Description
Avocado chocolate mousse is high in fiber, healthy fats, magnesium and potassium. This gluten-free recipe is rich, smooth and can satisfy your sweet tooth.
Ingredients
Scale
- ½ cup medjool dates, soaked
- ½ cup maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1½ cups mashed avocado (3 avocados)
- ¾ cup raw cacao powder
- ½ cup almond milk
- 1 scoop protein powder
Instructions
- Blend or process dates, maple syrup, protein powder and vanilla extract until smooth. Add mashed avocado and cacao powder, and process until creamy, stopping to scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula if needed.
- Add the almond milk, and process until smooth. Serve at room temperature or chilled. Store in a sealed container in the refrigerator up to 3 days or in the freezer up to 2 weeks.
Notes
- You can use honey or liquid stevia in place of maple syrup.
- You can make this recipe with regular milk, coconut milk or even water in place of almond milk.
- You can make fudgesicles with this recipe as well. Just freeze the mousse in ice cube trays. Thaw for 5 minutes before serving.
- To make chocolate sauce or fondue, increase water to 1 cup in this recipe.
- Category: Desserts
- Method: Mixing
- Cuisine: French
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 91g
- Calories: 166
- Sugar: 15.3g
- Sodium: 21mg
- Fat: 8.2g
- Saturated Fat: 1.5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6.2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 24.7g
- Fiber: 5.6g
- Protein: 3.6g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg