Mini chocolate cups filled with creamy raspberry mousse. An elegant low carb dessert recipe for any occasion.
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- 3.5 oz high % cacao chocolate chopped
- 2 tbsp good quality cocoa powder
- 1 cup frozen raspberries
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp gelatin
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 1/3 cup powdered Swerve Sweetener or other powdered erythritol
- 1/2 tsp raspberry extract or Raspberry Emulsion
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For the chocolate cups, melt chocolate over low heat in a small saucepan. Stir in cocoa powder until smooth.
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Line a mini muffin pan with 12 mini parchment baking cups. Divide melted chocolate into prepared muffin cups, then gently spread the chocolate up the sides with the back of a spoon. Try to coat the sides as thickly and evenly as possible.
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Place in freezer until solid, about 30 minutes.
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For the mousse, combine berries and water in medium saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a gentle simmer and cook until berries are soft.
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Place a fine-mesh sieve over a bowl and add berries and liquid to sieve. Press on berries to extract as much liquid as possible. Return juices to saucepan.
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Add lemon juice and gelatin and heat on low until gelatin dissolves. Let cool to lukewarm but don't let it jellify.
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In a large bow, beat whipping cream, Swerve and raspberry extract or emulsion until it forms stiff peaks.
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Fold in cooled berry/gelatin mixture, then pipe or spoon into chocolate cups. Refrigerate until firm, about 2 hours.
Serves 12. Each serving has 5g of carbs and 2g of fiber. Total NET CARBS = 3g.
Other nutritional info: 126 Calories; 12g Fat (80.8% calories from fat); 2g Protein; 5g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 27mg Cholesterol; 10mg Sodium.
Diane (createdbydiane) says
These look SO pretty Carolyn!
Susan says
Soooo pretty! How on earth do you stop at one?!
BTW, do you have a favorite chocolate? And is there anything to keep in mind if using frozen raspberries? Or is that not a good option? (I have a bag in the freezer as I type.)
Carolyn says
Frozen raspberries are just fine…but strangely, they contain more carbs I haven’t been able to figure that one out!
Susan says
I wonder if its a measurement issue – 1 cup of frozen raspberries may actually contain more fruit than fresh? That seems logical if they are measured thawed. FWIW, the bag I have says 16 gm per cup/4 gm fiber, which is pretty close to fresh – though they seem to magically lose 4 gm of fiber during freezing … maybe freezing makes the fiber more nutrionally available as carbohydrate? If you ever have a chat with a food scientist, I’d love to know what she/he says!
Kaylie @ Skinny Muffin says
These look SO good! Just found your website and am very glad. This will be on my To-Make list!
Roxana | Roxana's Home Baking says
Love pairing chocolate with berries and these cups look amazing! What a great idea to use parchment cups as molds.
Thanks for joining the #chocolateparty. It’s lots of fun!
Dina says
they sound yummy!
Emily @ Life on Food says
The raspberry filling is so pretty! Great dessert!
Katie | Healthy Seasonal Recipes says
Absolutely brilliant to use the paper cups for the chocolate mold! I love the way you love to solve recipe developing quandaries. And, how much do I love raspberries and chocolate together. Cocoholics unite!
Brian @ A Thought For Food says
I think I could eat a million of these… in one sitting.
Anne, Texas says
question, is the (3.5 oz high % cacao chocolate, chopped) sweetened or unsweetened chocolate?
Thank you, these look devine!
Carolyn says
It’s 90% cacao so it’s just barely sweetened. I love that stuff!
Alison @ Ingredients, Inc. says
these look fabulous! I want NOW
Sylvie @ Gourmande in the Kitchen says
What an elegant presentation, these are perfect for a party.
Buttoni says
ANOTHER winner! Your prolific, gorgeous recipes just amaze me, Carolyn.
Carolyn says
Thank you, that’s so sweet of you. 🙂
Felice/All That's Left Are The Crumbs says
These look like the perfect bite, and I love the combination of chocolate and raspberries. I may have to wait for the weather to get a little cooler here before trying these, but then again, there are worse things in life than having to lick melted chocolate off your fingers. 🙂
Jeanette says
I love how pretty these are Carolyn – fun one bite dessert!
Casi says
I would love to try these – they look DELISH! Are the chocolate cups bitter without sweetener?
Shaina says
These are going to be great for the upcoming holidays.
Cici says
These were super yummy, but I couldn’t peel the parchment off the chocolate. Any tips?
Carolyn says
That surprises me! I make stuff like this all the time with the paper chef parchment cups and they practically fall out. Maybe try the Paperchef brand?
Anna says
Hi Carolyn
These look fabulous – I’m going to be making them for a baby shower this weekend. Question…I keep reading the instructions over and over again and I’m not sure I understand. After you put the raspberries in the sieve, squeeze out the liquid and put the juices back in the pan, what do you do with the leftover raspberries that are in the sieve? Thanks!
Carolyn says
You discard the solids. Or actually, I usually spoon a bit of them into my mouth. It’s mostly just raspberry seeds but I still like it.
Jill Cunningham says
Hi could I make these into small chocolates by putting the mousse into small blobs on a sheet and freezing them , then dipping in melted chocolate?