My family loves dark chocolate and ever since we reduced the amount of added sugar we eat, this dark chocolate mousse is one of my favorite desserts.
Smallish quantities are quite satisfying and the mousse is not overly sweet. It is the perfect end to a special dinner at home or can easily be dressed up and miniaturized for a party-worthy dessert.
Recipe minimally adapted from Bouchon’s classic Mousse au Chocolat Noir and makes enough for 8 servings (~ 6 grams added sugar per serving), or about 24 mini mousse cups (~ 2 grams added sugar per serving, including cup).

Mini Dark Chocolate Mousse Cups
Yield:
24 mousse cups
Prep Time:
10 minutes
Cook Time:
20 minutes
Total Time:
30 minutes
Velvety and smooth this rich chocolate mousse is sure to delight!
Ingredients
- 125 grams 70% dark chocolate, roughly chopped
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 cup cold heavy cream*
- 3 large eggs, separated
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon boiling water
- 24 dark chocolate cordial cups (I purchase mine online)
- Raspberries, optional to garnish*
Instructions
- Melt chocolate and butter in a double boiler over hot but not simmering water or carefully in microwave, stir in boiling water and set mixture aside to cool slightly
- Whip cold heavy cream until soft peaks form and refrigerate
- Whip egg whites and sugar in another bowl until soft peaks form
- Once the melted chocolate has cooled to approximately 100°F, stir in egg yolks
- Gently stir approximately half of the whipped cream into the chocolate and egg mixture
- Fold in half of the whipped egg whites until just incorporated
- Fold in the remaining whipped cream until just incorporated
- Fold in the remaining egg whites until just incorporated
- If serving as a traditional bowl of mousse, spoon or pipe the finished mousse into individual serving dishes and cover tightly with plastic wrap. If serving in small chocolate cups, cover entire bowl of finished chocolate mouse with plastic wrap
- Refrigerate for at least 8 hours before serving.
- Allow mousse to come to room temperature (~ 30 minutes before) serving (for individual servings) or piping into dark chocolate cups
- Top with berries and serve
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 24Amount Per Serving: Calories: 84
*Notes:
- I try to use cream that does not contain any stabilizers (ie gums) or preservatives. The ingredients should simply read heavy cream.
- I choose to purchase organic raspberries.
Nutrition information (per mousse cup):
- 84 calories
- 2 g added sugar
- 0.5 g fiber
- 2 g protein
- 18 mg sodium
- 8 g fat
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tomoha yamaguchi
Saturday 5th of October 2024
yum! grew up eating 87-90% chocolate so I kinda love darker chocolates haha.
Julie Gerano
Thursday 6th of February 2020
Do you take orders for just the chocolate cups?
Meredith
Wednesday 19th of February 2020
Hi Julie - Unfortunately I don't. You can find the chocolate cups online. I have had good luck ordering them from Amazon in the past.
Mona
Monday 11th of December 2017
Love these! So pretty and just the right size for a little bite of something sweet after dinner!
Meredith
Monday 11th of December 2017
Thank you Mona! These are definitely one of my favorite desserts to serve at parties... delicious and so easy to enjoy!
Patty
Friday 8th of December 2017
These are so pretty and look super delicious! I'll try to make some for the holidays!
Katie | Healthy Seasonal Recipes
Thursday 7th of December 2017
I'm watching my added sugar too, so I totally appreciate these portion controlled goodies! Cute cups- I'll have to look for those.
Meredith
Thursday 7th of December 2017
Thanks Katie! I found the cups online... though I am going to try and make my own this weekend.