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Easy Chocolate Mousse, Three Ways

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Easy Chocolate Mousse, Three WaysPaul Whicheloe

With chocolate mousse this good and this easy, you can give your guests a delicious start to the new year!

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Serves 6 (makes approximately 18 spoonfuls)

Ingredients

8 ounces semisweet Bakers chocolate chopped
2 (8-ounce) containers Cool Whip topping

Basic Chocolate Mousse:

1/2 cup of toasted coconut, slivered nuts, or crushed candy

Malted Chocolate Mousse:

1/3 cup malted milk powder
1/2 cup Whoppers candies, crushed

Chocolate Amaretto Mousse:

3 tablespoons amaretto liquor
1/2 cup slivered almonds,

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    1. Place chocolate in a large microwaveable bowl. Melt in microwave for 2 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds. Stir chocolate until smooth.

    Step 2

    2. Once chocolate cools, add 1 cup of Cool Whip to the chocolate, stirring quickly. Continue folding in the rest of the Cool Whip in 2 batches, until there are no visible streaks.

    Step 3

    3.Divide mousse into thirds.

  2. Basic Chocolate Mousse:

    Step 4

    Place one-third of the mousse into a medium-size zip-locking plastic bag, cut off one corner, and pipe mousse onto 6 spoons, about 1 tablespoon per spoon. Top with your favorite toping, such as toasted coconut, slivered nuts, or crushed candy.

  3. For Malted Chocolate Mousse:

    Step 5

    Fold malted milk powder into one-third of the mousse. Place mixture in a medium-size zip-locking plastic bag. Pipe onto 6 spoons and top with crushed whoppers.

  4. For Chocolate Amaretto Mousse:

    Step 6

    Fold Amaretto into one-third of the mousse. Place mixture in a medium-size zip-locking plastic bag. Pipe onto 6 spoons and top with toasted almond slivers.

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Excerpted from the book Katie Brown Celebrates: Simple and Spectacular Parties All Year Round. © 2008 by Katie Brown. Reprinted with permission of Little, Brown and Company, NY. All rights reserved.
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