This easy vegan chocolate mousse requires just 3 ingredients and a few minutes to prepare, with several flavor variation options! The results are silky, rich, and creamy – perfect for a mid-week dessert and to impress at dinner parties!
If you're looking for a dessert that's flavorful enough to satisfy your chocolate cravings yet light enough to be enjoyed in summer or winter, you've found one with this vegan chocolate mousse. Along with chocolate-dipped strawberries, and melting chocolate for dipping fun, this mousse is officially on our summer chocolate treat rotation! Plus, this dairy-free chocolate mousse is light, rich, creamy, and melt-in-the-mouth – with no dairy or eggs involved!
Whereas traditional chocolate mousse relies on egg whites, cream, and dairy chocolate – this recipe relies on a secret ingredient that makes all the difference, silken tofu! While tofu has a slight reputation for being tasteless, silken tofu is wonderfully creamy with a subtle flavor. This means, when combined with the right ingredients, it helps to make for a wonderfully creamy, chocolatey vegan chocolate mousse.
Plus, since it’s a tofu dessert, it’s also high in protein! Though if you’re on a soy-free diet, don’t worry – you can also use avocado (like this chocolate avocado pudding) for an equally rich and creamy yet healthy chocolate mousse.
All you need for this vegan chocolate mousse recipe is just 3 simple ingredients, including real chocolate and no refined sugars (so it’s sweet but not too sweet)! In fact, this recipe is gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free, and 100% vegan!
Did I mention that it also takes practically minutes to prepare?! All you need is a food processor/blender and enough patience to wait for it to set, and you'll be enjoying creamy silken tofu chocolate mousse in no time! If anything, I recommend you make it in advance to satisfy your sweet tooth at any moment!
For more vegan chocolate treats, why not try these salted caramel brownies, chocolate ‘crazy’ cake, or even some Keebler-style chocolate chip cookies!
All you need for this healthy chocolate mousse is just three simple ingredients, including:
Keep scrolling to the recipe card for the complete list of ingredients and recipe instructions!
Store the vegan chocolate mousse covered in the refrigerator for up to five days. You may also be able to freeze the mousse into 'pudding pops.' However, I don't recommend freezing the mousse to thaw at a later point since the texture of the tofu will likely alter.
Enjoy the silken tofu chocolate mousse alone as a quick snack/treat or top with a little dairy-free whipped cream and/or your toppings of choice: berries/fruits, extra shaved chocolate, cacao nibs, crushed biscuits, crushed nuts, etc.
You can also use this dairy-free chocolate mousse to create several other simple desserts, including:
Photos by Alfonso Revilla
From the author, Honor: It's simple. I mean it. There are only two ingredients in this super simple chocolate mousse! Feel free to add a flavoring, such as your favorite extract or liqueur. I scooped the mousse into small dishes and served as is, dense and creamy, but you could also whip it for a minute until fluffy. I imagine this mousse would be lovely as a filling in some decadent frozen dessert.
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alexa says
Delicious and insanely easy! Tastes like a desert from a fancy restaurant. Excited to try with fresh raspberries!
Andrea White says
Agreed! So sweet and delicious!