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Easy Eggless Chocolate Mousse – Nigella Lawson Recipe

February 18, 2020 29 Comments

I barely had time to do this month’s Sweet Punch – Easy Eggless Chocolate Mousse – a Nigella Lawson recipe. We are packing to go off on our big vacation of the year, the house hunt just got over and we are shifting first week of December, having moved to a new role, work is also not that laid back anymore – so a lot of stuff happening all at the same time!

easy chocolate mousse - nigella lawson recipe
Still, I couldn’t pass over this easy chocolate mousse recipe because even before this month’s challenge was shared, I had bookmarked to try this, along with the Chocolate Pistachio Fudge which I managed to make sometime back. 

marshmallows for easy chocolate mousse recipe

The secret to this recipe is marshmallows. The gelatine in this eliminates the need to use eggs and also the lengthy setting time that’s common for classic mousse recipes.

Eggless Easy Chocolate Mousse Recipe
Source: How to be a Domestic Goddess
Serves: 4-6

Ingredients:
Mini marshamallows – 150 g (I used regular ones)
Butter – 50 g, softened
Chocolate – 250 g (I used 60% dark chocolate, and it was super intense), roughly broken into pieces
Hot water – 60 ml
Cream – 250 ml
Vanilla extract – 1 tsp

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. In a heavy-bottom saucepan, melt the marshmallows, butter, chocolate and water together, stirring every now and then. Note that the marshmallows take a while to meld down so I cut each further into 4 pieces. I’d recommend you do the same if using regular marshmallows.

2. Meanwhile, whip the cream with vanilla until thick.

3. Fold it into the cooling chocolate mixture until you have a smooth mixture.

4. Pour into individual ramekins / small serving bowls and let it set in the fridge for about 1 hour.

I halved the recipe and got exactly 2 portions of intense, chocolate-y mousse that was silky and had a wonderful texture. Using semi-sweet chocolate is more advisable since the flavour is intense otherwise.

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By nags Filed Under: Chocolate, Eggless Desserts, Sweets Puddings Desserts, Uncategorized

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  1. Anonymous

    February 6, 2013 at 11:40 pm

    Your recipe says eggless so I am guessing its for vegeterians but I don't think that you are aware about what gelatin is made of… It's definitely not vegeterian, you can google it too.

    Reply
    • Nagalakshmi V

      February 7, 2013 at 2:14 am

      no, by eggless i just mean without eggs, not necessarily vegetarian. also, it's possible to get marshmallows made without gelatin.

      Reply
  2. The hObBiT

    February 5, 2013 at 1:41 pm

    Another nigella fan here! Love her express methods and fabulous results. It's my favourite no fail dessert recipe when entertaining. Just wanted to point out one thing. Marshmallows are made with egg white so it isn't really an eggless recipe. Mousse is made with raw eggs and hence this is a better/safer option specially if your making it for kids. Also much easier!

    Reply
  3. khaddu

    May 26, 2012 at 9:28 am

    i will surely try this 🙂 Thanks !

    Reply
  4. RHG

    May 5, 2012 at 8:50 pm

    really good, but microwave the marshmallows for a much quicker experience!!:) thanks for the recipe, yum!

    Reply
  5. Anonymous

    November 26, 2011 at 7:41 am

    This is a great recipe. I've literally just put them in the fridge!! I decided to blitz the marshmallows in my food processor till they were of a fine crumble consitency and this worked wonders to get them melted and fairly quickly. There were a few small globules of marshmallow but I passed the melted mix through a seive. Very impressed wiht this recipe. Thanks Nags!!

    Reply
  6. Rasmi

    November 21, 2011 at 1:41 am

    One question, what do you mean by cream? Is whipping cream okay? Please let me know.

    Reply
  7. Nags

    November 21, 2011 at 2:39 am

    I used regular cream but I am sure whipping cream is just fine.

    Reply
  8. Nags

    September 19, 2011 at 7:03 pm

    the marshmallows i got were vegetarian. you can also add china grass to make puddings eggless. just adapt this recipe of mine and add some cocoa powder. https://www.cookingandme.com/2011/08/eggless-condensed-milk-china-grass-agar.html

    Reply
  9. Anonymous

    September 17, 2011 at 5:08 pm

    Am not sure, but isnt marshmallows made of geletin? That would make it a red dot product 🙁
    Would china grass make a suitable alternative?

    Reply
  10. sumbul

    June 13, 2011 at 4:49 am

    it was utterly delic!!!
    just one ques…can i do a white choc version by just replacing dark with white choc for a striped mousse in transparent glasses???

    Reply
  11. Nags

    June 13, 2011 at 4:56 am

    That's a fantastic idea!! will look so pretty too 🙂

    Reply
  12. sliceofmylyfe

    April 29, 2011 at 6:14 am

    I have seen NIgella Lawson's video of this and had book marked it for sometime. I wasn't sure if it would taste good with the marshmallows. Now that you have made it, it gives me confidence to try. thanks!
    My first visit to you blog. I love what I see and read. Lovely recipes and beautiful photography.

    Reply
  13. semsem

    December 19, 2010 at 9:43 pm

    Hi, my name is salma,and i was looking for an easy recipe for chocolate mousse ,one that have no raw eggs in, and I found you had done nigella's . Now I did this like 3times. First one was great..but the next two was not satsifectory.. The marshmallows took ages to melt and it end like a lumpy goo in Part of Pan with liquid stuff at other. So I strained it and mixed it with the whipped cream..it was good but not like first time..so I wondered if the marshmallow kind was wrong? May be you can shed some light on this dilemma.thanks

    Reply
  14. Nags

    December 20, 2010 at 1:53 am

    hey semsem. clearly you have more practise than me making this eggless chocolate mousse 😀 i made it just this once. the marshmallows did take ages to melt but the mousse came out well for me. probably one thing you could try is keeping the fire in sim. uniform heat may help cook it better.

    Reply
  15. Anonymous

    December 5, 2010 at 3:13 pm

    nice eggless vegetarian recipes

    Reply
  16. swapna

    November 11, 2010 at 8:07 pm

    Lovely and yummy…eggless too!!would love to try sometime!!

    Reply
  17. monikamanchanda

    November 10, 2010 at 7:06 pm

    oh god I made it this weekend and was just going to blog abt it when I saw this post 🙂

    yummy it was and as she says wasnt least bit hesitant to give it to my 3 yrs old

    Reply
  18. Pavithra

    November 8, 2010 at 2:49 pm

    Wow great job that u managed to do it in ur tight schedule !!! they looks so perfect yummy!!!

    Reply
  19. Jo Romero

    November 8, 2010 at 9:56 am

    I made this Nigella mousse for Christmas dessert when the children were younger – it was yummy! Great post – I love your blog! 🙂

    Reply
  20. nimi

    November 8, 2010 at 6:14 am

    Hi Nags,
    Congrats n best wishes for all new things, perfect treat to celebrate with 🙂

    Reply
  21. Deeba PAB

    November 8, 2010 at 2:42 am

    Looks and sounds delicious Nags. I just did NLs chocolate fudge for Diwali, this time with walnuts. Was YUM!!

    Reply
  22. Rachel

    November 8, 2010 at 4:22 am

    Good luck with all the new things happening.
    And mousse with marshamallows. true decadence.

    Reply
  23. Mriganayani

    November 7, 2010 at 8:21 pm

    Someone is becoming both a superwoman at work and a domestic goddess at home! You go girl! I want to celebrate your victory with some of that mousse above – send me some please!

    Reply
  24. Torviewtoronto

    November 7, 2010 at 7:14 pm

    first time here chocolate mousse looks delicious

    Reply
  25. RAKS KITCHEN

    November 8, 2010 at 1:55 am

    Cool recipe,egg less! I love white chocolate mouse very much,will bookmark this to try it out in future!

    Reply
  26. Happy Cook

    November 7, 2010 at 9:48 am

    I love the addition of the marshmellows. I love nigella's recipes and for the last weeks every thursay BBC 2 has been sending her new cooking programma which i watch and love.

    Reply
  27. Paaka Shaale

    November 7, 2010 at 8:03 am

    The mousse looks fabulous. It's too tempting 🙂

    Reply
  28. Sharmilee! :)

    November 7, 2010 at 7:24 am

    Wow sounds and looks easy and tasty.With marshmallows can imagine how delicious it would have been.
    Btw just posted the poha roti/vada that I tried from here 🙂

    Reply

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