Chocolate, affectionately called food of the Gods, comes from a tree in the jungle called a cacao tree. Beautiful yellow/green pods hang from the tree’s trunk and branches. When cut open, the edible, fibrous white pulp is sought after by the people native to the area. Embedded in the pulp are dark purple seeds that after being dried and processed, become “chocolate beans”. We are not interested in the processed chocolate that has lost many of its nutrients, we are interested in chocolate in it’s raw form, cacao.
Why? Cacao has a high level of antioxidants,and is an excellent source of dietary fiber. Cacao is known to be one of the highest dietary sources of magnesium, and contains an impressively high iron content. It also has many other essential minerals in significant quantities. Cacao is also a source of serotonin, dopamine and phenylethylamine, which are said to help alleviate depression and increase feelings of well-being. Cacao also contains anandamide which delivers feelings of bliss and B vitamins, which are essential to brain health.
As you enjoy this chocolate mousse, made with cacao and other healthy ingredients, know that you are not only experiencing bliss on your palate, but also are doing your brain, body and attitude a favor.
Chocolate Mousse
- 3/4 C Dates soaked until very soft with pits removed
- 2 avocados
- 1 C. Almond Milk
- 1/2 C Almond Butter
- 3/4 C Cacao Powder
- 1/2 C Agave
In food processor or blender, combine all ingredients and blend or process until smooth. Refrigerate, then enjoy. You will not believe how good this is!
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Thanks for the excellent description. I just learned a bunch! It looks incredible!
That looks delicious!
That looks too good to be true! I would love to try this one! So easy, too!
I just made this and it is fantastic! I added some meat from a young coconut and topped with fresh berries–great additions. I’ll definitely make this again.
Hello there! wow, your website is great, and this recipe looks heavenly! But I must ask… what is almond BUTTER!?!? thanks in advance!
It is like peanut butter, only made from almonds, not peanuts. You can make your own or buy it.
Mmm, I bet this is delicious!!
This looks so amazing and simple, which I like! I love the star shapped bowl you put the mousse in. Looks very Christmas-y!
This looks amazing and delicious – I’ve never experimented with raw cooking but this really looks like a good starting point. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
I’m looking forward to making this recipe. I forwarded it to my mother-in-law who made it today and gave it rave reviews!
I made it, and my non-vegan family loved it.
It’s very rich and delicious!
You are excellent at creating raw recipes, thank you for posting them!
Delicious with dehydrated apples!! Thanks for the recipe ;]
Sounds delicious- do you have th nutritional breakdown?
You can find recipe analysis tools on line. I did a rough estimate with one of them and it came up with about 210 calories, 12 g Carbs, 18 g fat, 3.5 g protein. A traditional mousse contains twice the calories and fat. Plus the fat would be coming from sources that are not healthy vs. fat that comes from avocados and nuts. This is a rough estimate.
AMAZING! Delicious and healthy! Only used 1/4C of Agave Syrup and half cacao and half carob poweder to reduce costs but still turned out delish. mmmmmmm
I just made this! It is so delicious and amazing. Thanks for the recipe.
Thanks so much for the recipe and the approximate nutritional breakdown. I just made the mousse this afternoon and I can’t wait to have it tonight (who am I kidding…I licked the spoon after I finished making it, before I even refrigerated it, and it was already amazing)!! just wondering if you could tell me how many servings this recipe
makes and how much a serving is based on your nutritional analysis that you provided? Thank you! I’m now hooked on your blog ad look forward to your next post!
Paula, Philadelphia, PA
It makes about 4 servings at around 1/3 c each. If you want exact nutrition numbers, you can google, “nutritional analysis” and there are a bunch of places you can enter ingredients and they will give you the numbers.
This sounds good! How do you make the raw Almond Milk and Almond Butter? Do you soak the almonds beforehand? Where I live they don’t have much in the way of raw food products.
You can find the recipe for almond butter here: http://www.rawmazing.com/recipes/raw-recipe-almond-butter/ and the almond milk instructions here: http://www.rawmazing.com/recipes/raw-food-warm-cacao-with-cinnamon/ You can make the almond milk with out the dates and vanilla, if you wish.
Are you using agave nectar or another form?
Agave nectar.