Chocolate Zuccotto

Chocolate Bomb Cake. What's on the inside? It's a surprise!

Chocolate Zuccotto with Buttermilk Ice Cream and Amaretti Cookies I was introduced to Chocolate Zuccotto in Kona, Hawaii of all places. The wonderful people at the Four Seasons Hualalai invited me to join them for dessert at their Beach Tree restaurant. It was amazing! I asked for the recipe and finally got around to recreating […]

Mint Chocolate Mousse Tart

Dig in to this Mint Chocolate Mousse Tart! from #DietersDownfall.com

Mint Chocolate Mousse Tart with Chocolate Cookie Crust and Chocolate Martini’s Let me just say this… YUM! Oh my gosh, was this dessert GOOD!! From the cookie crust filled with bittersweet chocolate mint mousse and the chocolate martini to wash it down, it was fan-frickin-tabulous! I totally loved everything about this dessert. For me personally, […]

Whipped Mocha Tart

Chocolate, Coffee, Caramel... What's not to love?? from #dietersdownfall.com

Whipped Chocolate Mocha Tart baked in a Pâte Sucrée crust, filled with soft caramel sauce and filled with a chocolate and coffee mousse. Oh Wow! I don’t think I can express to you how much my husband LOVED this tart.  I admit, he likes a lot of my desserts, but this one he really, really […]

Chocolate Mousse Cake with Truffles

Triple Chocolate Threat! #Chocolate Cake, Chocolate Mousse Frosting and Chocolate #Truffles! from #dietersdoenfall.com

Three Layer Chocolate Mousse Cake with Chocolate Raspberry Truffles Oh Wow! This is a chocolate-lovers dream cake! Three layers of Chocolate Cake. Chocolate Mousse Frosting Chocolate Raspberry Truffles Let me take a minute to harness my inner Jack Nicholson for a second … ahem… You can’t  handle the Chocolate. Lol… okay, I’m sorry for that…  But in […]

Mousse Cake

Giant Chocolate Curls top this amazing Mousse Cake from #dietersdownfall.com

Chocolate and Cookie Butter Mousse Cake with Chocolate Shortbread Crust Oh lordy…. Look at who’s gaining forty! ME! All these darn desserts have totally ruined my diet. My master plan to make everyone cheat has completely backfired on me. Sigh… I guess I’ll just have another slice of this Mousse Cake and wallow in my […]

Mousse Fillings

Trader Joe's Cookie Butter Mousse! The perfect filling. from #dietersdownfall.com

Chocolate Mousse Cake – Day Two – Chocolate Mousse and Cookie Butter Mousse Today we are moving on to the No-Bake portion of our Chocolate Mousse Cake. I know these aren’t traditional Mousse recipes. Mousse usually has an egg component. This really is flavored Whipped Cream. I didn’t even use some gelatin to help firm […]