This chocolate mousse recipe is so simple and quick to make – only one step – that kids can whip this up ij no time. And you’ll be wanting extra for yourself. As not only is this delicious mouse packed with healthy fats and antioxidants its another way to use up those extra avocados you having quite got round to having with that and eggs.
This chocolate mouse has a lovely creamy texture and is perfect to have on pancakes, in porridge or straight out of the bowl! Extracted form the Little Cooks Co new cookbook and from the team behind the Junior Design Award winning kids subscription boxes.
Little Cooks Co is a monthly box of ingredients with step by step baking instructions and extra activities that arrive straight through your letterbox. Perfect for kids who love to bake, as each dry ingredient filled box is with nutritionist designed recipes – by registered nutritionist and founder, Helen Burgess, with easy to read instructions, clear labelling and the good quality organic ingredients for a a delicious refined sugar-free treat that they can make themselves.
Ingredients
- 1 (if large) 2 (if small) ripe avocado
- 60g honey
- 50ml milk (or dairy-free alternative)
- 25g raw cacao powder (or cocoa powder)
- 2tsp vanilla essence
- 1tbsp cream optional
Method
Simply blend all of the ingredients in a food processor! You may need to stop a few times and scrape the sides of the food processor down with a spatula, to make sure the end result is smooth and creamy.
If you are using the optional cream it will make it taste more like milk chocolate.
Pour it into small glass jars or dishes and pop them in the fridge ready to serve as a delicious pudding. You can add any topping of your choice like dried fruits. This mousse also tastes great on pancakes or, as a topping or mixed through your morning porridge.
For more delicious recipes for breakfast, family meals, snacks and bakes, and to introduce children to simple but powerful nutritional principles that will help them build healthy, happy food journeys read the Little Cooks Co Cookbook £7.99 (Collins)
Little Cooks Co is a monthly subscription-based recipe kit that’s posted through the letterbox, direct to kids, in a neat 100% recyclable box with compostable packaging. The box is packed with all the natural and healthy dry ingredients of that month’s delicious and nutritious recipe for kids to bake in the home. Little Cook Co kits cost from £8.33 a month