Vegan Avocado Chocolate Mousse

Easy, delicious and decadent, this vegan avocado chocolate mousse is a simple dessert with only 6 plant based ingredients! It’s incredibly rich and creamy and comes together in just 5 minutes.

I know I’m a tad biased, but this vegan avocado chocolate mousse is seriously incredible. It’s light and airy yet rich and decadent. It requires just 6 simple ingredients and you won’t even know that it’s a completely vegan recipe!

It’s technically designed for dessert, but it’s made with such wholesome ingredients so I won’t judge you if you eat it first thing in the morning. I’ve done it before.

When you need to get a chocolate fix but are too lazy to make brownies or cookies, this avocado chocolate mousse is the recipe for you.

Why you’ll love this recipe

• Naturally vegan
• Easy to make
• Wholesome ingredients
• Naturally sweetened

Key ingredients

Most chocolate mousse is made from eggs, sugar, whipped cream, and cocoa powder. This recipe however, is vegan, gluten free and refined sugar free! It’s simple, delicious, and made with wholesome ingredients you probably already have in your kitchen!

• Avocado. To make it fluffy and creamy. The avocados make up the base of this recipe. You’ll need 2 really ripe avocados for 1 batch.

• Dates. To add some sweetness. If you don’t have dates (or just don’t want to use them) feel free to sub for extra maple syrup.

• Maple Syrup. For more sweetness. You are welcome to sub the maple syrup for honey or another sweetener of choice such as coconut sugar, but I do find a liquid sweetener is better for the texture than a granulated one.

• Cocoa Powder and Melted Chocolate. For lots of rich chocolate flavor. In addition to the cocoa, we’ll use 1/3 cup of melted chocolate chips for the ultimate rich chocolate flavor.

• Vanilla Extract. To balance out the chocolate.

• Almond milk. To help the mousse blend and lighten it up just a bit! You can use any non-dairy milk here such as soy if you want to make it a nut-free mousse.

How to make avocado chocolate mousse

First, put all ingredients in a high speed blender or food processor and process until completely smooth. If your dates were on the drier side, you may want to let it run for a good minute or so to ensure everything gets completely smooth.

Taste and adjust any flavors as desired. Depending on the type of cocoa powder you used, you may want to add a touch more, or a splash of extra maple syrup for additional sweetness.

Voila! Easy vegan avocado chocolate mousse. This recipe will be ready in less than 5 minutes to satisfy all of your chocolate cravings!

However, I do suggest putting in the fridge for about an hour before you serve it to let all of the flavors blend together and to make it nice and cold as the blender has a tendency to heat things up a bit.

I like to top it off with coconut whipped cream and fresh berries, but it is delicious on its own!

What kind of chocolate is best?

It actually depends! In this recipe we’ll be using cocoa powder and melted semi-sweet chocolate to make this mousse really fluffy, chocolatey and airy.

The melted chocolate adds a rich, luxurious flavor and makes this healthier avocado chocolate mousse taste like like traditional mousse!

Flavor tips

For an extra strong chocolate flavor, feel free to increase the amount of cocoa or melted chocoalte you use. The recipe as written will yield a perfect chocolate flavor (in my opinion!) but you are welcome to add more.

This recipe calls for both dates and maple syrup to sweeten. I suggest using medjool dates because they are softer than other dates and easier to blend.

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• Paleo Chocolate Chunk Cookies
• Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
• Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

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