Vegan Chocolate-Vanilla Mousse Dessert with Silken Tofu

Ok here I really am late to the party. I feel like making vegan mousse au chocolat out of silken tofu has been THE go-to dessert on every vegan blog, social media profile or cookbook by now. But I never really liked mousse au chocolat in the past (please don’t cancel me) so I never had the urge to try those recipes before. That was, in fact, until I started thinking about if I couldn’t just do it with vegan white chocolate instead.

And then maybe mix it with a little bit of dark chocolate too eventually, which then would perhaps create something that would remind me of those marbled ‘cow’ pudding desserts from my childhood (yep we had stuff like that in Germany). So I did try it and long story short: it’s amazing, absolutely delicious, extremely easy to make and I do regret ignoring this dream of a vegan dessert for such a long time now.

and now here comes the recipe for:

Vegan Chocolate-Vanilla Mousse Dessert with Silken Tofu

Ingredients (for 1 normal or 2 smaller glasses):

for the mousse:

• 200g silken tofu

• 50g vegan white chocolate

• 50g vegan dark chocolate

• a pinch of vanilla*

• a pinch of salt (optional)

• 1-2 tbsp additional sweetener (optional)

for decoration:

• some cocoa powder

• some vanilla

• fresh fruit (e.g. white currants or strawberries)

Instructions: 

1. Melt down vegan white chocolate and blend together with half of the silken tofu and a pinch of vanilla until you get a smooth and creamy consistency.

2. Then melt down dark chocolate and blend with the rest of the silken tofu, a pinch of salt and optionally additional sweetener of choice.

3. Either transfer both creams to two small glasses separately or add spoonfuls of both into one bigger glass to create a marbled look.

4. Place the mousse in the fridge for 4 hours, or ideally overnight, let it set and decorate with some cocoa powder, vanilla or fresh fruit before serving! Done!

Late to the party but at least I showed up.

*Notes:

1. You can also add other spices to your mousse dessert and create different flavors and varieties that way! Cinnamon, gingerbread or pumpkin spice would be lovely for fall or winter and I think chili or mint might go extremely well especially with the dark chocolate mousse!

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