Printable Recipe: Green-n-Guiness Chocolate Mousse Recipe

Green-n-Guiness Chocolate Mousse

You can't get any more Irish than this! This is one of my favorite St Patricks Day foods to make. It's easy, you can make it ahead of time, it uses Irish ingredients (Guinness, baby!), and it's wonderful. And with the addition of a bit of food coloring, it becomes a great Saint Patricks Day green-colored food. Really cute.

This recipe serves about 8 people, so if you're making it for a party you may want to double it. Looks great served in green-tinted martini glasses for a casual party LINK or pretty little wine or parfait glasses for a fancier one.

If you're nervous about making this for kids, I'd say... don't be. A whole 8-serving recipe only has 3/4 cup of Guinness. Not enough to turn any kid into a drunkard.

Ingredients:
8 oz. semisweet chocolate, chopped
1/2 C. unsalted butter
1/4 C. sugar
3/4 C. Guinness stout
3 lg. eggs, separated
1 C. heavy cream

Green Mousse Topping:
6 oz. white chocolate, chopped
1 C. heavy cream, separated
Green food coloring, as needed

Instructions: 1. To make the Guinness chocolate layer, melt together the chocolate, butter, and sugar in a double boiler, stirring until just fully combined.

2. Stir in the Guinness. Whip in the egg yolks with a wire whisk. Remove mixture from the heat.

3. In a separate bowl, beat the whipping cream with an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Fold this mixture into the chocolate mixture.

4. In another bowl, beat the egg whites with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form (be sure to start with cleaned beaters). Fold egg whites into chocolate-cream mixture.

5. Divide chocolate mousse mixture among 8 serving glasses.

6. To make Green Mousse Topping, melt the white chocolate and half of the cream together over a double boiler. Remove from heat, stir in green food coloring as needed, and let cool for about a half-hour, or until a bit thickened.

7. In another bowl, whip the rest of your heavy cream until stiff peaks form. Fold whipped cream mixture into green mousse mixture. Divide evenly over your 8 prepared mousses.

8. Chill 2-24 hours before serving (4 or more is better).