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Chocolate Mousse Cream Puffs

Ingredients
  

Chocolate Mousse

  • 2 eggs
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 1 cup heavy cream used first
  • 1 ½ cups heavy cream used later to whip
  • 6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate

Cream Puff Shells

  • 1 stick butter 8 Tablespoons
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 c flour

Hot Fudge Topping

  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • cup heavy cream
  • ½ cup Karo light corn syrup
  • ¼ cup dark brown sugar
  • ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
  • 4 ounces semi sweet chocolate
  • 2 ounces milk chocolate
  • Makes approx 16 small or 9 large!

Instructions
 

Mousse

  • Beat eggs and sugar 3 mins.
  • Heat 1 c. heavy cream in saucepan until hot and slowly pour it into egg mixture while mixer running on low.
  • Add this mixture back to the saucepan and stir over med-low for 7 minutes to thicken.
  • Remove heat and stir in chocolate.
  • Cover and chill 2 hours.
  • After 2 hours, whip the 1 1/2 c. cream to stiff peaks.
  • Fold it into the mousse.

Shells

  • Bring the butter, water and vanilla to a boil.
  • Add the flour and stir constantly until it leaves the side of the pot and forms a ball.
  • Remove and cool.
  • Beat in 4 eggs, one at a time until smooth.
  • Drop by T. onto parchment lined cookie sheets
  • Bake at 400 degrees for about 25-30 minutes.
  • LET COOL.
  • Slice in half and fill with chocolate mousse. (I added some whipped cream, too!)
  • Dust with powdered sugar.

Hot Fudge

  • Combine the butter, cream, sugar, corn syrup, cocoa, and salt in a small saucepan over medium heat and bring to a simmer.
  • Simmer on low and keep stirring. Do this for 3-5 mins.
  • Once melted, remove heat and stir in the chocolates.
  • Let cool before chilling it.
  • Store in a mason jar in the fridge!
  • To reheat gently microwave.