I don’t remember the first OR last time I had chocolate mousse. I dare say it’s more than a half century ago.
When we were kids, it was the ultimate luxury in dessert after a fancy meal out, which generally meant some holiday in a hotel dining room. As for the last time, had to have been on the cusp between teen and “adult” trying to impress some young thing out for a first dinner date.
Her name was Nancy and the (hotel) restaurant was called “The Black Bear.”
All I really remember about it was it was incredibly chocolately, incredibly sweet, with an “air-like” quality.
So wondering through the “foreign foods” aisle at one of the local grocers the other day, as I am apt to do, I spotted Dr. Oetker’s Chocolate Mousse Mix in a box, with the simplest of instructions, add a cup of milk, and stick your electric whippy dip on high speed in there for five minutes, spoon into ‘dessert cups.’
I could handle that. I was familiar with the brand, which started as a baking ingredient company in Germany in the 1800s. Makers of yeast and such. Today they still crank out all manner of powdered baking aids, yeast, baking powder, icings, flavored sugars, and for some inexplicable reason, have expanded into frozen pizzas.
I recall trying one, but apparently it wasn’t memorable enough to write about.
Anyway, I decided this weekend to venture into the world of instant chocolate mousse. Would it remind me of the childhood delight? Is it different than instant pudding?
Sadly, the answer to both questions is no. It was easy to make. It did taste chocolately (s in a pudding sort of way, a little thicker, denser perhaps, but nothing to serve your in laws and expect compliments.
It might be better as an ingredient in something. Brownies? Cake? Leave it to your imagination. I think it was two bucks.
Whip! Whip! Whip!
Not my pic. My cups were a mess!
Dr Oetkers Chocolate Mousse Mix Review
Dr Oetkers Chocolate Mousse Mix Review