These Dark Chocolate Mousse Brownies are creamy, chocolatey, and quite addictive! The flavor packed combination will have you wanting to make these over and over again!
My daughter takes after me. She LOVES brownies! Just about any flavor and she ALWAYS asks to make a box.
A few nights ago, my daughter asked if she could make a box of brownies for the family. Yes, after tons of recipes on the blog, we still buy boxed brownies for simple occasions.
I agreed to let her since we hadn’t had dessert in a few days, plus, she offered, and who am I to turn down brownies, right?!
Well, she set off to work on preparing them when my hubby wandered into the kitchen. Since he is a fan of brownies with frosting, mousse, or some type of variety….he set out to work on enhancing them.
My daughter immediately suggested adding a mousse topping and the two of them began preparing it!
I went ahead and took the role of the taste tester as it is quite rare for me not to be the one in the kitchen!
Within minutes, they had the mousse ready to go and added them to the brownies. Now, if you prefer homemade brownies….check out this recipe! However, if you’re like me and like shortcuts, grab a brownie mix from the store and add the mousse layer to those! I won’t judge if you don’t, hehe!
Not only were the brownies moist, fudge like, and chocolatey….but the mousse layer was creamy, rich, and was a great addition to the brownies!
If you have a sweet tooth craving, these Dark Chocolate Mousse Brownies are jus the thing you need! Enjoy!
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Dark Chocolate Mousse Brownies
Ingredients
- 1 box chocolate brownie mix + ingredients needed on box *or homemade brownies
- 10 oz dark chocolate, chopped
- 1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 1 tsp unflavored gelatin
- 2 tbsp water
Instructions
- Prepare box of brownies (or homemade recipe) as directed on box.
Mousse Layer:
- Place the chopped dark chocolate in a bowl.
- In a small dish, combine the gelatin with the water. Set aside.
- Bring 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream to a boil over medium heat.
- Pour the heavy whipping cream over the chopped chocolate, stirring until smooth and chocolate has melted.
- Heat the softened gelatin mixture over low heat (you can use same saucepan the heavy whipping cream was in) until gelatin has dissolved.
- Pour gelatin mixture into melted chocolate mixture.
- Whip the remaining 1 cup until soft peaks form.
- Add about 1/2 the whipped cream mixture to the chocolate mixture and stir until just combined.
- Add remaining 1/2 of whipped cream mixture and stir until just combined.
- Spread mousse mixture over cooled brownie and place in refrigerator for at least 1-2 hours.
- Serve and enjoy! *We grated white chocolate over ours, that is optional
Nutrition
David Hughes
Great dessert for us chocoholics.
When I lived in upstate NY, there was an Italian deli that got desserts from the city twice a week.
One of them was a brownie with a scoop of mousse on top and a hard shell topping. My favorite treat each week.
I chilled the mousse and use a small melon scoop to top the brownie. I put the brownies on wax paper before putting the hard shell syrup on. Return to fridge.
That’s the way I tweaked this recipe and bonus-left over mousse!.
Kristin
Yum!! Sounds fabulous! Leftover mousse is my favorite part, I could dive into that stuff, haha! Glad you enjoyed!