Sep 30, 2014
Healthy Chocolate Peanut Butter Mousse — none of the sugar, heavy cream, cream cheese or butter, but all of the sweetness, creaminess, thickness and richness. Seriously now. You’d never know this is actually good for you!
This Chocolate Peanut Butter Mousse is… sweet, yet sugar free… flavorful, yet vegan and dairy free… creamy, yet lower in calories and fat than typical mousses. Oh, and it’s high fiber and high protein too! BOOM BOOM POW.
This Chocolate Peanut Butter Mousse has layers of flavor. From the chocolate to the peanut butter to the hint of vanilla and touch of salt.
Each bite has like, the most foodgasmly-delicious chocolatey goodness to ever meet your pie hole. I’m serious about that too.
I originally made this mousse because I was thinking about blending up a batch of my Peanut Butter Mousse. You know, just to keep on hand. Buuuut… I was kinda craving chocolate a little bit?
(ehem, understatement of the year, ehem)
So I just added some dark cocoa powder to the recipe and BAM! I got an incredibly thick, rich, how-is-this-not-a-diet-bomb Chocolate Peanut Butter Mousse.
Try it. Try it now! You need to 😉
Healthy Chocolate Peanut Butter Mousse
This Healthy Chocolate Peanut Butter Mousse is sweet yet sugar free, flavorful yet vegan and dairy free, creamy yet low in calories and fat. Oh, and it’s high fiber and high protein too!
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Drain the container of tofu and place the tofu block on paper towels to drain. Press as much liquid out of the tofu as possible (you’ll need to change the paper towels a couple times). My block of tofu weighed 356g after pressing all the liquid out.
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Place the tofu, almond milk and stevia extract in a large blender. Puree until smooth.
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Add the peanut flour, cocoa powder and salt to the blender. Puree until smooth. Scrape down the sides of the blender and puree one more time (the texture should be like a pudding right now, but it firms up after refrigerating overnight). Pour the batter into serving bowls, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
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Serve with freshly sliced strawberries, bananas, a sprig of mint, a dash of cocoa powder or spoons alone!
Nutrition Facts
Healthy Chocolate Peanut Butter Mousse
Amount Per Serving (1 cup)
Calories 260
Calories from Fat 99
% Daily Value*
Fat 11g17%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Sodium 190mg8%
Carbohydrates 19g6%
Fiber 10g42%
Sugar 3g3%
Protein 34g68%
Vitamin A 300IU6%
Calcium 350mg35%
Iron 5.4mg30%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
As a comparison, here is the nutrition label for Taste of Home’s Chocolate Peanut Butter Mousse.
Oh my GOD guys… are you seeing the same labels I’m seeing? The original recipe has 1,010 calories per cup while my recipe has only 260. The original recipe also has 83g of fat (and 35g of saturated fat!) along with 35g of sugar (nearly 3 tablespoons). All of that in one sitting? No thanks.
I’ll take a bowl of my Healthy Chocolate Peanut Butter Mousse instead. A big bowl please.
Thank heavens I live alone right now so I got all this peanut buttery goodness to myself. It didn’t last long, even though it’s just me. Kinda makes me wonder how long this will last in YOUR home 😉
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With love and good eats,
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– Jess
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