Pretty and delicious, this gluten-free chocolate raspberry mousse pie would be a fun treat for Valentine’s Day or anytime! It’s dairy-free too! Raspberry Mousse plus chocolate equals delicious!
A couple weeks ago, I was brainstorming what to make for my next recipe that I would develop for my partnership with Enjoy Life Foods. They’ve been sweet to work with, sponsoring several posts recently and during this coming year, including today’s post. Since it is February, I wanted to feature a recipe with their gluten-free, dairy-free chocolate, and wanted to tie it in with a Valentine’s theme.
I started by grabbing a box of Enjoy Life Foods’ Double Chocolate Crunchy Cookies. I’ve had these in my pantry for a while, saving them to make a cookie crust with. I thought they would make the perfect chocolate cookie crust for a pie, and I was right!
I mixed the cookies in my mini food processor to make crumbs, added some brown sugar and melted coconut oil to hold it all together, and pressed it in a pie plate. I took a couple photos just so you could see the coarse texture of the crumbs after blending together and placing in the pan, and what it looks like once the crust is pressed into the pan.
I wanted to include something pink, and decided to do a raspberry mousse, because I love everything raspberry and thought the flavors would pair well and it would be a pretty dessert. The challenge was making this mousse dairy-free.
Most mousse recipes call for adding freshly whipped cream. I had seen a few posts on other blogs, including this helpful tutorial for coconut whipped cream from Gimme Some Oven, that showed how to make whipped cream with a can of full-fat coconut cream. I had bought a few cans of Trader Joe’s coconut cream a few weeks ago, wanting to try this idea out. Now seemed like the perfect time, as I could make this dairy-free whipped cream and use it in the raspberry mousse.
I tried following a few raspberry mousse recipes that I found online, adapting them with this dairy-free whipped cream, but they just weren’t quite right. One had great flavor but reminded us too much of the consistency of Jello, which isn’t what I was going for. Another yielded a mousse with great texture and flavor, but was a very pale pink – not the look I was going for.
Finally on the third try, everything turned out just right. The coconut whipped cream I linked to above worked well. The dairy-free raspberry mousse came out with great flavor, texture and color. The gluten-free chocolate cookie crust came out perfect, and the chocolate decorations were cute and yummy! I love it when an idea comes together!
For the chocolate decorations, I just whisked together Enjoy Life Foods’ chocolate chunks with a bit of organic vegetable shortening over low heat, until melted. I poured the melted chocolate into a squeeze bottle and squeezed the chocolate out onto wax paper in the shapes I desired. After some time in the fridge, the shapes are nice and firm so you can add to the dessert. You can lay them flat or have them standing up on each individual serving too.
Here’s a look at the chocolate shapes. As you can see, I had to practice a lot in order to get some good heart shapes!! You don’t need to make anywhere near this many shapes! My family enjoyed munching on them though, so I’m glad I melted as much as I did!
Notes on ingredients and substitutions for this gluten-free raspberry mousse pie:
- Gluten-free Chocolate Cookies. I used Enjoy Life Foods’ Crunchy Double Chocolate Cookies. They worked perfectly for this crust!
- Coconut Cream – Do not use coconut milk! You want coconut cream. Brands will vary, and I haven’t tested them all. I used Trader Joe’s coconut cream but other full-fat, canned varieties should work well too. You want to chill the can (unopened) overnight. Then when you are ready to make this, you will open the can and scoop out only the hardened coconut cream, leaving the liquid in the can for another use or to dispose.
- Raspberries – You want to use unsweetened raspberries. I much preferred using frozen raspberries. Fresh raspberries this time of year just aren’t very deep red, so the result is a much more pale mousse. Using previously frozen berries (thawed) yielded a prettier color and were cheaper than fresh.
- Sugar – I believe you could successfully use other sweeteners in this recipe without issues. Give it a try with your preferred alternative like honey, stevia or coconut sugar.
- Chocolate – To make this dairy-free, I used Enjoy Life Foods Mega Chunk semi-sweet morsels. They melted easily and hardened up again for the drizzled shapes.
- Vegetable Shortening – I opted for an organic vegetable shortening to use with the melted chocolate. This adds a bit of shine to the melted chocolate. You could also use coconut oil for this.
Did I mention that February is going to be chocolate month here on My Gluten-free Kitchen? Yep, all the recipes I post this month will feature chocolate. I did this two years ago and had so much fun that I wanted to bring it back again. I hope you enjoy all of my chocolate recipes this month!
Let me know if you make this sweet treat for your sweeties!
Gluten-free Raspberry Mousse Pie Recipe:
It is very important that your can of coconut cream be chilled completely, so be sure to put it in the fridge the day before you want to make this. It needs to chill at least 12 hours. The chocolate decorations are entirely optional! It's delicious with or without them! As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.Gluten-free Chocolate Raspberry Mousse Pie
Ingredients
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Instructions
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I hope you and your family enjoy this raspberry mousse as much as mine did!
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Nicole
Friday 21st of April 2017
Hi! This sounds great! Just wondering if the mousse sets up firm or if it is loose? I actually want to use just the mousse for a filling between the layers of a chocolate cake. Will it stand up to that or will it all just ooze out the sides? Do you have any suggestions on how to make it work? I need to make it tomorrow for my sister's birthday. THANK YOU for your help!
Jainy
Monday 18th of October 2021
@Nicole, I also was coming to the comments to look for this answer. Did you every try it with your sister's birthday cake? How did it go?