Chocolate Yogurt Mousse Cups

Oh so light and chocolatey good. This healthy dessert is destined to become an everyday essential for your chocolate cravings. Draining the low-fat yogurt overnight gives it a wonderful rich smoothness and makes the mousse lovely and thick.

Originally published May, 2009

Recipe by LeeAnne Wright

Photo by Edward Pond

serves:6

time:Prep: 15 min.
On the table: 15 min. + overnight draining + 1 hour chilling

Ingredients

• 2 cups plain low-fat yogurt
• 2 oz good quality bittersweet dark chocolate + extra for shaving
• 3 tbsp cocoa powder
• ½ cup egg whites (approx. 4 egg whites)
• ¼ cup sugar

Directions

1. Drain yogurt in refrigerator overnight in a cheesecloth-lined colander placed in a bowl.
2. Melt chocolate over a double boiler. Remove double boiler from heat.
3. Whisk drained yogurt into chocolate.
4. Sift cocoa into chocolate mixture then whisk to combine.
5. Beat egg whites in a clean bowl, adding sugar 1 tbsp at a time. Beat until whites are glossy and form firm peaks.
6. Fold the whites into chocolate mixture.
7. Spoon the mousse into serving dishes.
8. Refrigerate 1 hour to set. Garnish with chocolate shavings when ready to serve.

“Using vanilla yogurt may make it more child-approved; they thought it wasn’t sweet enough, but I liked that it was light and not too sweet.”
Lisa Lacey, mom of Noah, 9, Caleb, 4, and Nathan, 1, St. Thomas, Ont.

Nutrients per serving: 145 calories, 5 g fat, 139 mg calcium, 96 mg sodium, 21 g carbohydrates, 2 g fibre, 7 g protein.