Chocolate pumpkin mousse is a healthy dessert that’s so easy to make in 5 minutes with no baking!
Is it delicious? …Of course!
But make no mistake this is a luscious creamy dessert scoop THAT NEEDS NO added sugar. Recipe below. 🧡
You can use anti-inflammatory unprocessed cocoa and pumpkin from a can or 100% pumpkin that’s pureed in with A-B-C vitamins and fiber. 🎃
Pumpkin is one of those holiday ingredients that reminds us of fall when we see PUMPKIN EVERYTHING.
Plus, this chocolate pumpkin mousse dessert snack has almond and coconut flours that are gluten-free.
If you want, you can make your own almond flour easily with whole almonds that you add to your chopper tool or food processor.
Almonds are a food kind of healthy fat, so you can have synergistic nutrition absorption with the pumpkin-almond healthy duo (since pumpkin’s Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin that btw, is good for eyes).
…And is a tasty duo with pumpkin-chocolate flavors, using cocoa for the recipe.
Or cacao that’s not a typo for cocoa. 😊
It’s the raw, unprocessed version of cocoa.
But if you can’t find 100% cacao that’s anti-inflammatory healthy, you can use any unsweetened cocoa that’ll be almost as good.
Besides pumpkin that’s the star ingredient for this mousse, another fall flavor incorporated is tart cranberry… thanks to another later American holiday where you can give more thanks to the feast on the table.
And cran-pumpkin together is a glorious pairing in both sweet and sour taste, and punchy fall vivid colors.
Dried cranberries (or Craisins) that are commonly used in salads, are low calorie and high in Vitamin C.
You could use juicy whole cranberries for flavor, but they would make this recipe too wet, and then we would have to add more dry ingredients or flours.
With mostly dry ingredients, you don’t need much flour.
You can adjust the coconut flour based on the creamy perfect mousse texture you want… even though you can’t go wrong here!
After you pull together and hand mix all your ingredients, take an ice cream scooper (or spoon) and test the texture thickness of your choc-pumpkin mousse that can be like soft ice cream scoops.
Your eyes can get big because you’ll want a bite. 👀
And when you get the textures to liking, you can let the glorious flavors melt in your mouth. 😋
Chocolate Pumpkin Mousse
Equipment
- ice cream scooper (optional)
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp 100% pumpkin from a can (or pureed pumpkin)
- 1 tbsp 100% cacao, unsweetened (or any cocoa)
- 1 tbsp dried cranberries, chopped small
- 2 tsp almond flour
- almonds, chopped (optional)
- coconut flour (about 1 tsp for texture)
Instructions
- Use a spoon to mix your ingredients together and enjoy!
