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I’ve been trying to think of great desserts for Valentine’s and when I think of Valentine’s I think of chocolate and strawberries. I found a recipe on All Recipes that I thought looked like it was to die for so I had to try it! I love Chocolate Mousse so I just couldn’t resist!
- 21 chocolate sandwiches, crushed
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 4 cups heavy cream
- 1 (12 ounce) packaged semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Generously grease a 9 inch springform pan with 2 3/4 inch sides.
- In a medium bowl, mix together crushed cookies and softened butter or margarine. Press mixture evenly into greased pan. Bake in preheated oven for 5 minutes, then allow to cool.
- Combine 1 cup cream, chocolate, vanilla extract, and salt, in the top of a double boiler. Heat until chocolate is fully melted and mixture is smooth. Alternatively, if you have a food processor, you can blend mixture by placing chocolate, vanilla extract, and salt, in processor bowl. Bring 1 cup cream to a boil on stovetop, then slowly pour cream into processor with blade running. Continue to process until mixture is smooth.
- Pour chocolate mixture into a bowl and cool to room temperature, stirring occasionally.
- In a large bowl, beat 2 cups chilled cream with 1/4 cup sugar. Beat until stiff peaks form.
- Fold whipped cream into chocolate mixture. Pour mixture into cooled crust.
- Chill pie at least 6 hours before serving.
- Prior to serving, beat remaining 1 cup cream with 1/4 cup sugar. Beat until stiff, then pipe onto top of pie with a star tip, or place a spoonful on top of each slice.
First I made my crust. I crushed up the 21 cookies and then put them in the bottom of my spring form pan and poured the butter over it. I had to kind of mix it up to distribute the butter over all the cookies. I then put this is the fridge to let it cool for a while.
While the crust was cooling I blended the chocolate, vanilla, and salt in my food processor. It didn’t really blend until I started pouring in the 1 cup of cream which I brought to a boil on the stove top. Once it was smooth I put it in a bowl to let it cool.
I then started making the whipped cream that goes into the pie. I mixed 2 cups of the heavy cream and 1/4 cup of sugar until it had the consistency of whipped cream. The recipe says mix until stiff peeks form.
I then started folding in the whipped cream to the chocolate mix and at this point it starts looking like a mousse.
I poured it all over my crust and smoothed it out. I then put it in the fridge over night.
In the morning I took it out and opened up the spring form pan to see how my mousse turned out!
I then made the rest of the whip cream and piped it on with a star tip. I added some strawberries to give it a nice look!
I love chocolate mousse and this recipe is simply divine! It would be a great dessert for Valentine’s and everyone will love it!
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It is way too early in the morning to be showing me that but Oh MY, I want to make it now!!!
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Strawberries, Oreos, chocolate, whipped cream…you can’t go wrong with that kind of line-up!
Yum!!!
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That looks incredibly delicious. I wish I had some right now.
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*drool* Hey now! I’m trying to diet over here! 😛 I actually have everything on hand but the heavy cream…
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That’s a mold-breaker. Great thinking!
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LOVE love love chocolates and strawberries and the combo. Great idea
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Uh, the first ting I have to say is YUM!!!!!!! I LOVE STRAWBERRIES WITH CHOCOLATE! Lol
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looks SO SO good…. 😀
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Cara this recipe looks so good that we are gonna give it a try this Sunday. But somehow the name Death By Chocolate Mousse is more attracted and making the mouse more tempting.
Oh my goodness. I don’t think I actually have any words for how delicious this looks!
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now, THAT’S a way to die! I think I just gained about 5 lbs reading this recipe, but I am soooooo liking it!
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OMgosh – chocolate – can’t live without it. Sorry but I gotta walk away now….too tempting and I’ve been so good on my dieting.
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That looks DELICIOUS! I think I know what we are going to be bringing to our next family gathering. Thanks for sharing this great recipe.
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I want to go make this now. Of course the end result is that I would eat it all myself. Not a good thing. I guess I’ll have to wait til everyone is home tonight 😉
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This looks so good. And it looks so naughty. I feel bad for even looking at it. But I want to eat it.
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This is a drool worthy choco latte yummy! That time of the month star player for sure.
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This looks incredible! I am going to have to give it a try… I know my husband would love this one!
The girl grand loves to order chocolate “moose” when we dine out. I think she believes it really is from a moose!
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Oh YUM, I want! I’m afraid I would eat the whole thing though. Pop in a good movie and get lost in the mousse!
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I love dark chocolate and this looks so good! Going to have to make it.
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I’d be happy to die eating that! I will be pinning this recipe. It will be on the menu on our cheat day. Thanks for sharing.:)
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That is totally worth a trip to Heaven! I have never made a mousse before! This is one I NEED to try!!
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That looks so good. I love chocolate!
My wife makes this a few times a year.. we have friends that love it and she makes it for them specifically..
I love chocolate mousse but have never made it before! This recipe makes it seem easy enough, and now I will have to try it. Crustless, because I prefer just mousse!
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OMG i’ve got to try this! This looks amazing! Thank you so much for the fab recipe! my mouth is watering!
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Lovely.
Easy to make and delicious looking.
You weren’t kidding about the name, eh?
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Wow, just… wow. What an amazing recipe! It looks like the best tasting dessert ever.
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OMG! I want this so bad. I’m making a grocery list and adding the ingredients so we can make this this weekend.
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I had to pin this because it’s killing me to stare at this and not to be able to eat it. What an incredibly delicious cake!
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Looks amazing!!!!! I made this recipe for Thanksgiving dessert last year, and it was a huge success! Everybody loved it, and it was incredibly easy to make … Perfect Valentines day Dessert!!!
I absolutely love Chocolate Mousse. Yours looks so pretty & yummy:)
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Cara, it looks divine and so light. I could probably eat that whole cake by myself
That’s looks delicious and seems so easy! I may try this with cherries. My kids love deserts with chocolate and cherries.
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Mmm I would love to have a slice of that. Your Chocolate Mousse looks so Delicious
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I bet that the mousse would be tasty by itself in pretty dessert glasses topped with strawberries and whipped cream.
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I don’t blame you a bit for not being able to resist. YUMMY DELICIOUS!
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OMG, I love chocolate mousse as well! This looks soooo yum! I’m definitely telling about this to my sister and bake it for me (I’m a bad baker, lol). Thanks for sharing the recipe!
OMG! If only you could’ve seen my face when the page loaded. I love anything chocolate. Hope you don’t mind but I had to pin this for a cheat day.
oh, these chocolate recipes are KILLING me. This looks so yummy. I’ve never made a homemade mousse, it looks easy and very tasty.
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This is the kind of recipe I need. I need the ones with pictures. This looks so decadent and fairly easy.
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You can tell from just looking at it that it’s super creamy. I can’t wait to try it myself!
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Oh that looks so good. I love anything chocolate.
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That chocolate mousse looks so yummy. Can I have some? lol Anyway, my husband baked a brownie yesterday. He used our oven toaster. It tastes good
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This looks SO yummy! I think I’m going to have to add it to my Valentines/Christmas/Any Holiday try list
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Looks so good, just finished dinner. Great idea for the weekend.
I love chocolate! I have never attempted a mousse pie before, been to afraid to. This looks so simple though.
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Thanks for sharing!
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Yummmm, this looks delicious! I think I’m going to try this once I get the time
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I had to get a glass of milk to read this post! Looks SO good! Pinning!
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I can imagine how awesome this must gave tasted. I am featuring it this week in Tasty Tuesday- Chocolate Edition at Ma Niche. Hope you’ll drop by to grab your featured badge.
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