Love mousse, but real mouse is made with raw eggs but many will not eat it because for raw egg. Today there are many other ways of making mousse without raw eggs and this is a very simple and easy way of first making custard and then mixing it and refrigerating it. This Chocolate Kahlua Mousse is so simple and delicious. The only issue is that you have to pretty much make this the night before.
It is time for Secret Recipe Club. This recipe is part of the monthly Secret Recipe Club “assignment!” Every month you get a name of a blog and you need to choose ANY recipe from that blog and then blog about that recipe by a date. It’s a secret because the blog owner does not know you are doing this until the reveal date. My secret blog this month was Dancing Veggies, which is written by Amanda. Amanda writes a great food blog that focuses on healthy vegetarian food on a budget.
Chocolate Kahlua Mousse
Yield: 4 servings
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Ingredients:
1 cup heavy cream
2 tbsp Kahlua
1 egg & 1 egg yolk
1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
Directions:
Heat the cream in a medium saucepan over low heat. In a separate bowl whip the eggs for about 2 minutes. Once the cream is simmering and some of the cream to the eggs and mix, then add the egg/cream mixture back into the pot slowly. Add the Kahlua and continue to simmer for 20 minutes. Do not walk away from this pot, if it boils you will have scrambled eggs. Stir frequently and make sure the mixture doesn't boil.
Break up the chocolate chips in a blender, using the crush or chop function, and then slowly add the hot liquid to the blender. Turn setting to puree and blend well for at least 5 minutes. The mixture will expand to around 4 cups.
Pour in to wine glasses or ramekins and place in the fridge for at least 6 hrs to set. Enjoy!
Even the non-set mousse still found a home and tasted similar to a Kahlua milkshake, which is not a bad thing in my opinion.
Adapted from: Dancing Veggies
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Heather @ Heather's Dish says
February 4, 2013 at 9:37 amThis literally looks like heaven in a ramekin. LITERALLY.
melissa@IWasBornToCook says
February 4, 2013 at 9:53 amLOVE this!
cooking rookie says
February 4, 2013 at 12:46 pmKahlua must be wonderful in a chocolate mousse. Great pick for SRC!
Lisa~~ says
February 4, 2013 at 1:25 pmRich, thick, boozy and delicious mousse…nothing better.
I’d love for you to check out my SRC entry Lemon Almond Biscotti.
Lisa~~
Trisha says
February 4, 2013 at 7:50 pmEwa, what a yummy find for this month’s SRC! Looks great!
Leigh says
February 4, 2013 at 9:02 pmUnfortunately, I’m one of those people that have an issue with raw egg, so I love, love, love the look of this recipe. Your photos are gorgeous also!
Katarina says
February 4, 2013 at 9:31 pmLooks divine!
Katherine Martinelli says
February 5, 2013 at 6:26 amOh wow – the texture looks absolutely perfect!! And love the flavors!
Isabelle @ Crumb says
February 5, 2013 at 3:56 pmThis looks positively heavenly! It sounds like it would be fun to play with different liqueurs too, just to change up the flavour… though you can never go wrong with chocolate and Kahlua in my books. 🙂
Elizabeth@ Food Ramblings says
February 7, 2013 at 7:21 amNeed this in my life!!
dixya @ food, pleasure, and health says
February 7, 2013 at 9:56 amjust give me a spoonful and i will be in heaven. This looks so divine and I m a big chocolate liquor person and this is something I literally eat every day 🙂
Margaret says
February 11, 2013 at 7:03 pmLove Mousse. This looks great.
Jamie @ Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom says
February 17, 2013 at 1:32 pmThat looks so good! It is exactly the type of dessert I just can’t resist!
~Jamie
sara says
February 20, 2013 at 10:16 amOMG, this looks incredible! Totally delicious. 🙂
Medeja says
February 21, 2013 at 12:51 amThis mousse looks very delicious! I’ll take double 😀
Mary says
February 21, 2013 at 5:30 amMost if not all of the comments so far are saying it looks great, but I see none about anyone who actually made this recipe. I did and found it disappointing. The taste was OK, but the texture was nothing like the picture or a mousse. I followed the directions exactly, but it results in a much harder texture, even after sitting out for an hour or more. Definitely not a mousse or anything I would make again.
Delishhh replied: — February 21st, 2013 @ 8:15 am
Mary,
Thank you for your comment. I totally agree with you that this is not 100% mousse like, i would actually almost say it is between mouse and pot de creme. But i am sorry you didn’t like it. I have done it twise and just love it. I make it in small containers with whipped cream on it. I also use high end chcocolate, i think that makes a big difference. As far as getting too hard, i am not sure what happened. Hopefully nothing was boiled. Again thanks for the comment and sorry it didn’t turn out what you were expecting.
Anne says
February 22, 2013 at 5:25 amMary, I made the recipe as well – it was delicious, but it was much much thicker/stiffer than mousse. I found it very hard to keep it FROM boiling as things reduced over those 20 minutes of simmering that I started to wonder if the 20 was a typo.
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Taryn says
January 4, 2017 at 5:36 pmI had to play around with this recipe a little but in the end it turned out yummy. All was good with heating the cream and beating the eggs. I tempered my eggs but when I put the cream/egg mixture back on the low heat to simmer it was next to impossible and it did curdle a bit. I probably only simmered it for 15 minutes max as I was short on time and it was getting quite thick anyway. I almost ran it through a sieve before putting it in the blender but thought I’d see how the blender panned out first. Initially the oil started to separate from the chocolate and it was the strange jelly texture. I blended for 5 min but it remained a hot, runny liquid. Since I was pouring into chocolate cups I thought I’d let it cool in the blender a bit and try again. After a rest it actually became quite smooth and the curdle disappeared though it still would not whip up. I popped it in the fridge in a bowl for about 5 hours until it firmed up and use beaters to whip it up like you would a whipped ganache. This finally gave it that lighter but very rich texture I believe the recipe was going for. Next time I’d probably whip a little more but this was delish in chocolate cups. A dollop of whipped cream and some fresh raspberries top it off as a decadent but not exceptionally heavy treat. It is worth a second try – I love that the egg/alcohol is cooked and I don’t have to be concerned about serving it to kids or pregnant friends. It could also be a delightful cake filling!