days in the fridge if well-covered.

Here are some other recipes you may like:

Creamy Old Fashioned Fudge

Homemade Chocolate Pudding

Easy Vanilla Pudding

Chocolate Balloon Bowls

Banana Pudding

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French no-bake smooth

6 Comments

1. Eden

   January 27, 2021 at 9:25 am·Reply

   
   Super easy recipe to follow, really good mousse and I can’t wait to make it again!

   • Matt Taylor

     January 27, 2021 at 10:04 am·Reply

     So glad to hear that, Eden!

2. Suzy

   January 27, 2021 at 8:53 am·Reply

   
   Love how this has simple ingredients! Looks incredibly decadent and creamy! Love it!

   • Matt Taylor

     January 27, 2021 at 8:59 am·Reply

     Thank you so much, Suzy!

3. L. Buth

   January 5, 2021 at 10:03 am·Reply

   
   Love, your recipes. Matt! Keep up the good work!

   • Matt Taylor

     January 5, 2021 at 10:04 am·Reply

     Thank you so very much!! 🙂 🙂

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