Two-Ingredient Chocolate Mousse Cups

This is the dessert I make when guests text an hour before they arrive. Two ingredients, ten minutes, feels much fancier than it has any right to.

If you're building a chocolate dessert menu, my no-bake chocolate tart is another effort-to-reward standout.

Ingredients

Instructions

1. Warm ½ cup of the cream in a small pan until it just starts to steam. Pour over the chopped chocolate and let sit 1 minute, then whisk smooth. Cool 10 minutes.
2. Whip the remaining cream to soft peaks.
3. Fold a third of the whipped cream into the chocolate to loosen it, then gently fold in the rest until no streaks remain.
4. Spoon into 4 small glasses and chill at least 1 hour.
5. Serve with a pinch of flaky salt and berries or extra grated chocolate.

Cooking tips

• Use good chocolate. It's the whole flavour — don't cheap out.
• Fold, don't stir. Stirring deflates the cream and gives you chocolate pudding, not mousse.
• Make up to 2 days ahead. Keep covered in the fridge.

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