Name: Chocolate Peanut Butter Mousse
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 14-ounce package silken or soft tofu (GMO-free or organic, if possible); 1/3 cup natural creamy peanut butter; 6 tablespoons maple syrup; 1/4 cup cocoa powder; 2 tablespoons salted peanuts (for garnish)

This decadent chocolate peanut butter mousse has a secret: it’s got a healthy spin and takes only 4 ingredients to make. The best part: it’s darn delicious!

Chocolate Peanut Butter Mousse | Vegan chocolate mousse

Some recipes over-promise and under-deliver. Like those recipes you find on Pinterest claiming, “This dessert has only 3 ingredients, takes 5 minutes, is gluten-free and sugar-free, and tastes like 1 million bucks!“. Then you make it and come to find out that it just doesn’t taste as you were expecting. Or, it takes three times as long as the over-ambitious author specified. At the risk of sounding over confident: here’s a recipe that delivers on all these promises. It’s chocolate peanut butter mousse. Keep reading for all its features: and the recipe!

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All about this chocolate peanut butter mousse

OK, it might sound like we’re promising too much in one dessert. BUT! This chocolate peanut butter mousse really does have a lot going for it. This peanut butter mousse:

Has 4 ingredients
Takes 5 minutes to make
Is a no bake vegan chocolate mousse
Is dairy-free and gluten-free
Has no refined sugar (uses maple syrup)
Is smooth, creamy, and so delicious!

We promise: this is a dessert that delivers on it’s promises! The vegan peanut butter mousse turns out smooth and delicious. Of course, what could go wrong with the classic combination of chocolate + peanut butter?!

The big surprise that makes this all possible? Tofu. (So the one thing: it’s not soy free!) Though we don’t eat a ton of tofu around here, we’re certainly not against it! We use tofu for anything from tom yum soup to Pad Thai to pudding. Tofu’s naturally creamy texture and neutral flavor is perfect for whipping into a vegan chocolate mousse.

How to make peanut butter mousse?

To make this chocolate peanut butter mousse, it’s very easy. The main note when buying ingredients is to make sure you pick up a soft tofu (not firm)! The soft tofu is what makes for the creamy texture; firm tofu is what you would use when cooking it up for a something like a stir fry. Once you have your soft tofu, all you need is cocoa powder, maple syrup, and peanut butter. These are ingredients that are always on hand in our pantry, and we’d guess they’re in yours too! Give them a whiz in a food processor for a few minutes. Voila: the texture will look just like mousse!

The final step in making this chocolate peanut butter mousse is chilling it. After you blend it, you’ll notice the texture is pretty runny. Pour it into glasses or bowls, and pop it into the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes to let it set. After setting, the texture will be much closer to a mousse or pudding.

The fun part? Taste tasters rarely guess that tofu is behind this treat! It might be a stretch for your comfort zone, but if you’re curious, give it a try! You might come away a believer. Let us know if you try it out in the comments below!

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This peanut butter mousse recipe is…

Vegetarian, gluten-free, vegan, plant-based, and dairy-free.