Friday, December 9, 2011

Save Room for Dessert!

      Ok, so I decided that I'd do something different and post a recipe on this blog. I'm a foodie at heart and am excited to put my own recipe out there! Recently I made these chocolate mousse cups topped with raspberry mousse. If I can say so myself, it tastes like a sophisticated recipe with the very dark chocolate and nice consistency. If you're a dark chocolate fan, I would most definitely test the recipe.  It's very easy- so please try it if it intrigues you! (and comment if you'd like- I'm open to suggestion!)  
Easy Chocolate Raspberry Mousse Cups

Servings: 3
Ingredients:
1Tbsp Butter
2 Graham Crackers- crushed (to your desire - whether finely or not)
10-20 Pistachios-crushed
1 Chocolove Strong Dark Chocolate Bar (3.2 oz.)
1 6 oz. cup plain Chobani Greek Yogurt
About 3/4 cup fresh raspberries- depending on your liking (see pictures)

Instructions:
For the Crust:
1.    Preheat oven to 375F.
2.    Prepare 3 oven safe 6 oz. cups with baking spray.
3.    Microwave butter in small bowl until melted (8-12 sec. on HIGH)
4.    Add crushed graham crackers and pistachio to melted butter and mix well.
5.    Evenly distribute mixture into the 3 cups and press down with fork or spoon
6.    Bake in oven for 8-10 minutes.

For Mousse:
1.    In small bowl, Microwave dark chocolate at 15-second intervals until melted.
2.    In 2nd small bowl, mix Greek Yogurt and melted dark chocolate, leaving behind some dark chocolate for drizzling (if desired)- about 1 Tbsp.
3.    Split mixture evenly among cups.

For topping:
1.    Add raspberries to tops of each bowl (amount as desired- I used around 5 per bowl) 
2.    Drizzle chocolate on top of raspberries.
3.    Serve immediately- and enjoy!    

Notes: I recommend using organic dark chocolate because of its high cocoa content and not-to0-sweet taste. However, any other brand of dark chocolate would likely produce great results-it's dark chocolate!

The crust will be crumbly when it bakes but it adds a nice contrast to the mousse. 

The dark chocolate and Greek yogurt combo may be semi-hard to mix initially, but don't worry about the chocolate slightly hardening- the taste will not be sacrificed! (The mousse's result tastes like chocolate chip cream cheese to me!)
Inspiration:  http://thehealthyfoodie.net/2011/10/01/raspberry-chocolate-pie-thats-actually-good-for-you/

Baked Crust
Mixing the Chocolate Mousse...
 Adding the Final Ingredients...
Finished Product!
 

I'd love to hear what you think (and how you liked it)!
-Anna

 

3 comments:

  1. oooohhh!! I need it now!!!!!!

    new outfit post on my blog: I'm waiting for your comment!
    have a great Saturday!
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  2. omg this looks so delicious! the christmas break is the perfect time to try out new recipes :)

    cute blog you have!

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  3. Yummmmmyy :)

    XX,
    Miranda

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