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Chocolate Mousse

September 30, 2009 by christine

I may not have a food processor or a Vita Mix yet, but I still have a sweet tooth and a serious weakness for dark chocolate :-) When I first watched this recipe being prepared in a class, it seemed like a complicated mess that required a food processor.  I’m happy to report that it’s not and a decent blender should be fine. The recipe:

Chocolate Mousse:

  • 3/4 cup of pitted medjool dates, soaked if necessary
  • 1/2 cup of agave nectar or Stevia sweetener
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 medium avacados, mashed if necessary
  • 3/4 cup cocoa or carob powder
  • 1/2 cup water

Place all ingredients in blender or food processor and blend to a smooth pudding/mousse.  I’ve seen other versions of this recipe that carefully described what order ingredients should be added and blended and I’m not that patient on a weeknight after a busy day at work, so I just slammed the all the ingredients into the blender including entire avocado halves and un-soaked dates. My KitchenAid handled the abuse pretty well, even though it sounded pretty taxed at times and I did have to stop and stir about 4 times. But, I actually think the end result was better than the class version texture wise. I prefer the carob powder version because it tastes and looks more like dark chocolate mousse, cocoa powder tends to produce a light, milk chocolate flavor.

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  1. The Raw Project » Blog Archive » Happy Friday says:
    October 9, 2009 at 8:54 pm

    […] in this weekend. For lunch today I had a salad with balsamic vinegar as dressing and plenty of chocolate mousse with strawberries, excellent treat for the middle of a stressful day at work. Think I’ll try […]

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