Avocado Mousse (No One Will Guess How it’s Made!)
Avocado mousse secretly disguises avocado within swirls of deep, dark chocolate flavor. Not only is it delicious, but it’s healthy and nutritious. Win-win.
This avocado mousse is one of those sneaky treats which uses a healthy ingredient that no one knows is included!
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I bet if you asked, no one would guess that the creamy mousse is made with avocado!
I’m not usually a nature hater, but I’m still at war with a squirrel in my avocado tree. You may recall my frustration with this creature over a year ago when I posted my avocado and tomato salad.
Well, all this time later, that squirrel still gets to more of my avocados than I do! I pick so many of them off the ground that I just had to do something different with the avocados as they were ripening all at once.
Love avocados? Try this avocado toast recipe, it’s fantastic (with burrata!)
Serendipity struck when I saw Manu’s Menu‘s chocolate avocado mousse recipe! It looked so dark, thick and rich, and so incredibly easy to make. I made a few changes to this chocolate mousse with avocado as I wanted a more boozy dessert, and though coffee might be a nice addition.
Are you looking to use avocado in a main course instead?
Try my Pasta with Avocado & Cherry Tomatoes!
By the way, no one in my family realized that there was avocado in the avocado mousse until I told them, but not until after they’d scoffed them all!
Avocado Mousse
adapted from Manu’s Menu Chocolate Avocado Mousse serves 4
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Ingredients
- dark chocolate
- avocados
- unsweetened cocoa
- Kahlua or other coffee flavored liqueur
- espresso powder
- pinch of salt
- confectioner’s sugar
Special equipment: food processor
Step by Step Directions for Avocado Mousse
Melt the chocolate and set aside.
Place the remaining ingredients into a food processor and blend until smooth.
Add the melted chocolate and blend until evenly mixed to create the avocado mousse.
Ta dah! See how easy that was? It’s ready! You can now taste it to see if you like more sugar, or more coffee flavor, and adjust to your liking.
Pipe or spoon into serving glasses, bowls or cups and refrigerate until ready to serve. If you liked my avocado mousse recipe, I bet you’ll like more of my desserts, like this easy blender lemon ice cream recipe. Others can be found directly below.
Avocado Mousse
Ingredients
- ½ cup dark chocolate (good quality, like Green & Black's)
- 2 medium avocados (peeled and cored)
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa
- 3 Tbsp Kahlua (or other coffee flavored liqueur)
- ¼ tsp espresso powder
- ⅛ tsp salt (a pinch)
- ½ cup confectioner's sugar (more or less to taste)
Instructions
- Melt the chocolate and set aside.
- Place the remaining ingredients into a food processor and blend until smooth.
- Add the melted chocolate and blend until evenly mixed. You can taste it to see if you like more sugar or more coffee flavor and adjust to your liking.
- Pipe or spoon into serving glasses, bowls or cups and refrigerate until ready to serve.
Notes
- Ingredient measurements aren't critical in this recipe.
- Omit the alcohol and use coffee, if desired.
Nutrition
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This chocolate avocado mousse looks so creamy & rich ! Will have to try this!
My husband & I would love to try the hazelnut spread that you are offering in your contest! I can only imagine how much more delicious it is than the one we have in our stores in the US!
Good luck, Nancy! It’s SO good!
Look so yummy we have lots of Avocado here in my island so I will make it thank you for sharing
This looks so rich and so delicious! Can’t wait to try it….
We don’t have a tree (UK) but there’s a glut of a is in the shops right now so I’m going to give this a go. It looks so easy!
It’s SO easy! Enjoy, Suzanne!