Raspberry Mousse with a decadent chocolate drizzle is the perfect way to end any meal. Try this light and luscious dessert for Valentine’s Day or date night!
Hi Love Grows Wild readers! It’s Amber, from Dessert Now Dinner Later, and I am back to visit you all! I am super excited to share today’s recipe! It’s one of those super simple desserts that is classy and delicious, which is perfect for Valentine’s Day coming up. Even you fellas can make this for your lady and make her feel like you went all out. Or, let’s be real, you ladies can plan your Valentine’s night and include this lovely dessert for the man in your life.
This raspberry mousse has only 6 ingredients, plus the chocolate drizzle. The texture is light and airy so it just melts in your mouth. It’s the perfect dessert to have after a heavy meal because it won’t weigh you down. Plus, there is just something about fruit and chocolate that is sexy, and this velvety mousse can seduce me any day!
- 1 envelope unflavored gelatin
- 3 Tbsp cold water
- 2 cups fresh or frozen raspberries
- ½ cup sugar (or more if you have especially tart berries)
- 1½ cups heavy cream
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 6 Tbsp semi-sweet chocolate chips
- ½ Tbsp shortening (to thin the chocolate)
- In a small bowl, mix gelatin with 3 Tbsp cold water. Let stand to dissolve & solidify.
- Combine raspberries and sugar in a medium saucepan; cook over medium-low heat, stirring, until sugar dissolves and mixture is warm, about 5 minutes. Optional: Gently mash the berries with a potato masher, but keep the texture slightly chunky. Stir in gelatin until it melts/dissolves. Pour mixture into a bowl to cool and set aside.
- Combine heavy cream and vanilla in the bowl of a stand mixer. Using the whisk attachment, whip cream until soft peaks form. Gently fold in raspberry mixture. Spoon mousse into 6 dessert goblets. Lightly cover with plastic wrap; refrigerate until set, at least 2 hours or up to 2 days in advance.
- Before serving, melt chocolate with the shortening in a small bowl using short bursts in the microwave. Pour melted chocolate into a zip-top bag and cut off the corner. Zig-zag the chocolate over the top of the set mousse. Garnish with a couple of fresh or frozen raspberries.
– Recipe lightly altered from My Recipes
I hope you enjoyed today’s recipe! Come visit me for more delicious recipes and take a peak at my new blog design! I moved from Blogger to WordPress since you heard from me last, and I cannot be more excited about the new look and easy navigation of my site.
Need more Valentine’s dessert ideas:
1. Red Velvet Cake Hearts 2. Strawberries & Cream Coffee Cake
3. Sour Cream Pound Cake with Strawberries & Cream 4. Red Velvet Brownies
My eyes are freaking out over the prettiness of these pics girl! So much pink. So much gorgeous. Thanks for makin’ my eyesies happy!
Also, this raspberry mousse is going to make me (and the hubs’!) tummies very happy indeed. I haven’t made my own mousse yet…but what better way to start with Raspberry Mousse on Vday?! Pinned!
Mine too, Taylor!! Amber did an amazing job capturing the gorgeousness of this raspberry mousse! I hope you and your hubby enjoy sharing this romantic dessert for Valentine’s Day!
Goodness gracious, that looks legit amazing! I love a good mousse and this is definitely a winner in my book. Great recipe 🙂
Happy Blogging!
Happy Valley Chow
I agree! Don’t these photos just make you drool? Thanks for stopping by!!
This looks mighty good! Thanks for the recipe!
You are so welcome, Carrie! I hope you enjoy!
I need something sweet now! 🙂
That sweet tooth sure does kick in after looking at this raspberry mousse, doesn’t it? Thanks so much for stopping by!
Gaahh this looks so good! I’m in love! *pinned*
I’m in love too! Thanks for the pin, Karen!
Beautifully done, Amber! Raspberries are my favourite fruit and I could just gobble this up!
I couldn’t agree more… This is definitely gobble-worthy, Robyn! Thanks for stopping by!
I just saw this at the I Heart Naptime party…
Looks delicious and I love raspberry!
Thanks so much for stopping by, Deb! I love raspberry too!
OOh that raspberry mousse looks absolutely divine. I spotted the image at a link party and had to come across. I am a blogger but mainly interior design with the odd recipe or two. I have featured a recipe today though and attracted by your lovely photograph to your site. I have just bought a DSLR and 32mm lense and trying to take nice images myself….I can see I have a long way to go yet.
Lovely blog
Lee
You are too sweet, Lee. Thanks so much!
This looks so refreshing and delicious! I love the way you photographed and presented it, too–it’s totally a work of art!
Thank you so much, Ruth! What a compliment!
Featuring this today! Thank you for linking to {wow me} wednesday!
Ginger @ GingerSnapCrafts.com
Woo-hoo! Thanks, Ginger! 🙂
really tempting and beautiful pics and the recipes are transparent and simple! excellent work!
Thank you! I hope you enjoy the recipe!
Hi Liz! Can you tell me how much this makes in cups or ounces? I need to portion into little 5 oz. cups or about 1/3 cup per person. Have you made this by mashing half the raspberries and removing the seeds so the overall dessert is less seedy? Or do you find most people are ok with the amount of seeds? Thanks! Looks good as well as easy and fast.
Hey Loni! This was a guest post from another blogger, so I’m not sure exactly how much it will make! I think most people would probably be okay with the amount of seeds, but you could definitely run the mash through a fine strainer to remove some of them!
So my brother is getting married and his fiance wanted some raspberry mousse for the wedding. I tried this recipe out the other day and she loved it! Super yummy! Now my question is, I’m trying to get as much cooking done in advance as possible, do you know if I made the raspberry/gelatin base, would it keep for about 2 weeks, so that I could just add it to the whipped cream the night before the wedding?
Hey Abbie! This recipe was written by a past contributor, so I can’t say for sure. I know the recipe says you are able to make the mousse up to 2 days in advance. I would assume the gelatin mixture could be prepped at least a little bit in advance. I would just recommend testing it out first before the big day! 🙂