This naturally low carb and keto chocolate mousse recipe is super thick and creamy, with just 3 ingredients, and no sugar required.
Egg Free
Sugar Free
Gluten Free
Soy Free
Nut Free
The quick and easy chocolate dessert can be made in under 10 minutes from start to finish, with just a few basic ingredients – NO gelatin, no chocolate pudding mix, no cream cheese or mascarpone, and no need to cook.
Also try this Keto Cheesecake
If desired, try topping the homemade chocolate mousse with Coconut Whipped Cream or this Keto Ice Cream.
I sent the recipe to a friend who’s following a keto diet, and she texted me to say that her non-keto family loved the chocolate mousse so much that she barely even got a serving for herself.
If you’re vegan like I am, the dessert is naturally egg free and can easily be made dairy free by using coconut milk or coconut cream. Feel free to use regular sugar or your favorite sweetener of choice if you’re not on a low carb or sugar free diet.
For keto vanilla mousse, try this Keto Cookie Dough Dip
How to make keto mousse
Start by gathering all of your ingredients. Chill the coconut milk or heavy cream and the actual mixing bowl, then whip the liquid with hand beaters until it thickens and stiff peaks form.
Whip in the cocoa powder and sweetener of choice. For the richest flavor, I recommend including the dutch cocoa if you can find it. Once a mousse texture is achieved, serve and enjoy.
Cover any leftovers, and store in the refrigerator for 2-3 days.
The recipe was adapted from my Vegan Chocolate Mousse and from this 3 ingredient Peanut Butter Mousse.
Above, watch the sugar free chocolate mousse recipe video
Keto Chocolate Mousse
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups heavy cream OR 1 can full-fat coconut milk
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tbsp dutch or additional regular cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup sweetener of choice (I used this monk fruit blend)
- optional 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- optional 1/4 tsp instant coffee
Instructions
- Chill the liquid and a large mixing bowl. If using coconut milk, only use the thick part at the top of the can (discard the water underneath). With either a stand mixer or hand beaters, whip until stiff peaks form. Add remaining ingredients and whip until it forms a smooth mousse texture.View Nutrition Facts
Notes
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(For a delicious double layer keto chocolate mousse cake, spread chocolate mousse in between each cake layer in the recipe above, and prepare to fall in love!)
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Lin says
This is not “just 3 ingredients”, it’s 4 to 6 😉
Hannah says
Coconut milk or cream, cocoa powder, sweetener. That does look like three to me. I don’t think she’s counting the optional ones because they aren’t required.
ssk says
Right. She’s using two kinds of cocoa powder, which are separate items, so that is four items, without the optional ingredients. From what I’m seeing lately, it appears that she might be switching from vegan to vegetarian. She also describes some recipes as being sugar free when they have sugars in them; for instance dates, maple syrup, and others. I think she means “refined” sugar free, but that is not what she says. And she says that a lot of recipes are healthy that are not actually healthy. Some of them might be healthier than traditional recipes, but they are not all that healthy.
CCK Media Team says
The dutch cocoa is not required, as it says in the recipe, so as Hannah says, it can be three ingredients. I’m unclear as to which recipe you are referring to that is mislabeled as sugar-free; we don’t think that we have ever done such a thing and would love to know what recipes you are looking at so that we can look at them too.
Diane says
She is providing information to help people. Those being critical need to just move on and find something that better suits them. Be polite, take a good look in the mirror and find something better to do. Those of us that appreciate the information say Thank You!
Hannah says
Making this today and I’m not even keto 😂 it looks like a great snow day project
Lauren says
It was SO GOOD!
Liv13 says
Looks tasty!! Going to make this!
Gwen says
I will definitely try this recipe~ Thank you so much for sharing!
Michele says
Hi, I love Chocolate and this looks Delicious. Can’t wait to try this. I’m loving anything with Keto recipes to Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner I believe you can just imagine. So far I seen, I do want to try all and please email me with more Keto, low Carb recipes. Thank you,
Michele
Kate says
Hi Katie,
Do you think that this recipe could be made and then frozen? I’m the only keto person in my household, and I’d really like to have a dessert ready to grab from the freezer when the craving strikes!
Thank you!
CCK Media Team says
Hmm sorry we have never tried!
Lauren says
This recipe is a keeper! I’m not a fan of keto desserts normally but there is someone on low carb in my family so I made it for him expecting to not have any for myself. Well the joke was on me because I didn’t want to share!
Nicole says
Hello! This looks great but I’m wondering what the serving size is and how many servings this makes?
Maria says
Depending on the cocoa powder, it can be bitter. Adding salt helped.
Andy says
What is the actual yield of this recipe? It says it makes 1 1/4 cups, yet is starts with 1 1/2 cups cream and 1/4 cup sweetener plus chocolate. That’s almost 2 cups before whiipping. Thanks.
Cindy says
SO delicious! I used Lakanto Powdered Sweetener and it was completely amazing!
CCK Media Team says
Thank you so much for making it! 🙂
Ed says
Ladies, I hope you accept comment from a grand-pa, and Katie I’m an expert on choco
mouse. YOUR’s is 10 points, A+. Hats off.
I tried other stuff as the cookies (I must work on this) the chiaeggs (excellent) etc.
Keto has helped me and Kate made it fun.
Guys try it !!
Penny Florence says
What size coconut milk can…maybe I am overlooking where it is mentioned…
CCK Media Team says
13.5 oz 🙂
Anne says
If you whip heavy cream until peaks form and THEN add the cocoa powder you run the risk of making it as thick as butter and very unpleasant texture. They should be whipped together.
Shannon says
Just made this and it is delicious! I mixed the heavy cream + unsweetened Cocoa powder + high quality hot cocoa powder + Monk fruit sugar in a bowl until peaks formed. Then added the salt + vanilla + espresso powder. Great consistency and taste. Wouldn’t know it was low sugar. Thanks for the recipe! Can’t wait to try others!
CCK Media Team says
Your espresso version sounds delicious!
Erin says
I forgot to add the salt but it was still absolutely delicious! I made it with whipping cream, the optional 1/4 tsp of vanilla, and a small handful of Lily’s chocolate chips. Yum!! 😋
CCK Media Team says
Thank you so much for making it!
Shana says
This was fabulous….the only issue I had was probably the sweetener I used. I used a monkfruit sweetener, and the mousse was a bit grainy at then (did NOT stop us from gobbling it up!) Has anyone tried adding the sweetener a bit sooner to help with that? Or are yall using ‘powdered’ sweetener?
Kathi says
I am going to make this chocolarw mousse as an icing for the vegan keto cupcakes. For that I will get Monk Fruit Sweetener. Can I use that instead of the Erythritol or is it better to use the Monk Fruit Sweetener?
Kathi says
Also, I am worried that I will not have enough of the top part from my coconut milk can – do I need to cool it to make sure I will have enough? Should I get two cans to be safe?
CCK Media Team says
Hi, you can definitely get two cans to be safe. Monk fruit blend (like Lakanto) is fine to use. Pure monk fruit (where it is the only ingredient) is apparently somewhat bitter.
Nancy Fain says
I sent the ingredients for the Keto Chocolate Mousse to my sister. She followed the instructions for the coconut milk…