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This Almond Butter chocolate mousse is easy and super quick. Smooth, creamy and perfect with some whipped coconut cream. Vegan Gluten-free Recipe Jump to Recipe
This mousse. oh my god!
I made the mousse for one of the holiday dinners. Rich, smooth, creamy, decadent with a light coconut whipped cream. I was pressed for time so I put the melted chocolate, AB and coconut cream together and voila. No tofu!
Just 4 ingredients and ready within minutes. I use almond butter in the mousse because hey I like AB more than PB. Use any smooth nut butter or seed butter. You want the nut butter to be really smooth for the best results.
The mousse is most melt in your mouth rather than fluffy. Add more coconut cream and whip longer for airy mousse. elbow grease 🙂
Some exciting things happening this week.
The Plantrician Project is a non-profit dedicated to developing educational events, tools and resources for physicians and clinicians. An online instructional cooking and nutrition education course is being developed that healthcare professionals can use to prescribe to their patients for prevention and lifestyle health.
This is such a great endeavor. There is general lack of information and support in the medical community for a- dietary changes for better health, and b- understanding and correcting health problems that can happen to people on a plant based diet. find more about the project here.
Sophia over at Veggies dont Bite has made Overnight Oats even easier. A quick, easy and convenient way to prep overnight oats without having to wash any other supplies! She created a jar with pre-measured lines and sections, into which you add several types of ingredients. It moves away from the traditional “follow a recipe” mode of cooking and more into the “create as you go” mode. Each section can be filled with ingredients of your choice for that specific part, there is no need to measure how much of each. You can order her jars on her site here.
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This post above from Instagram which got me to make another batch of the mousse for the pictures. But then it got too dark for the pictures and we ate most of it 🙂
More Chocolate desserts from the blog.
Dark chocolate Silk Pie. GF
Fudgy Chocolate Brownies. GF option
Chocolate Pumpkin Tart. GF
Chocolate Hazelnut fudge Bars. GF
Triple Layer chocolate Mousse Cake. GF
Vegan Chocolate Mousse
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup full fat coconut milk
- 1/2 tsp cornstarch, optional
- 2-3 Tbsp ground sugar
- 1/2 cup vegan dark chocolate , or vegan semi sweet chocolate
- 3/4 cup smooth almond butter
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1 cup Coco whip or coconut cream
Instructions
- Mix coconut milk with cornstarch and sugar and heat in a pan over medium heat until just about a boil. Take off heat and mix well so the sugar is well dissolved. Let it sit for 1 minute. Add the chocolate and let it sit for 1 more minute. Whisk until melted. Wait for the mixture to be warm to touch as some nut butters might separate when mixed in a hot mixture. Add in the almond butter and whisk and whisk until smooth using a hand mixer or whisk.
- Add vanilla extract and cinnamon. Fold in the coconut cream and whisk and whip. Add more coconut cream and whip longer for a lighter mousse. Pour the mixture into ramekins. Let them chill for a few hours (this gives a great texture) before serving with a dollop of coco whip or vanilla ice cream.
Notes
To make whipped cream, whip the chilled coconut cream until light. Add vanilla and sugar and whip again to use immediately. Nutritional values based on one serving.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Can you substitute sugar with other sweetening agents like agave or date syrup?
Yes
I’m not clear if you only use the coconut cream in the entire recipe or only on the top like whipped cream… The recipe calls for coconut milk but your note at the end sounds like you only use the thick cream in the can. Could you please clarify. Thanks!
All the ingredients suggested in the recipe are used in the mousse. Additional dollop is extra topping and is optional to the listed ingredients.
Yours looks so delicious and what a great ingredient list. Alas, mine turned out strange – like a soup that has ‘broken’ with a clear liquid separating from the rest of the ‘mousse’ that didn’t mix well either. I don’t have a mixer so tried a whisk and gave up after 10 or so mins. Still pretty delicious but..
Ideas?
oh no. I think I remember having that problem. It happened with a particular brand of nut butter. It didn’t happen again and it skipped my mind to add that note. The nut butter separates if mixed in the mixture which is too hot. Let the chocolate cool to warm to tough and then mix in the nut butter. I will add that note.
I love so delicious Coco whip. this mouse looks so creamy!