5 Ingredient Chocolate Avocado Mousse (healthy & vegan)

Why you will love this recipe:

• It tastes incredible! It's rich, smooth, and creamy with the most decadent dark chocolate flavour. The consistency is similar to a chocolate pudding, and don't worry, it doesn't actually taste like avocados!
• It's so quick and easy to make! With just 5 ingredients it comes together in just a few minutes. It's a no bake dessert that is ready in no time.
• This healthy chocolate mousse is refined sugar free, vegan, dairy free, gluten free, and paleo. It's the perfect healthy treat!
• This mousse can be eaten plain or used as an icing on cakes or cupcakes, just like my vegan mascarpone.  
• Kids love it and it's a great way to sneak some extra fruit and healthy fats into their diet.

Ingredients and substitutions:

• Avocados - avocados make the perfect creamy base for this mousse. And don't worry, you can't taste them! Be sure to use ripe avocados to make this chocolate mousse.
• Coconut milk - to help make this mousse so creamy and delicious. I recommend using full fat coconut milk to make it extra thick and creamy. Low fat coconut milk is more watery so won't give the mousse the same texture.
• Cocoa powder - to give this recipe the most rich chocolate flavour. You can use cacao powder instead. 
• Maple syrup or honey - either of these natural sweeteners work to make this raw dessert and keep it refined sugar free. If you are vegan be sure to use maple syrup.
• Vanilla extract - to help enhance the delicious rich chocolate flavour of this creamy mousse.

Recipe variations and add ins: 

• Instead of coconut milk you could use unsweetened cashew milk to make this chocolate avocado mousse.
• Feel free to add a little salt to this chocolate dessert. The sweet and salty combination is so good!
• Feel free to top this mousse with chocolate chips, shaved chocolate, or cacao nibs to add even more chocolate taste. You could also top it with coconut flakes if you prefer a different flavour.
• Feel free to double or triple this recipe if you are serving a crowd or icing a cake. 

How to make chocolate avocado mousse: 

Step 1

First, add all the ingredients to your high speed blender or food processor.

Step 2

Now blend everything well until the ingredients are smooth. Then serve and enjoy!

Top tips:

• Be sure to use ripe avocados to make this creamy mousse.
• Make sure you blend it will enough so there are no clumps remaining in this mousse.

How to serve:

You can eat this chocolate avocado mousse right off the spoon like pudding, use it as dessert dip for fruit, or use it as an icing to top cakes, cupcakes, tortes, tarts or pies.

You can also transfer this mousse into small glass jars and serve them as parfaits and top them with other ingredients such as coconut whipped cream, chocolate chips or chocolate shavings.

How to store: 

Store this mousse in the fridge in an airtight container for up to 5 days. I don't recommend trying to freeze this mousse.