Vegan Chocolate Avocado Mousse
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This vegan chocolate avocado mousse is an easy healthy avocado dessert made with only 5 ingredients.
Plus, it is a refined sugar-free dessert using nutrient-dense Medjool dates.
What’s Vegan Chocolate Avocado Mousse?
Vegan chocolate avocado mousse is a healthy chocolate dessert made of ripe avocado, dairy-free milk or cream, unsweetened cocoa powder, and unrefined sweetener.
It has a strong chocolate flavor and a very mild and discreet avocado taste.
How To Make Vegan Chocolate Avocado Mousse
This avocado chocolate mousse is an easy 5 ingredients recipe ready in 10 minutes.
Ingredients
All you need is a blender or food processor and a bunch of wholesome ingredients.
- Ripe avocado. Simply press the avocado. If it is firm, it is unripe. It must be soft but not mushy.
- Canned coconut milk. Make sure you use canned coconut milk, light or regular. It has no additives and a higher fat content than packaged coconut milk. Therefore it creates the most beautiful creamy texture.
- Medjool dates, compared to regular dates, they have a rich, soft, chewy texture with a caramel flavor.
- Unsweetened cocoa powder. This adds chocolate flavor to your mousse without adding sugar.
- Vanilla extract
Note for the sweet tooth! You can adjust the sweetness by adding 1 to 2 tablespoons of maple syrup to the recipe.
Chocolate Avocado Mousse Nutrition
Nutrients are another great reason to use avocado in desserts. Indeed, apart from its amazing creamy texture, avocado contains more than 20 vitamins and nutrients!
Calories in avocado are moderate with 160 kcal per 100 grams, including 15 grams of healthy fat and 7 grams of fiber for healthy guts.
Plus, Medjool dates add lots of potassium, magnesium, and vitamin B6. So don’t wait anymore and try some avocado dessert. You won’t regret it.
Storage Instructions
You can store the vegan chocolate avocado mouse for up to 3 days in an airtight container in the fridge.
It can also be frozen into an ice cube tray and enjoyed as a frozen snack straight out of the freezer!
More Avocado Dessert Recipes
It is amazing all the healthy vegan desserts you can make with avocado.
Enjoy the lovely chocolate avocado mousse, and don’t forget to share this recipe on Pinterest to save it for later!
Your friend, Carine
Vegan Chocolate Avocado Mousse
Ingredients
- 1 Avocado - ripe, about 150 g or 1/2 cup mashed avocado
- 6 pitted Medjool Dates
- 1 ¼ cup Canned Coconut Milk - Canned, light, or full fat (300 ml)
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- ¼ cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
Instructions
- Place the dates into a mixing bowl and cover them with hot water – think bath temperature. Soak for 10 minutes, then drain. Discard the water.
- Cut the avocado in half, remove the stone and scoop out the flesh with a spoon.
- In a blender, add avocado flesh, canned coconut milk, unsweetened cocoa powder, vanilla extract, and soaked dates.
- Blend on high speed until creamy and smooth. It should not take more than 1 minute. If necessary, stop the blender after 30 seconds, scrape down the sides of the jug to make sure that all the ingredients come back in the center, and process again.
- Transfer the mousse into 4 dessert ramekins and refrigerate for at least 1 hour to set.
- Serve with crushed pistachios or coconut.
Storage
- Store for up to 3 days in an airtight container in the fridge.
- It can be frozen into an ice cube tray and enjoyed as a frozen snack!
Medjool dates are not sugar free. One date contains 16 grams of sugar.
The recipe mentioned refined sugar free, not sugar-free! You are right dates are high-carbs and we do love them
Can you use a another sweetener like monk fruit or something with a low glycemic? What’s other substitutes?
Absolutely, you can use sugar-free Monk fruit syrup (this is a 1:1 replacement to maple) or drops of pure Monk fruit or stevia glycerite. However, these last two are very sweet when used in tiny amount so start with a few drops and increase regarding taste.
I just made this, and it’s great! I licked it clean hehe
Thanks ! I am glad you love the mousse, XOXO Carine
I have made this recipe a couple of times. I like that it’s a fast dessert to make when you want something sweet. A few times I didn’t have dates so I used Frozen ripped bananas and a few frozen raspberries instead, and it worked great.
Thank you for such a lovely feedback! Good to know this works with frozen raspberries too. XOXO Carine