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!
Michael Koren says
I made it for the first time yesterday for a new years party after a test run the night before. I hound that I needed to add about a quarter teaspoon of xanthan gum to the mix after the addition of sugar etc. I whip is at the end for about 2 minutes not one to be sure the chocolate (I use a very very bittersweet to it is drier and harder).
Then after added to small containers and chilled for 2-3 hours – WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyhow I have no issues with raw eggs and have them every day of the week. The key is to purchase organic from a very reputable source. The salmonella issues are nearly always from factory farming methods. The company I purchase from Whole Foods is the Vital Farms brand (from Texas) which has humane certifications and come from pasture raised chickens.
Ettjen says
It just surprises me that you don’t have to split the eggs, normally when you make a choc mousse, it’s with the eggwhites.
The idea came to me to use bananas instead of chocolate. I know, it won’t be the same taste at all, but I try to avoid chocolate (I don’t tolerate it too well). And I happen to have a lot of ripe bananas at the moment.
A petty (for me) that a lot of the recipes have chocolate…
Your website is very inspiring, even for a non-gluten-intolerant like me!
Rachel B says
I would definitely make this with the local duck eggs I get from a friend. For me, eating Paleo is only eating treats like this as a small part of my food. I don’t know anybody who is 100% Paleo.
Max says
Elana,
Love the recipes, but vegetable shortening doesn’t really work for me or most paleo/primal dieters. Is there a coconut oil substitute?
Lauren says
OH YUMMMMMM!!! I would definitely eat this even though I do not eat strictly paleo. But I would cut out the sweetener, since I do not have a sweet tooth. Went sugar free a year ago and have never looked back. I adore unsweetened chocolate (I know, weird) so I would use ghiradelli unsweetened chocolate squares for this. The raw eggs don’t bother me, I actually taste test baked goods before they’re cooked all the time… as long as I don’t really think about what I’m eating ;)
Iris says
Looks absolutely delicious! Happy New Year, Elana! Wishing you a delightful 2012!
Tamara says
Yes, it would be the sugar that would make this non-Paleo… I try to eat Paleo on 6 days out of 7, so this would be a dessert I’d eat on my cheat day!
Diane says
Elana, you are my HERO!! I made this tonight, subbing Xylitol for the coconut palm sugar because I didn’t have any, and it was TO DIE! I divided it into 4 little cups and my hubs and son and daughter all LOVED it! I made it in my Vitamix and it worked just fine. Thanks so much for this excellent recipe; definitely a KEEPER!
Roz says
I follow a modified paleo/primal diet ( <0.5 ounce of 80% or darker chocolate a day and plenty of full fat dairy, you betcha). Even with almost a year of paleo experience under my belt, there are times when menu planning is a trial. However, in order to keep on the primal path, I do let myself have a grain-free dessert once or twice a month. It gives me something to look forward to and helps me be mindful the rest of the time. I know that method doesn't work with other people, the majority of whom seem to be all or nothing with a heavy dose of self-recrimination and guilt if they 'fall off the wagon'. But I find it much easier to have a treat now and then, usually made on Sunday so I can send off the majority of it to my husband's office the following Monday, or else I'd probably give up completely. The paleo principles are a framework, not a religion!
Odile says
Hi everyone, I’m new to this site but have been following paleo eating for the last few months. Like one of the previous comments, I’m not familiar with the use of vegetable shortening. I’d like to understand if it is indeed a necessary ingredient or just a way to make it dairy free. Could butter or cream work instead? It sounds like this ingredient is OK with everyone as no-one has made a negative comment about it.
I’m thrilled to have found this site. Thank you everyone for great comments and of course Elana for such valuable work.