A chocolate mousse dessert recipe may be used to create a sweet ending for a romantic dinner or for inclusion on a formal dinner menu. The whipped creamy dessert uses the main ingredients of a chocolate in some form, a whipped cream of some type and flavorings. Some mousses use eggs and chocolate as starting ingredients while an easy chocolate mousse may use pudding and packaged whipped topping. The mousse may be served in a crust of some type or may be served in single dishes like ramekins.

There isn’t a lot of documented history of the chocolate mousse dessert. The savory mousse made from other foods being whipped to a foamy texture occurred during the 18th century and the fruit type mousses are documented in the late 19th century. Other than these the ingredients and means of making a mousse mirror that of a parfait in the early 1900 cookbooks in America. The term chocolate mousse was first promoted in the U.S. when chocolate pudding mixes became popular.http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodfaq.html#mousse

1. Applebees promoted the chocolate mousse in a shooter dessert recipe which been copied by home cooks. The mousse is prepared and served in small drink glasses.http://www.recipesecrets.net/forums/recipe-exchange/26635-applebees-chocolate-mousse-shooter-dessert.html
2. An easy chocolate mousse dessert recipe uses a frozen whipped topping instead of making whipped cream.http://www.recipetips.com/recipe-cards/t--2683/chocolate-mousse-dessert.asp
3. Mousse can also use white chocolate for variety. Chocolate mousse, or white chocolate mousse can be formed in a springform pan to make a mousse cake.http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0,176,149173-242199,00.html
4. Using a sugar free pudding and a lite version of a whipped topping can reduce the calorie and sugar count.http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=59751