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.
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.
no, by eggless i just mean without eggs, not necessarily vegetarian. also, it's possible to get marshmallows made without gelatin.
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!
i will surely try this 🙂 Thanks !
really good, but microwave the marshmallows for a much quicker experience!!:) thanks for the recipe, yum!
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!!
I used regular cream but I am sure whipping cream is just fine.
One question, what do you mean by cream? Is whipping cream okay? Please let me know.
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. http://www.cookingandme.com/2011/08/eggless-condensed-milk-china-grass-agar.html
Am not sure, but isnt marshmallows made of geletin? That would make it a red dot product 🙁
Would china grass make a suitable alternative?
That's a fantastic idea!! will look so pretty too 🙂
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???
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.
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.
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
nice eggless vegetarian recipes
Lovely and yummy…eggless too!!would love to try sometime!!
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
Wow great job that u managed to do it in ur tight schedule !!! they looks so perfect yummy!!!
I made this Nigella mousse for Christmas dessert when the children were younger – it was yummy! Great post – I love your blog! 🙂
Hi Nags,
Congrats n best wishes for all new things, perfect treat to celebrate with 🙂
Good luck with all the new things happening.
And mousse with marshamallows. true decadence.
Looks and sounds delicious Nags. I just did NLs chocolate fudge for Diwali, this time with walnuts. Was YUM!!
Cool recipe,egg less! I love white chocolate mouse very much,will bookmark this to try it out in future!
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!
first time here chocolate mousse looks delicious
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.
The mousse looks fabulous. It's too tempting 🙂
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 🙂