Reindeer Mousse Cups
These Reindeer Chocolate Mousse Cups are a fun, festive dessert made with creamy chocolate mousse, rich ganache, and simple wholesome ingredients—perfect for holiday parties and kid-friendly treats!
Servings: 3 mousse cups
Ingredients
Chocolate Mousse
- 3/4 cup chocolate chips dark or milk; refined sugar–free if desired
- ¼ cup coconut cream the thick part at the top of a chilled can of coconut milk
- ¼ cup kefir
Chocolate Ganache
- ½ cup chocolate chips
- ¼ cup coconut cream
- 2 tbsp plain kefir
Instructions
Whip the coconut cream
- The night before, place your cans of coconut milk in the refrigerator. A half hour before starting, place the mixing bowl and whisk in your refrigerator to chill.
- Whip 1/4 cup coconut cream (only the thick part at the top of a chilled can of coconut milk) until soft peaks form.
Make the mousse
- Melt the chocolate chips until smooth. Let cool slightly, then whisk in the kefir until glossy and fully combined. Gently fold in whipped coconut cream.
Chill
- Spoon the mousse into small cups or jars and refrigerate for at least 1–2 hours, until set.
Prepare the ganache
- Heat coconut cream until warm (not boiling). Pour over chocolate chips and let sit for 1 minute, then stir until smooth.
- Let cool to room temperature and then stir in the kefir. Refrigerate for 10-15 minutes until thickened like soft frosting.
- Using a hand mixer, whip for 30 seconds until it gets lighter in color, fluffy, and holds soft peaks.
Top the mousse
- Pipe the ganache over each mousse cup and let it set slightly.
Decorate the reindeer
- Pipe chocolate on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper into antler shapes and freeze for 5 minutes. Once hardened, insert into the ganache. Another option is to add pretzels for the antlers.
- Draw two eyes on the front of each cup.
- Attach a red pom-pom or candy for the nose.
Chill or serve
- Refrigerate until ready to serve, or enjoy immediately once set.