This avocado chocolate mousse is sweet, creamy, and made with just 5 ingredients! Naturally low carb and vegan friendly, it’s a decadent yet simple no bake dessert.
The best chocolate avocado mousse
Tired of using avocado to make your usual sandwich or toast? Time to use it for a dessert, like this chocolate avocado mousse.
Often considered a fantastic butter substitute, using avocado in mousses and puddings isn’t overly strange. It’s a healthy dessert option that provides all the texture necessary to create something extra rich and creamy.
However, it tastes every bit as decadent and fancy as any good chocolate dessert out there. Using just 5 ingredients, the total hands on time in preparing this dessert is less than 5 minutes!
The hard part is waiting for it to chill nicely, but honestly, it is so worth it!
Ingredients you’ll need
This recipe is very simple and uses everyday ingredients to make. Here is what you’ll need:
- Avocado. Ripe and firm avocadoes.
- Cocoa powder. Be sure to sift your cocoa powder first, to ensure no clumps remain. If you’d like a richer and darker chocolate mousse, use black cocoa powder.
- Maple syrup. A refined sugar free sweetener that adds sweetness to the mousse and balances out the richness of the avocado and melted chocolate.
- Coconut cream. Must be from a can! If you don’t have coconut cream, you can use chilled canned coconut milk (full fat). Simply discard the liquid portion (use it for this smoothie) and use up the firm cream that has formed on top.
- Chocolate. The secret ingredient to take this mousse to another level! Chop up your favorite chocolate bar (I love using Lindt 78% or higher- These are keto friendly!) and melt it either in the microwave or stovetop.
How to make chocolate avocado mousse
Making this avocado chocolate mousse recipe is simple: just remember to use a high-speed blender that has ice crushing capabilities.
Step 1- Blend the ingredients
In a food processor or high speed blender (with ice blending capabilities), add your avocadoes and blend until smooth. Next, add the rest of the ingredients and blend until creamy and smooth.
Step 2- Chill the pudding
Distribute the mousse mixture amongst 6 glasses or ramekins and refrigerate for 30 minutes, before serving.
Tips to make the best recipe
- You must blend the avocado first, before adding the rest of the ingredients. If you blend it all together, you risk mini chunks of avocado remaining in the mousse.
- If you use a blender, be sure it has ice blending capabilities. We want all the ingredients to be completely immersed.
- While you can enjoy the mousse immediately, I recommend chilling it for at least 30 minutes, so that it firms up slightly.
Dietary swaps and substitutions
The beauty of this avocado pudding is just how easy it is to customize to a variety of diets and/or substitutions if you don’t have a specific ingredient on hand:
- Cut the carbs by using keto maple syrup and replacing the chocolate with sugar free chocolate chips.
- Add flavor extracts like peppermint, vanilla, or orange.
- Make it coconut-free by swapping it out for heavy cream or double cream.
- Add fresh or frozen berries like raspberries, strawberries, or even cranberries.
- Lower the calories by using reduced fat coconut cream and reducing the chocolate by half.
- Change the sweetener and use honey or agave nectar instead.
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Frequently Asked Questions
If you are worried that this will taste like avocado, fear not. The cocoa and chocolate masks any potential flavor, and the texture is exactly like any mousse out there.
Leftovers should be stored in the refrigerator for up to 1 week. Any longer, and you’ll find that the mousse forms a film on top.
You can store the mousse in the freezer for up to 6 months. However, we recommend you blend the thawed mousse before eating it, as the mousse often loses its creaminess once frozen.
Enjoying avocado pudding instead of a classic chocolate mousse is a much healthier and better option. It’s high in fiber and nutrients, and low in saturated fats. Using dark chocolate also adds plenty of antioxidants.
When made with sugar free ingredients (chocolate chips and sweetener, there are just 3 grams of net carbs per serving.
Avocado Chocolate Mousse With 5 Ingredients | Ready In One Minute
Ingredients
- 2 large avocadoes roughly chopped
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 3 tablespoon maple syrup or keto maple syrup
- 1/3 cup coconut cream
- 1 cup chocolate melted and slightly cooled
Instructions
- In a high speed blender or food processor, add your chopped avocado and blend until smooth.
- Add the rest of your ingredients and blend until completely smooth and combined. Distribute the mousse amongst 8 glasses or serving dishes and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes, to firm up.
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Thank you for sharing
Tried this! It’s delicious and I recommend this to anyone that loves chocolate.
5 stars!
I am going to make it in this coming week and will give you the outcome. The recipe sounds good.
Absolutely yummy. Easy to make. I highly recommend you use this recipe.
great use of avocados! Nice and only five fairly healthy ingredients, even better, so thank you
Hello,
My family and I absolutely love the recipes and I love making them!!!
I have a question can I for this recipe use honey instead of the maple syrup because I don’t ever have maple syrup in my house and we aren’t really much fans of it at all???
I don’t see why not 🙂
Thank you so much!!!
I did use the honey instead and it was delicious and I also used a Bundt cake pan instead of a regular cake pan and my family loved it so much!!! Thank you Arman for sharing these good and healthy recipes with us (the world)!!!
Oops my apologies I forgot that I left this comment for the mousse!!! I made the Avocado Cake so the comment that I just left was in regards to that cake I’m sorry I was confused!!!
I just made this recipe for dessert last night and it… Was… FABULOUS!!! Although, I LOVE avocados, I wasn’t sure quite what I’d think of the flavor or idea of avo in my mousse. Surprisingly, I truly couldn’t taste any of the avo or the coconut! Absolute home run with this one, Arman! I rarely meet a dark chocolate that I don’t like and this was NO exception. So simple. So quick. Indeed rich with a decadent feel to it! Will absolutely make it again! Thank you!
Yum Yum Yum! Delicious, very smooth. I made it with dutch cocoa. Very good desert
I only had evaporated coconut milk on hand. When using it as a replacement I felt the dessert was a little too dense and I could taste an avocado after taste. I ended up added another 1/2 cup of evaporated coconut milk and it worked like a charm. Light and fluffy and no more after taste!!!!!