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Chocolate Bowls with Chocolate Mousse & Raspberries

Prep time
5 minutes
Cook time
4 hours including chilling time
Yield
4 servings
Difficulty
3 out of 5 on the difficulty scale
Nugget Markets signature recipes

This elegant and delicious dessert is a surefire way to impress your guests. It's also fun to make and eat!

Ingredients

Chocolate Bowls

  • 12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 4 decorator balloons, inflated to a 5-inch diameter

Chocolate Mousse

  • 3 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • 2 tablespoons butter, softened
  • ¾ cup confectioners sugar
  • ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa
  • 1 tablespoon milk
  • ½ tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1 pint fresh raspberries
  • Mint leaves for garnish

Preparation

-Chocolate Bowls: In a heavy saucepan, melt the chocolate over low heat, stirring, until smooth. Remove the chocolate from heat and let sit at room temperature for 5-7 minutes. Lay the foil on a baking sheet. Dip the bottom half of each balloon into the chocolate, transfer to the prepared baking sheet, and rest 3-4 minutes. Repeat one more time. Chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour. Carefully pop one balloon at a time, trying to slowly release the air instead of a sharp pop. Peel the balloons away from the inside of the chocolate bowls. Loosely cover with plastic and set aside at cool room temperature.

-Chocolate Mousse: In a large bowl with a mixer, cream together the cream cheese and butter on medium speed. Add the confectioners sugar, cocoa, milk, and vanilla extract. Continue to beat mixture until light and fluffy. In a separate bowl, beat the heavy cream on medium speed until stiff peaks form. Fold the whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture with a large silicone spatula. Spoon the mixture into a decorating bag with a large rosette tip. Pipe into each chocolate bowl, leaving room for the berries. Chill the filled bowls in the refrigerator for about 2 hours. Before serving, add the fresh raspberries to the chocolate bowls and garnish with fresh mint leaves.

Techniques used in this recipe:

whip (I)whip (I): to beat an item, such as cream or egg whites, to incorporate air. fold in

fold in: to combine delicate ingredients such as whipped cream or beaten egg whites with heavier ingredients by using gentle up-and-down circular motion with rubber spatula or wire whisk.

Pair with

  • Champagne

    Taste the stars! True Champagnes come from only one region, also called Champagne, about 90 miles northeast of Paris. Making Champagnes involves a secondary fermentation that occurs in the bottle, lending the wine its effervescence.