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Best Mint Chocolate Mousse Recipe with Booze Soaked Cherries

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Smooth, incredibly delicious mint flavoured chocolate mousse with cherries soaked in liqueur. I mean, how is that not enjoyable right!? Perfect for guests, date nights and Valentines Day. Stress-free recipe since you can make the mousse in advance and it will only take you about 35 minutes to prepare.

A dark, moody photo of someone sprinkling pistachios over mint chocolate mousse in dessert glasses.

This is one next level dessert! It tastes absolutely amazing and I guarantee you that if you serve this chocolate mousse to your guests, you are going to look like the most amazing cook in the world. Which is why I am so pumped to share it with you.

Make these in advance if you wish

The great thing about this dessert is that you can just put the mousse in your desired glasses or ramekins etc. and then just keep them in the fridge. Serving them will be effortless.

A photo of mint chocolate mousse being ladled into a glass.

Once those cherries are soaking and the mousse is set that’s it, the is dessert done. All you have to “worry” about from that point on are the savoury dishes (if you plan on making dinner of course). So trust me when I say, this is one of the last recipes you want to be discouraged about.

Someone spooning booze soaked cherries over mint chocolate mousse.

Use whatever chocolate you like

Any chocolate will work if have the right measurements. So if your reaction to mint chocolate is “ewww”, first of all, what wrong with you!? Second, you can change it to whatever you like.

If you want my personal recommendation, I say go for a dark chocolate. And I say that because this recipe requires quite a bit of cream, which will lighten the chocolate up. You are also going to stir the chocolate through a sabayon which is like a souffled egg mixture (more info about a sabayon down below). This will also mellow out the dark flavour of the chocolate.

However, if dark chocolate really isn’t your thing, feel free to use milk chocolate or even white chocolate. Just make sure that the chocolate is melting over a gentle heat ladies and gents. If you try and melt chocolate over very high direct heat, the chocolate will not melt, it will overheat. Leaving you with a big clumpy mess.

2 photos side by side, one showing a good example of melted chocolate, and one showing a bad example.

The sabayon

So at some stage in the recipe, you’ll need to beat the eggs, sugar and alcohol in a bowl over a water bath until pale and thick. This is what’s known as a sabayon.

The mixture needs to be whisked fairly rapidly so having an electric beater can definitely be handy. Although it’s not the end of the world if you don’t. If you look at the step by step photos below, you’ll notice that I just used a whisk because I was cooking outside where there were no power plugs. And honestly guys, I know a lot of people make it seem like hand whisking takes ages and it’s super caveman like but it really isn’t that bad. So don’t stress.

While you beat the egg mixture over the heat, you should start to see it foam up, and that’s when it starts to thicken. From there, you just remove the bowl from the heat and keep beating until the egg mixture goes fluffy and pale.

A sabayon mixture can be served on its own with fresh fruit, but we are going to use it to make our mousse super light and fluffy.

A step by step series of photos showing how to make chocolate mousse.

And that is all there is to it. I really encourage you to try this recipe, especially if you have guests over. I promise you it will put smiles on peoples faces.

A overhead photo of chocolate mousse in glasses with cherries and crushed pistachios on top.

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Alcohol Soaked Cherries being spooned over a glass filled with mint chocolate mousse.
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Mint Chocolate Mousse with Booze Soaked Cherries

Mint chocolate is my all time favourite chocolate. So I decided to experiment with it. And what better way to do that than to make an amazing, smooth, rich mousse with cherries soaked in alcohol.  

Course Dessert
Cuisine French
Keyword alcohol soaked cherries, best chocolate mousse, easy chocolate mousse
Prep Time 35 minutes
Setting time 1 hour
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 4 people
Calories 648 kcal
Author Nicolas

Ingredients

Soaked Cherries:

  • 100 g of cherries pitted
  • About 1/2 cup of Grand Marnier (enough to soak the cherries)

Mint Chocolate Mousse:

Instructions

Soaked Cherries:

  1. Add the Grand Marnier and the cherries to a jam jar or something similar. Place in the fridge until needed.

Mint Chocolate Mousse:

  1. Whisk the cream in a large bowl until soft peaks (meaning until the cream is thick enough to hold its shape, but is still soft and smooth).

  2. Fill a saucepot a quarter of the way up with water, then bring it to a very gentle simmer (this is called a “water bath” or “bain marie” in French). Add your chocolate and butter to a large heat-proof bowl, then place the bowl over the water bath and stir the chocolate as it melts. 

  3. As soon as the chocolate has melted, take the bowl off the heat and set aside.

  4. Get another heat-proof bowl and put your eggs, Grand Marnier and sugar into it. Put over the water bath and whisk away. Once the mixture starts to foam and thicken a bit, take the bowl off of the water bath and keep whisking the egg mixture as the bowl cools down. The mixture will go pale and thick. 

  5. Gently fold the melted chocolate through the sabayon (the souffled egg mixture). Add half of your whipped cream and gently fold through, then do the same with the other half.

  6. Get something that you can serve this mousse in, such as dessert glasses or ramekins. Fill them up to the top with the chocolate mousse, then set in the fridge (for at least 1 hour). Once the mousse is set, top with soaked cherries and a sprinkle of crushed pistachios. Enjoy!

Recipe Notes

  • You can make this dessert the day before, then serving this dessert will be completely stress-free. 
  • This mousse looks very appealing when served in fancy glasses or ramekins. 
  • You don't have to use mint chocolate if you don't want to, use whatever flavour you like. 
  • Melt your chocolate slowly and gently and don't leave it on the heat. If you overheat the chocolate, it will go all clumpy. 
  • If you have an electric beater to whisk the sabayon, then use it. If you don't have one, no big deal, a whisk is perfectly fine. 
Nutrition Facts
Mint Chocolate Mousse with Booze Soaked Cherries
Amount Per Serving
Calories 648 Calories from Fat 278
% Daily Value*
Fat 30.9g48%
Saturated Fat 16.8g105%
Cholesterol 135mg45%
Sodium 160mg7%
Potassium 243mg7%
Carbohydrates 40.7g14%
Fiber 3.1g13%
Sugar 32.2g36%
Protein 7.4g15%
Calcium 70mg7%
Iron 1.8mg10%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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Comments

  1. A_Boleyn

    Rich and creamy dessert. Copha is not something we see very much of here in Canada. I think the use of butter, lard, shortening or solid coconut fat is more common.

  2. Blogtastic Food

    Thanks and yes I would very rarely use it, it is actually quite common here is Australia. You don’t have to use it though. you can use any of the other suggestions you mentioned (:

  9. Blogtastic Food

    Oh wow thank you so much for the kind works. There are so many wonderful recipe on your blog too (:

  11. A_Boleyn

    What a lovely decadent dessert. Chocolate and cherries are among the ‘classic’ dessert pairings that everyone enjoys. Chocolate and oranges are delicious too. I have to confess that I cheat and use a blender mousse recipe.

  18. Rhonda Sittig

    This looks so so delicious Nick. I like the idea that you can make it ahead and have it ready, and have time to make the rest of the meal. And those cherries are the prefect touch! thanks!

  20. helenfern

    Oh wow this looks so good – and with Grand Marnier? Pinned to try for my hubby’s birthday! Thanks for sharing on the What’s for dinner link up!

  27. Gloria Duggan

    What a fun and tasty adult dessert. The booze soaked cherries would be amazing…I use them all the time in Black Forest Cake. Perfect dessert for entertaining.

  30. Emily Leary

    I absolutely love this recipe! It makes a perfect dessert and as you say, friends and family will be so impressed! I’m going to have to invest in some Grand Marnier!

  32. Sherri Hall

    OMG that chocolaty goodness pouring into the dessert glass…yum! This mousse has some serious decadent flavors going on! A perfect way to end an evening!

  37. lpariseau

    You had me at booze soaked cherries! Except I’d probably be eating all of them off to the side while no one was looking! I bet they make the perfect compliment to the rich chocolate.

  39. Julie

    I’m not a big chocolate person, so I generally pass on chocolate desserts. But those booze soaked cherries!! I’d like a big bowl of just those, please and thank you!

  49. Mary Bostow

    This would be the perfect ending to any dinner. Cream and chocolate, I mean seriously is there any better way to end end a delicious dinner than having an amazing dessert.

  51. Nicolas

    Haha Thank you!! The great thing about this is that you can prepare it in about 30 minutes. Then just keep it in the fridge. then serving them requires 0 effort after dinner.

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