Chocolate-Covered Katie

My yummy Valentine
Sweet chocolate Valentine
You make me smile…

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On Valentine’s Day, you don’t have to choose: you can be kind to your sweet tooth and to your heart! You can have your chocolate (mousse) and eat it too. And the best part is that you can whip up this sumptuous chocolate dessert in about five minutes flat!

(Teddy bear sold separately)
Another view:

My chocolate mousse recipe came about one day when I had extra time on my hands (always a dangerous thing) and extra tofu in my refrigerator. In an attempt to rescue the tofu from going bad, I threw it into the Magic Bullet, added a few other key ingredients, and voila: healthy, five-minute mousse for one!

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Five-Minute Chocolate Mousse

(serves one)

Ingredients:

• 110 grams silken firm tofu (such as Mori-Nu; about 1/3 of the package)
• 1/8 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon dark cocoa powder (I’m sure regular cocoa powder would be fine.  See suggestions below for a richer, more chocolatey mousse)
• tiny dash salt
• up to 2 tsp liquid (such as water or non-dairy milk)
• sweetener, to taste (sugar, stevia, agave, etc)
• optional: almond or mint extract, instant coffee or espresso, peanut butter, flakes of coconut, or another fun flavoring– be creative!

Procedure:

• Blend in the Magic Bullet or food processor. Then eat like there’s no tomorrow!

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Optional tips for making the mousse even more decadent and delicious:

1.Use coconut milk or Silk creamer as the liquid

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2. Omit the cocoa powder, and instead melt some chocolate chips or pieces of a dark chocolate bar, then add this to the blender with the other ingredients. (I can’t take credit for this version of the recipe; if you google “chocolate mousse tofu” you’ll find over 100,000 results!)

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3. Squirt a liberal amount of Soyatoo on top (or mix it in like this)

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4. Add berries, peanut butter, or coconut to the mix for a delicious variation. (See “ingredients” for more flavor ideas.)

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5. Make a double batch and serve the chocolate mousse to a certain special someone.

6. Make it into chocolate mousse pie!

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When I make the mousse for me, I use the quicker cocoa-powder version, but for Valentine’s Day, I’m planning to make the more luxurious version for my lucky guy.

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Finally, here’s a link to more Tofu Mousse flavor ideas: Tofu: Is there anything it CAN’T do?

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Enjoy

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Posted in 1 | 51 Comments

51 Responses

1. on February 11, 2009 at 4:32 pm Mihl

   Your teddybear is an amazing mousse model! I’ll definitely have some, too.

   
   
2. on February 11, 2009 at 4:48 pm Maggie

   I love your tips to make it more delicious – coconut milk is a great idea!

   
   
3. on February 11, 2009 at 4:48 pm DJ

   Brilliant idea! I’m going to make this on Saturday night to help when I’m putting the moves on Skint Vegan Dad… !

   
   
4. on February 11, 2009 at 5:38 pm Erin of Care to Eat

   That looks great. I love how you bullet everything. Kinda nee done of those!

   
   
5. on February 11, 2009 at 5:40 pm Vegyogini

   Tornado sirens? I’m so happy to be a native Los Angeles girl!

   Chocolate mousse looks fabulous and your lucky guy certainly is lucky!

   
   
6. on February 11, 2009 at 5:47 pm T

   What a perfect valentines treat! Chocolate mousse is an old fave… I’m gonna have to give this a shot. YUM!

   
   
7. on February 11, 2009 at 6:01 pm shellyfish

   You make me smile with your chocolate mousse, oops, I mean heart!
   Tornado sirens? Yikes! Careful!!

   
   
8. on February 11, 2009 at 6:02 pm helloveggie.org

   I love chocolate mousse! Great post!

   
   
9. on February 11, 2009 at 6:11 pm Jen aka Jewbacca

   i bet you could put this recipe in popsicle molds and have it as a yummy summer treat.

   
   
10. on February 11, 2009 at 6:35 pm Vegan_Noodle

    Sounds like the perfect Valentine treat!

    
    
11. on February 11, 2009 at 7:17 pm shelby

    This sounds so delicious CCV!!! What a lucky guy you’ve got =)

    
    
12. on February 11, 2009 at 7:27 pm Nicole (anotheronebitesthecrust.wordpress.com)

    Thank you for the recipe!!!!! It looks incredible Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

    
    
13. on February 11, 2009 at 7:39 pm Kiki

    Yum, what a great Valentines day dessert! Will be trying this soon.

    
    
14. on February 11, 2009 at 9:27 pm Meg

    I think I am going to try this with Silk creamer.

    Just a reminder that I changed my blog address: http://www.megansmunchies.com/

    
    
15. on February 11, 2009 at 9:35 pm jrsimon56

    For the holiday me and the hubs are cooking for eachother….I’m making something for him, he’s making something for me and we’ll share in a fabulous feast.
    Too, it’s our 7 year anniversary of our first date. Awwww….:)

    
    
16. on February 11, 2009 at 9:40 pm Bianca

    I love that new banner!!! And it’s funny how the teddy bear’s shirt is kinda covered up so it says “I Love Ugs”, which made me laugh because I thought about how funny it would be if his shirt said, “I Love Drugs.”

    
    
17. on February 11, 2009 at 10:18 pm Heather McD (Heather Eats Almond Butter)

    5 minute chocolate mousse – can’t beat that! Thanks Katie as this sounds delicious.

    My husband and I are actually celebrating Valentine’s Day on Friday instead of Saturday at one of our favorite little restaurants. We waited too long to make our reservations, and they were all booked for V-day. Oops. Oh well, I’ll still enjoy it just as much. We’ll celebrate Friday the 13th instead.

    
    
18. on February 11, 2009 at 10:27 pm Nutritious is Delicious

    You come up with the most delicious looking sweet treats!

    
    
19. on February 11, 2009 at 10:46 pm Laci

    Love how your recipes are so quick and convenient! What substitutions have you tried that you would recormend? :0

    
    
20. on February 11, 2009 at 11:47 pm Ricki

    Mean ole Google Reader! I make this all the time, except I called it tofu pudding on my blog! I love the idea of adding mint or coffee flavoring, though. (And what a lucky guy–!)

    
    
21. on February 12, 2009 at 1:16 am cherry_lips

    Yum!!! that looks so good, i would stick a huge strawberry on top
    i don’t really have any plans for valentine’s day, how sad is that? i have plans for friday though, im running my ass off and then we’ll bring heart-shaped lollypops to homeless kids i’ll spread the love anyway haha xD!
    cool you like Juanes he was in my town last summer.

    
    
22. on February 12, 2009 at 2:18 am Natalie

    Where/what brand is your dark cocoa powder because I can’t seem to find it in Whole Foods!

    
    
23. on February 12, 2009 at 2:40 am Sarah

    “Dies of happiness”… thank you so much for this! It looks decadent.

    
    
24. on February 12, 2009 at 2:54 am aTxVegn

    Oh it’s posts like this that make me so sad I can’t tolerate tofu. I have bestowed many *queen* titles on you, and I now proclaim you queen of all things creamy delicious.

    Have a wonderful Valentine’s Day!

    
    
25. on February 12, 2009 at 3:09 am ChocolateCoveredVegan

    Hey Natalie,
    I just use Hershey’s Special Dark Cocoa, so you can find it at a regular grocery store )

    
    
26. on February 12, 2009 at 4:03 am jodye

    Oh how I love all of your chocolate creations, especially ones that are creamy and meant to be eaten with a spoon!

    
    
27. on February 12, 2009 at 4:11 am ttfn300

    i kept looking for a moose… but i couldn’t find him, just a bear and some pudding. hehe

    
    
28. on February 12, 2009 at 4:48 am River

    Lucky guy indeed! I really need to overcome my silken tofu phobia, the mousse looks too good!

    Your hug-loving bear is so cute! *HUGS*

    
    
29. on February 12, 2009 at 5:51 am Vegetation

    Mmmmmm chocolate. YUM!

    
    
30. on February 12, 2009 at 7:50 am Marianne

    Mmmm, mousse. Love that it's so easy to make, and so versatile. I think coconut extract & coconut on top would be excellent, maybe with a few berries as well. Must acquire some silken tofu stat!

    
    
31. on February 12, 2009 at 8:10 am Jackie

    Yummy now this sounds a way to really enjoy chocolate mousse and know it’s actually a healthy meal in disguise LOL.

    Glad you have great weather, although I don’t think I could bare tornado warnings. Our floods and fires here have made it a very wacky summer.

    
    
32. on February 12, 2009 at 1:08 pm lighterportions

    LOVE I’m so sorry I have been so far behind on all of your amazing posts. And AMAZING they have been. You have me completely dying right now just wanting to eat all of your yummy foods. That mousse? Holy chocolate fabuloso. I’ve never really bought the Mori Nu tofu much because I had no good ideas for it but you alone have just given me a whole new outlook! Onto the grocery list it goes!

    
    
33. on February 12, 2009 at 1:42 pm Mariposa

    this mousse looks so delish! i love the teddy.. Happy early Valentine’s day!!!

    
    
34. on February 12, 2009 at 4:44 pm vegwife

    Mmmm! Must try this soon!

    
    
35. on February 12, 2009 at 4:57 pm Veganissexy

    I saw the post yesterday…wiered. BTW…I use that hershey’s special dark on everything too and it is my fav! Now I’ll have to give this a go….but of course with a bit of PB in it…can’t do without that!

    
    
36. on February 12, 2009 at 5:06 pm Kate

    The teddy bear really makes this photo amazing. Thank you for posting this!

    
    
37. on February 12, 2009 at 5:17 pm acookinthemaking

    Mmmm that mousse looks soooooooooo good! Maybe I’ll make some on Saturday to eat while I’m studying…yes, my V-Day will be dedicated to catching up on all the reading I missed this week being sick. I’m lame, I know!

    
    
38. on February 13, 2009 at 4:25 am Sagan

    Mmmm! Love the cute photos. I gotta try some tofu one of these days.

    
    
39. on February 13, 2009 at 12:39 pm Becks - Not a Rabbit.

    Your choccy mousse looks awesome! I will definitely make this recipe ~ the recipe I usually use for chocolate mousse pie sets solid, yours looks nice and creamy still, which I like >:O)
    Your bear is a very appropriate model too!

    
    
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44. on June 25, 2009 at 9:16 pm Anne K.

    I just made this today! Thanks so much for the recipe. It was super easy, and delicious. A perfect post-surgery food, too!
    (http://harpingonfitness.blogspot.com/2009/06/yummy-chocolate-tofu-mousse.html)

    
    
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