Chocolate Mousse

Name: Chocolate Mousse
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 3 eggs ((~55g/2 oz each)); 125g / 4.5 oz 70% cocoa chocolate or bittersweet chocolate, (, break or cut into small 1 cm / 0.2" pieces (Note 1)); 10g / 0.3 oz unsalted butter; 1/2 cup cream (, full fat (Note 2)); 3 tbsp caster sugar ((superfine white sugar)); More whipped cream; Chocolate shavings ((Note 3))

Instructions

Prep:20min

Recipe video above. Light and airy yet rich, this is a Chocolate Mousse made the classic French way, as served in fine dining restaurants. Less cream, richer mouth feel, true chocolate flavour. It's actually quite straight forward to make! Excellent dessert for dinner parties because they keep 100% perfectly in the fridge for 2 days, they're elegant and indulgent but not heavy and overly sweet.See notes section for comment on raw eggs (yes it's essential to make mousse properly).

Updated at: Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:41:16 GMT