No Need to Feel Guilty: Chocolate Banana Mousse for the soul

Let’s get real here. We all love dessert. If you know someone who says they don’t like desserts, they are either lying or are the living dead. Stab them. Stab them in the dick. Do it now! Save yourself!

The most commonly loved dessert item amongst most people is none other than the wonderful chocolate. 9/10 people swear they could live off of it if they were allowed to by society and nutritionists, sadly we can’t, and more often than not, most of the chocolate in our lives comes from processed candy sources which defile the very concept of chocolate, transforming what was once a pure and antioxidant rich item into a sugar coated joke.

Today, and over the coming weeks I’ll be sharing with you random recipes for utilizing chocolate to satisfy that sweet tooth of yours without messing up your nutrition plan. Heck, some of these will have enough protein to battle it out against your average steak!

Let’s get crackin’! Today’s recipe is none other the coveted Chocolate Banana Mousse!

Yes, mousse is composed of cream, a fuckton of butter and a clusterfuck of sugar, which is why the mousse in this recipe won’t be your traditional type and will require a bit of creativity on your part. There are always alternatives when it comes to cooking and baking and it’s all about reading up and learning how you can use them.

Ingredients:

• 2 bananas
• 8 pitted/skinned ripe black dates
• 1/2 can coconut milk [you can find those in Alfa or Metro or Seoudi supermarkets]
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 Tbsp cocoa powder [Hershey’s unsweetened from Metro/Alfa/Seoudi supermarkets] (can be replaced with 2 scoops of chocolate flavor whey protein)
• 1 Tbsp natural peanut/almond butter
• 1 Tbsp honey (optional)
• A pinch of salt

Directions:

1. Pop open the can of coconut milk, but make sure you grab the thick Thai style coconut milk, not the lighter/thinner version as the higher fat content of real coconut milk is necessary to make a good mousse.
2. Pour half of the coconut milk into a food processor/blender, add the dates, bananas, vanilla extract and peanut butter.
3. After blending for a minute, add the cocoa powder (or whey protein) plus the salt. Pulse a few times then scrape off any chunks which gathered on the sides of the container and continue blending until you have a super smooth consistency.
4. Transfer the mixture into a deep bowl then start whipping the mixture continuously for 5 to 10 minutes to incorporate air into the mousse. If you’re an experienced baker, you’ll already know that mousse mixtures don’t experience a big increase in volume on account of whipping the way heavy cream or egg whites get volumized.
5. Pour your mixture into smaller individual bowls, cover them with saran wrap and refrigerate for an hour or so before consumption. You can always garnish with berries or fresh banana.

This definitely hits the sweet tooth every time. As mentioned you can make it a protein snack/dessert by replacing normal unsweetened cocoa powder with chocolate flavored whey protein scoops.

Give it a try and let me know how it goes for you!