Description
A spooky Halloween dessert featuring rich chocolate mousse decorated like a graveyard with cookie tombstones and candy bones.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 6 crushed chocolate sandwich cookies (for dirt topping)
- 6 rectangular cookies (for tombstones)
- Black gel icing (for writing)
- Candy bones or gummy worms for decoration
Instructions
- In a saucepan, heat 1 cup heavy cream until just simmering. Remove from heat and pour over chocolate chips. Stir until melted and smooth. Let cool slightly.
- In a bowl, whip remaining 1/2 cup cream with powdered sugar and vanilla until stiff peaks form.
- Fold whipped cream into melted chocolate mixture until combined. Spoon into serving cups.
- Top mousse with crushed cookies to resemble dirt.
- Use gel icing to write ‘RIP’ on rectangular cookies and insert as tombstones.
- Decorate with candy bones or gummy worms.
- Chill at least 1 hour before serving.
Notes
For an extra rich mousse, use dark chocolate instead of semi-sweet.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No Bake
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 360
- Sugar: 28g
- Sodium: 80mg
- Fat: 24g
- Saturated Fat: 14g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 34g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 60mg
Keywords: graveyard chocolate mousse, halloween dessert, spooky mousse cups