Low Cal Chocolate Mousse.

BVannillie
BVannillie Posts: 140
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Ingredients:

75g of dark 70% chocolate
4 tbsp low fat yogurt
2 large egg whites
2 tsp caster sugar


To make:

Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of simmering water. Once melted, allow it to cool for 5-10 mins, then stir in the yogurt.
Whisk the egg whites until stiff, then whisk in the sugar and beat until stiff again. Fold the whites into the chocolate mix - loosen the mixture first with a spoonful of egg white, then carefully fold in the rest, keeping as much air as possible.

Divide into small glasses or ramekins and chill in the fridge until set.


Serves 4.

Per Serving:
27 cals
3 carbs
0.25 fat
2.5 protein

Can be served with anything you like, fruit, nuts, peanut butter, cake, etc. If you don't like dark chocolate or find it too rich you can swap it for milk or white or try a mixture of all. (Remember to update calories for different chocolate.)

This is based on generic ingredients, so dietary values may vary on which brands you use.

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  • BABetter1
    BABetter1 Posts: 618 Member
    Sounds delicious . . . . what is caster sugar?
  • fiwen30
    fiwen30 Posts: 10
    Sounds lush, how long does it take to set?
  • BVannillie
    BVannillie Posts: 140
    Sounds delicious . . . . what is caster sugar?

    Caster sugar is basically granulated sugar which has been grind/milled further, so it's finer. If you don’t have any caster sugar on hand, you can make your own by grinding granulated sugar for a couple of minutes in a food processor or with a pestle and mortar. It's best to use a fine sugar (but not powdered) as granulated will be too heavy for the mixture.
  • ChristyRunStarr
    ChristyRunStarr Posts: 1,600 Member
    This sounds amazing! I'm going to have to try it this weekend
  • Ely82010
    Ely82010 Posts: 1,998 Member
    Caster sugar is super fine sugar. it gets incorporated into the mixture faster that our "granulated sugar." Some people use powdered sugar instead.

    I read that is more expensive than the regular sugar and not all markets carry ti.
  • Angelabec
    Angelabec Posts: 505 Member
    Umm, I'm really not sure where you got your calculations, but that would come to way more than 27 cals, I would make it around 175, which is still fairly low though.
  • BVannillie
    BVannillie Posts: 140
    Sounds lush, how long does it take to set?

    I left it in the fridge for an hour just because I was busy doing other things, but it probably only needs about half an hour. Give it a poke to make sure. Also it depends on how cold your fridge is.
  • BVannillie
    BVannillie Posts: 140
    Umm, I'm really not sure where you got your calculations, but that would come to way more than 27 cals, I would make it around 175, which is still fairly low though.

    I calculated it using generic ingredients that I have lying around the house, depending on how you've calculated it it will be different.
  • msiamjan
    msiamjan Posts: 326 Member
    :tongue: :tongue:
    Umm, I'm really not sure where you got your calculations, but that would come to way more than 27 cals, I would make it around 175, which is still fairly low though.

    I think it is because she is dividing it into 4 servings. It sounds pretty good, but for me will probably be 1 serving
    :tongue: :drinker:
  • BVannillie
    BVannillie Posts: 140
    :tongue: :tongue:
    Umm, I'm really not sure where you got your calculations, but that would come to way more than 27 cals, I would make it around 175, which is still fairly low though.

    I think it is because she is dividing it into 4 servings. It sounds pretty good, but for me will probably be 1 serving
    :tongue: :drinker:

    Yep, it's per serving.

    This is an adapted recipe I've used for a while from one I got out of a magazine about 2/3 years ago, which used cream, full fat yogurt and strawberry syrup, and that only came to 40 cals per serving, so this low-cal, low-fat version is definitely not higher then that.
  • Dragonflybjm63
    Dragonflybjm63 Posts: 34
    Thanks for the recipe cant wait to taste this w/end
  • jess393
    jess393 Posts: 220 Member
    Oooh, yum! Definitely trying this soon :)
  • Ejwelton
    Ejwelton Posts: 331 Member
    Mmm worth a try sounds lovley
  • Mollyanna79
    Mollyanna79 Posts: 23
    I've just put this into the recipe calculator and I make it 165 calories PER SERVING (divided by four)

    Can branded foods really be that much higher than generic????

    Still sound delicious but only a very special treat for me
  • nszocinski
    nszocinski Posts: 156 Member
    bump
  • Nikki881
    Nikki881 Posts: 203
    Bump, this sounds delicious!!
  • RedHeadDevotchka
    RedHeadDevotchka Posts: 1,394 Member
    I bet you could use greek yogurt in this, what do you think?
  • GlorytoGodalone400
    GlorytoGodalone400 Posts: 26
    Bump!
  • thoshowski
    thoshowski Posts: 135 Member
    bump
  • krazykando
    krazykando Posts: 38
    Yum!
  • cassieSomething
    cassieSomething Posts: 19 Member
    bump!
    will definitely make these!
  • Pebble321
    Pebble321 Posts: 6,423 Member
    This sounds delicious, I love to see recipes that have "real" ingredients, not just a combination of fat free pudding and cool whip (which don't exist in my part of the world and I probably wouldn't eat anyway).

    OP, sadly, even using generic ingredients, these couldn't possibly be so low in cals per serving...... those numbers look like they don't include the chocolate, which is the high-cal ingredient here.
    75g of ANY kind of chocolate is going to be over 300 cals, probably more like 375.

    Regardless, this looks really tasty and a great alternative to the higher-cal versions. Thanks for sharing.
  • CassieReannan
    CassieReannan Posts: 1,479 Member
    OMG This sounds so freakin good! I am totally going to make this, I miss my chocolate mousse.
  • BrendaHyde
    BrendaHyde Posts: 115 Member
    Thanks for sharing.
  • BVannillie
    BVannillie Posts: 140
    This sounds delicious, I love to see recipes that have "real" ingredients, not just a combination of fat free pudding and cool whip (which don't exist in my part of the world and I probably wouldn't eat anyway).

    OP, sadly, even using generic ingredients, these couldn't possibly be so low in cals per serving...... those numbers look like they don't include the chocolate, which is the high-cal ingredient here.
    75g of ANY kind of chocolate is going to be over 300 cals, probably more like 375.

    Regardless, this looks really tasty and a great alternative to the higher-cal versions. Thanks for sharing.

    I just double checked the packet of chocolate I used, Tesco Organic Dominican Republic 70% Dark Chocolate, 4 squares @ 20g each = 80g @ 77 cals. I have no idea what kind of chocolate you're using that is 300+ cals! :huh:
  • heniko
    heniko Posts: 796 Member
    sounds nice! I love to see recipes with REAL FOOD ingredients too instead of these fake "food" products! thanks for sharing!
  • Oh_Cat
    Oh_Cat Posts: 59 Member
    Hi all,

    I had people over for dinner the other day and wanted to serve a yummy pudding that wouldn't ruin my diary for the day, so I made this lower fat / lower cal chocolate mousse - it was SO delicious, no one guessed it was an adapted recipe. Served with fresh raspberries.

    I used 70% cocoa chocolate too, plus I boosted it up with some cocoa powder, so you only needed a little bit to feel satisfied, it was really intense...

    20120713-11q246c65deby27q5xq7wqjdtm.jpg

    Edit: Meant to say, you could lower the fat content by using a fat free greek yoghurt, I think the end result would be the same deliciousness.
  • Dee_84
    Dee_84 Posts: 431 Member
    This sounds delicious, I love to see recipes that have "real" ingredients, not just a combination of fat free pudding and cool whip (which don't exist in my part of the world and I probably wouldn't eat anyway).

    OP, sadly, even using generic ingredients, these couldn't possibly be so low in cals per serving...... those numbers look like they don't include the chocolate, which is the high-cal ingredient here.
    75g of ANY kind of chocolate is going to be over 300 cals, probably more like 375.

    Regardless, this looks really tasty and a great alternative to the higher-cal versions. Thanks for sharing.

    I just double checked the packet of chocolate I used, Tesco Organic Dominican Republic 70% Dark Chocolate, 4 squares @ 20g each = 80g @ 77 cals. I have no idea what kind of chocolate you're using that is 300+ cals! :huh:


    I don't know where your numbers come from but chocolate is (unfortunately) a high calorie product.

    I just checked the tesco website (http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=259613978) and found the following nutrition information for the product you described:

    Nutrition Typical Values 100g contains Two squares (20g) contain
    Energy 2410kJ (585kcal) 485kJ (120kcal)
    Protein 8.6g 1.7g
    Carbohydrate 35.9g 7.2g
    Sugars 28.9g 5.8g
    Fat 42.7g 8.5g
    Saturates 25.5g 5.1g
    Fibre 9.1g 1.8g
  • MartiJ521
    MartiJ521 Posts: 434
    Yum!

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