How to make amazing low-carb chocolate peanut-butter mousse

It's low-carb! It's chocolate and peanut-butter! What more could you want?

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Large metal bowl
• Whisk or mixer with whisk attachment
• Heavy Cream (1/2 cup/serving)
• Cocoa powder (2 tbsp/serving)
• Splenda (1tbsp/serving)
• Peanut Butter (1tsp/serving)

1. 
   Metal bowls chill quickly

   Put your metal bowl and either whisk or mixer whisk-attachment into the freezer. Let them get good n' chilly! Mousse mixed in an ice-cold bowl whips faster and has a better consistency.

2. Put all ingredients into the bowl. Blend them together slowly with the whisk until the cocoa powder is wet. This will prevent a cocoa-cloud, which isn't nearly as fun as it sounds.

3. Whip, whip, whip! The mixer is handy, but if you don't have one, a hand-whisk works just fine. Whip it until the mousse is thick and creamy.

4. Scoop into a bowl and enjoy!
   
   The total amount of carbs per 1 cup are about 2-5g, depending on the cocoa powder you use. Check the back of your package to make sure there is no sugar in your cocoa.

Tips & Warnings

• Try shaving a little sugar-free dark chocolate on top for a fancy presentation...and more chocolate! (Any excuse is a good one.)
• Save some of the whipping cream to whip without the cocoa. Just add a little splenda to taste, and you will have carb-free whip topping for your mousse.
• Try other flavors, like vanilla (just add a little vanilla extract and more splenda than normal,) chocolate orange (blend in a little orange zest with your mousse,) or cheesecake (add cream cheese instead of peanut-butter.)
• This is not a low-fat or low-cholesterol recipe.

[josiebeth]

on 8/2/2009 will be sure to try this one out - getting pretty tired of lo-carb cheese cake! :)

[Jennysaur]

on 6/11/2008 Thanks! I make it at least every other day. Lovin' life low-carb!

[amylaine]

on 6/11/2008 yummy this sounds great.