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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 (120g)

Recipe makes 8 servings

The following items or measurements are not included below:

2 tablespoons Grand Marnier

Calories 377
Calories from Fat 297 (78%)
Amount Per Serving %DV
Total Fat 33.0g 50%
Saturated Fat 19.5g 97%
Monounsaturated Fat 10.1g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1.4g
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 187mg 62%
Sodium 60mg 2%
Potassium 181mg 5%
Total Carbohydrate 19.7g 6%
Dietary Fiber 1.7g 6%
Sugars 15.7g
Protein 5.6g 11%

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Easy Chocolate Mousse

Recipe #185325 | 30 min | 30 min prep | add private note
megnbrycesmom

By: megnbrycesmom
Sep 8, 2006

Usually when I say my grandmother, I mean my maternal one, but this is one of the few recipes I have from my paternal grandmother. She died when I was a toddler but I sure do remember this mousse! It really is quite simple to make and is delicious and elegant served with fresh berries of any sort.

SERVES 8 (change servings and units)

Ingredients

  • 8 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips (or bits, or mini chips, etc)
  • 4 tablespoons hot water
  • 4 eggs, beaten (I use the pasteurized ones since the eggs won't be cooked)
  • 2 tablespoons Grand Marnier (to taste)
  • 1 pint whipping cream, whipped very stiff with no sugar added

Directions

  1. 1
    Melt chocolate with hot water. To melt completely, it may be necessary to place the bowl in a pan of hot water.
  2. 2
    Cool and then add beaten eggs.
  3. 3
    Add Grand Marnier.
  4. 4
    Carefully fold in whipped cream.
  5. 5
    Chill and serve.

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From: TrueMainerChic1986

On Nov 9, 2009

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  • From: tomsawyer

    On Jun 14, 2009

    This is a very delicious and easy reipe. I cut this in half and left out the Grand Marnier. This ended up like sort of a pudding. In order to chill it quick I put it in the freezer for 5 minutes which worked great! Made for ZWT5, Dining Daredevils.

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    From: Muffin Goddess

    On Jun 9, 2009

    How can something so easy to make taste sooo amazing?! I used some 85% Lindt bars that I had lying around for the chocolate. Because the 85% chocolate has barely any sweetness of it's own, I did sweeten my whipped cream a bit (which I wouldn't have needed if I used sweeter chocolate). I loved how the Grand Marnier gave it an extra flavor dimension that you couldn't quite identify (there was no alcohol-y taste there). I'd definitely like to try this with sweeter chocolate and other liqueurs, too. I served this with some Pirouline filled wafer cookies. I'll definitely be using this recipe again, thanks for posting! Made for ZWT5 Zingo.

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    From: ~Bliss~

    On Mar 31, 2007

    This was delicious. You need to follow the directions, and make sure the cream is stiff; don't cheat and snack on the chips; no extra water to make the chips melt (and make sure they are ALL melted). The first time I made this, I didn't get the cream stiff enough; ate a handful of chips; not all the chips melted, and the texture was off. The only "problem" is that it made too much for me to eat at the time, and it had to sit for almost a week in the fridge. It was still delicious; hadn't separated; looked yummy, but I was afraid of the raw eggs and dumped it. What a waste!!!!! BTW, it still tasted wonderful being a week old. I think the next time I make this, I will just half the recipe, and, yes, I will be making this a lot. Thanks for a wonderful recipe Meg....

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