My dairy-free Mocha Mousse is an easy dessert recipe made with just 7 ingredients. You can whip up this paleo-friendly chocolate Mocha Mousse in just a few minutes. All you need to do is throw your ingredients into a food processor and voila, you have an incredibly rich and creamy dairy-free dessert. I like to serve Mocha Mousse in individual cups for an elegant presentation.
Dairy-free Mocha Mousse is wonderful all year round, but is a particularly fantastic when served as a healthy New Year’s Eve dessert. When we entertain we generally have people with a variety of food allergies and food restrictions. I make my Everything-Free Brownies, for those who are on an egg-free diet. For the unlucky folks who cannot eat chocolate, I make my paleo Gingersnaps. I make sure to have something for everyone at all of our gatherings!
Mocha Mousse
Ingredients
- 4 large eggs
- ½ cup chocolate chips
- ⅓ cup palm shortening
- 1 tablespoon organic decaf coffee beans, espresso grind
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons coconut sugar
Instructions
- Pulse eggs in food processor for 3 minutes until fluffy
- Pulse in chocolate chips for 2 minutes, until well ground
- Pulse in shortening, espresso, cinnamon, vanilla, and coconut sugar
- Process until mixture is consistency of mousse
- Spoon into 6 half-cup ramekins or dessert cups
- Serve
A call to all the experts out there on the paleo and primal diets. Would you eat this dairy-free mousse? Do you think it’s a paleo dessert, or is that term an oxymoron? How do you define paleo and what are your paleo health goals overall? Leave a comment and let us know!
For those of you that are on an egg-free diet, here are some of my paleo egg-free dessert recipes for you!
Healthy Juicer says
Great close up picture of the mousse. You could almost taste it through the computer.
Jessica @ Hungrygems says
An elegant and rich dessert like that done in a food processor? I wouldn’t call that cheating, I’d call that genius.
Betsy says
While this recipe looks great, I would not eat it due to the sugar in the chocolate chips and I avoid coconut sugar too. I’m pretty strict Paleo but have friends that adhere pretty well to Paleo eating that would eat this – but probably not too often. What doesn’t work for me may work fine for you! :0)
Lynn says
I would substitute coconut oil, which is hard at room temperature here…Then I would eat it. and maybe not add the sugar…I’d have to experiment. I eat Paleo, but I am also insulin resistant.. For a special occasion it would be lovely. I get my eggs from a local gal, I eat raw eggs all the time.
Tonya says
Elana, I love your recipes. I try to follow the Paleo lifestyle but I do love my sweets. However, I primarily get my dessert recipes from you. For me, life without sweets would be horrible. I think it is a matter of personal preference and what works for the individual. And your chocolate chip cookies work wonderfully for me. The Paleo Fruit Cake was also great. Thanks for all of your hard work.
My goal for 2012 is to continue to improve my diet.
Kim says
Elana, I wouldn’t even waste my time using the word “paleo” in any of your future recipes. It seems to bring out the zealots. Gluten-free and dairy-free, no one can argue with.
I’ll have to make this. Sounds lovely!
Kim says
Add to that the word “primal”. I get tired of the petty comments about something not being paleo or primal. Good grief!
Danneca says
I’m not a Paleo “expert,” but one who knows a lot of them. Way too much sugar. That said, I will happily indulge, being, myself, only a Paleo novice. : )
AudreyV says
I really love and appreciate your recipes. I eat paleo and understand the dilemma of whether a little sugar is allowed. I think a little honey or coconut sugar on an occassional basis is OK, if you like. And I believe a little dark chocolate is occassionally OK as well. I eat raw eggs if I can buy them from someone the raises chickens, if I get store bought eggs I don’t eat them raw. The bottom line is, thank you so much for your recipes!
Tana Rhodes says
What can I substitue for the shortening? Dairy is fine for me (as far as I know, lol!) what about half and half or whipping cream? Isn’t this what mouse usually calls for? Thanks in advance for any feed back! :)
AustinGirl says
The strict Paleo folks will balk at the coconut sugar, for sure…and for some of them the chocolate falls into the grey area as well. However, 2 T in an entire recipe won’t phase other Paleo people. I definitely plan on making this (your recipes rock, btw) and will just stick to the chocolate chips for the sweetness in this recipe, when I make it.
My goals for 2012 are to keep honing my diet into the healthiest that I can make it. I’ve been following Mark Sisson’s Primal Blueprint eating model for over a year now, but I want to be more faithful to it than I have been…especially in the exercise dept. I also want to keep edging closer to 90/10 eating vs the 80/20 or 70/30 I’ve been slipping into over the Winter holidays.