Easy Chocolate Mousse with Chocolate Cups

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Easy Chocolate Mousse in two Chocolate Cups

Today I’m continuing my series of Valentine’s Day desserts with these adorable little chocolate mousse cups.

This chocolate mousse is a great way to impress your sweetheart, because it looks really fancy and complicated, but it’s actually amazingly easy to make. The secret is instant chocolate pudding mix, which you can just blend with cream and confectioner’s sugar to make a light, fluffy mousse in literally minutes.

Chocolate Mousse in two Chocolate Cups

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This easy mousse would be delicious all by itself, but to make it really special, you serve it in little chocolate dessert cups. These also look like a lot of work, but they’re actually incredibly simple if you just use little silicone baking molds (like reusable cupcake liners). You can paint the melted chocolate right onto these, let them chill, and have perfect little molded cups to serve your mousse.

Pipe the mousse into these little cups, top it with a few sprinkles, and you have a romantic chocolate confection that looks like you spent hours instead of minutes.

Easy Chocolate Mousse with Chocolate Cups

CHOCOLATE CUPS:

  1. Chocolate dessert cups look like they are hard but these are super simple! Simply melt baking chocolate or chocolate chips in a small bowl in the microwave, heating in intervals of 30 seconds.mixing melted chocolate in a bowl with a spoon
  2. Once fully melted use a pastry brush and paint the insides of a silicone baking mold. Place in the refrigerator and allow to harden for about 10 mins. Pull out and paint the cups again. When done place in the freezer for at least an hour to allow for a solid sturdy bowl. I used these silicone-baking molds.

layer of melted chocolate in muffin cups

 

CHOCOLATE MOUSSE:

DIRECTIONS:

  1. Either using a stand mixer or hand mixer, mix and beat together heavy cream, sugar, and pudding mix for about 2-3 minutes. Stir in whipped topping. Mousse should be light and fluffy.showing 2 steps of how to make Mousse
  2. Using your favorite dessert decorator, fill chocolate cups and top with sprinkles.Easy Chocolate Mousse in two Chocolate Cups topped with heart sprinkles

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Easy Mousse with Chocolate Cups

Author Corey Valley
This Easy Chocolate Mousse is a great way to impress your sweetheart, because it looks fancy and complicated, but it’s actually amazingly easy to make.
10 -12
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes

Ingredients
 

  • CHOCOLATE MOUSSE:
  • Ingredients:
  • 2 cup Heavy Cream
  • ¼ cup Confectioners' Sugar
  • 1 cup
    whipped topping

  • 3.9 oz Chocolate Fudge Instant Pudding Mix dry
  • Chocolate bowls
  • Sprinkles

Instructions

  • CHOCOLATE CUPS:
  • Chocolate dessert cups look like they are hard but these are super simple! Simply melt baking chocolate or chocolate chips in a small bowl in the microwave, heating in intervals of 30 seconds.
  • Once fully melted use a pastry brush and paint the insides of a silicone baking mold. Place in the refrigerator and allow to harden for about 10 mins. Pull out and paint the cups again. When done place in the freezer for at least an hour to allow for a solid sturdy bowl. I used these silicone-baking molds.

DIRECTIONS:

  • Either using a stand mixer or hand mixer, mix and beat together heavy cream, sugar, and pudding mix for about 2-3 minutes. Stir in whipped topping. Mousse should be light and fluffy.
  • Using your favorite dessert decorator, fill chocolate cups and top with sprinkles.

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24 Comments

    1. Hi Barbara,
      For the actual cups themselves, that will just depend on how many chocolate chips you use for melting and how think you do the layer of chocolate. As for the Mousse, I had enough to make about 10 very full cups. So you could stretch it our to 12 I am use 🙂

  2. 5 stars
    This February chocolate recipe is making me drool. Chocolate mousse sounds like just what I need after this busy week. Thank you for sharing.

    Reply

  3. Can you make these ahead of time and refrigerate or is it best to fill day of? Thanks!

    Reply

    1. You could do it ahead of time Katy. 🙂

    2. Thanks!

  4. Samantha Gallatin says:

    Hi, I want to make this recipe for my English class, and I was wondering how much chocolate the cups need for 12 servings? It’s very crucial I know this.

    Reply

    1. It really depends on how think you make the bowls. A normal bag of chocolate chips should get you enough for 12 servings. It is always better to have extra incase a bowl breaks 🙂

  5. Samantha Gallatin says:

    Also, how long can these be out for before they melt? Would an hour be too long at the latest or maybe an hour and a half? Thank you so much for your help.

    Reply

    1. As long as you are in air conditioning, and hour should be fine. Or you could freeze them also before bring them out.