These avocado chocolate mousse cups are mini brownies topped with creamy avocado chocolate mousse. A portion-control dessert that is also a hormone-balancing, anti-oxidant, and melt-in-your-mouth snack. A snack that will boost your protein, magnesium and iron levels and power you through the day.
Avocado Chocolate Mousse Cups
These avocado chocolate mousse cups are topped with a fluffy chocolate mousse. The mousse is the type you'd find in a chocolate truffle. Normally you'd roll mousse into a ball and coat with chocolate. I thought, let's be different today, and simply plop it on top of a brownie.
And so I did. I put the avocado chocolate mousse on top. And so it became an ever so easy to make, melt-in-your mouth recipe. Super-energizing, and full of fresh whole ingredients.
And it's not just any chocolate treat.
Because This Avocado Chocolate Mousse Balances Hormone
Yes, it does. These mousse cups are not just delicious, they also contain maca powder which helps balance hormones. Other ingredients, such as cacao, boost your mood and assist your sleep. And nut butter adds protein for energy. And avocados assist every process in your body, so how's that for a healthy ingredient!
You don't need to buy an unhealthy candy bar for mid-afternoon boost. Just pop a few of these healthy bits of magic in your lunch. You will soar through your day!
If you are interested in other foods that help balance hormones, check out my article : Balance Your Hormones by Eating These 7 Foods Daily.
How Healthy is Maca?
The primary hormone-balancing ingredient in these brownie bites is maca powder. So, what is maca powder?
Maca powder is made from the maca root. And the maca root is actually a root vegetable in the broccoli family. It is considered one of the 7 important adaptogens. Okay, quick definition stop!
What is an Adaptogen?
According to Merriam-Webster, an adaptogen is "a nontoxic substance and especially a plant extract that is held to increase the body's ability to resist the damaging effects of stress and promote or restore normal physiological functioning."
There are seven other well-known adaptogens besides Maca? They are Amla, Ashwagandha, Cordyceps, Holy Basil, Rhodiola. I won't go into their benefits now, but look them up! It's fun to figure out which ones could apply to your situation. Anyway...
You should know that Maca tastes a bit nutty and is known for its nutritional powers. It's rich in protein, fiber, vitamin C, copper and iron.
For that reason, Maca is known to boost energy, balance hormones, and even reduce sun damage to skin.
And it's easy to put into chocolate recipes. This recipe especially is no-bake, and fairly easy to make. Just blend up brownie ingredients, press into mini paper cups. Blend up truffle filling ingredients, pour on to the cups and chill. Dust with cacao powder to finish.
Other Nutritious Ingredients in the Chocolate Avocado Mousse Cups
Dates are a source of potassium, magnesium, fiber, iron and many other essential vitamins and minerals.
Walnuts are full of omega-3, excellent for everything from weight-control to brain support.
Cacao Powder is a clean version of cocoa powder, unprocessed and raw, and rich in all the nutrients naturally found in chocolate, including antioxidants and magnesium.
Avocado, a popular vegetable that has nutrients that benefit every single body process.
Maca Root, as noted above, excellent at balancing hormones.
How to Make This Chocolate Avocado Mousse
It is very easy. Start with the brownie bottoms. You don't need fancy equipment. Just remember to soak your dates overnight. Then blend them with dates, cacao, vanilla and salt.
And press the brownie dough into mini cupcake papers. That is your brownie bite base. Say that three times fast.
Then, blend up avocado mousse, add milk to make it pourable, and pour onto mini brownie bites.
Chill until solid, then peel and enjoy!
Try More Chocolate Brownie Recipes Here
Sweet Potato Brownies
Pumpkin Brownies
Mocha Brownies
No Bake Vegan Brownies
Cake like Brownies
Chocolate Buckwheat Flourless Brownies
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Pumpkin Fudge
Chocolate Chip Granola Bars
Peanut Butter Chocolate Milkshake
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Avocado Chocolate Mousse Cups
Ingredients
Brownie bottom
- 6 Medjool dates (soaked overnight, pitted)
- ½ cup walnuts
- 1 tbsp cacao powder
- 1 tsp vanilla
- pinch of salt
- 1 tsp maca powder (optional for hormone-balance support)
Chocolate Avocado Mousse top
- ¼ cup dark chocolate chips
- 1 avocado
- 1 tbsp cacao powder
- 2 tbsp milk
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla
- pinch of salt
Instructions
Prep
- Insert 8 mini paper cups in a mini-cupcake pan. Soak 6 Medjool dates overnight; rinse and pit them the next day.
Make Brownie bottom
- Melt the chips in the microwave in a pyrex measuring cup for 45 seconds. In a food processor, blend up dates, walnuts, cacao, maca, vanilla and salt.
- Add more walnuts if batter feels too sticky; add a touch of water if the batter seems too dry. Variations occur depending on residual moisture and size of your dates. You want a crumbly sticky texture that you can press into the bottom of the cupcake papers.Refrigerate while you prepare the truffle top.
Make the Truffle top
- Melt the chips in the microwave in a pyrex measuring cup for 45 seconds. In a food processor, blend up the melted chocolate chips, avocado, cacao powder, milk, maple syrup, and salt.
- You want the mousse to be a thick, but pourable batter for these bites. Add milk if it doesn't seem pourable, like pancake batter.
Put it together
- Pour the mousse on top of the brownie bases in the cupcake cups. Fill so there is a dome-top. Refrigerate for an hour or so and eat. If you want to be able to remove the papers, you'll have to freeze the bites, remove the papers, and refrigerate them. I cut mine just defrosted with a hot knife.
Nutrition
Dee Dine is founder of Green Smoothie Gourmet, a plant based recipe blog, and author of the recent cookbook, Crazy Healthy with 4 Ingredients and another immunity-boosting smoothie shot book, 4-Ingredient Smoothies + Juices , due out in January 2021. On this blog you'll find incredibly easy recipes with hidden veggies for anyone wanting to eat healthier, regardless of diet. Dee has graduate degrees in sciences and journalism, editor at The Feedfeed and a nutritional expert at WikiHow. More about Dee Dine here.
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