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Chocolate Mousse

Here’s your challenge: make yourself and your spouse this decadent treat during the day and enjoy it in the evening, just the two of you, after the kids have gone to bed. You’ll get brownie points (mousse points??) for sure.

Now, while my husband and I did savor it after the kids went to bed I won’t lie and say it was romantic or anything. I was reading a Ram Charan book called “Know-How” and he was working on that solar-power project we took on recently for my business. But we enjoyed it nonetheless! Maybe you can be less nerdy than we were. . .

The recipe for this Chocolate Mousse is adapted from the Chocolate Mousse Piethat garnered a full four-fork rating from Epicurious. Four forks is tough to achieve so you know its going to be good! Here’s how I made it:

• 12 ounces of milk chocolate chips | $2 for 11.5 oz bag
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract | $0.10 for 1 tsp of imitation extract
• pinch of salt | price is negligible
• 3 cups chilled whipping cream | $3.20
• 2 tbsp sugar | price is negligible

Makes about 6 servings

Total Cost per Serving: $0.88

Here’s What To Do:

Put the chocolate chips, vanilla, and salt into your food processor and process until it is all mixed up, about 30 seconds to one minute. Put 1 cup of the whipping cream into a pot and boil it on the stove. Then slowly pour it into the feed tube of your processor while the processor is running. Keep processing it until the chocolate is all melted and smooth. Put the mixture into a 9 X 11 dish and spread it out. Let it cool to room temperature. (This allows it to cool quickly since there’s a lot of surface area for it to cool in a big dish like that.)

While it is cooling whip up the remaining two cups of whipping cream with the wire whisk attachment to your kitchen aid (or whatever you use for rapid whisking). Put the sugar in there too. Whip it until it forms stiff peaks. By the time that is done the chocolate ought to be cool. Fold the whipped cream into the chocolate (still in the 9 X 11 pan) until combined. Put it in the refrigerator and let it set - about 2 to 6 hours.

Scoop out the mousse and put it in some wine glasses for an extra touch of fanciness. Enjoy this super-cheap treat!!!