# Chocolate Mousse Cups

This recipe is for chocolate mousse cups, a popular dessert in France, that makes for a great make-ahead treat.

- Cuisine: French
- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- dark chocolate
- butter
- cream
- sugar
- egg yolks
- vanilla extract
- pinch salt
- espresso powder
- whipped cream
- cookie crust

## Instructions

1. Chop the dark chocolate into small pieces and transfer it to a bowl.
2. Melt butter in a pot.
3. Add cream and sugar to the pot with the melted butter and heat it up.
4. Pour the hot cream mixture over the chopped chocolate to melt it.
5. Whisk the chocolate mixture until smooth.
6. Add egg yolks to the chocolate mixture and whisk until combined.
7. Add vanilla extract, a pinch of salt, and espresso powder to the chocolate mixture and whisk well.
8. Cover the chocolate mixture and chill it.
9. Crush cookies in a food processor to make the cookie crust.
10. Add melted butter to the crushed cookies and mix.
11. Whip cream with vanilla extract and sugar until stiff peaks form.
12. Place the small glass cups on a cutting board.
13. Press the cookie crust into the bottom of each glass cup.
14. Fold the chilled chocolate mixture into the whipped cream.
15. Pipe the chocolate mousse over the cookie crust in each cup.
16. Pipe a layer of lightly sweetened whipped cream on top of the chocolate mousse in each cup.
17. Garnish with chocolate shavings or cookie crumbs.
18. Cover the mousse cups with lids.
19. Cut out homemade stickers and place them on top of the lids.
20. Store the chocolate mousse cups in the fridge.

## Equipment

- cutting board
- knife
- pot
- whisk
- bowl
- hand mixer
- spatula
- food processor
- small cups
- piping bag

## Tips

- Add espresso powder to all chocolate-based desserts to enhance the flavor.
- For a lighter and airier chocolate mousse, whip egg whites and fold them in, but using whipped cream is an American alternative.

## Source

- Original video: https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSfo1MRd1/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/9263a9b9-dc60-471d-a8c3-6ab5241a29ba
- Extracted: 2025-12-06

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