This healthy sweet potato chocolate mousse is velvety rich and decadent, yet Paleo, vegan, Whole30 compliant, and sugar-free! Perfect for a healthy, yet decadent dessert!
You might think I’ve gone off my rocker.
Sweet potato chocolate mousse?! Are you mad!?
I mean, yes, but only the best creations come from the craziest ideas, right? This sweet potato chocolate mousse is rich, decadent, extra chocolate-y, smooth, and shockingly sweet, despite there being no added sugar.
It’s quite literally one of my favorite sweet potato dessert recipes (although I do love my sweet potato brownies).
Yep, you read that right. This low fat chocolate mousse contains zero added sugar. In fact, it’s entirely and naturally Paleo, vegan, dairy free, nut free, and Whole30 compliant.
When it comes to a health chocolate mousse that actually tastes good, this recipe is your key.
Why I love this healthy vegan chocolate mousse
I mean, the fact that this mousse is made from the simplest plant-based ingredients is already reason enough to love this healthy sweet potato dessert. Plus, these ingredients are also inexpensive and incredibly common.
This healthy chocolate mousse also comes together in 10 minutes tops, making this sweet potato dessert an incredibly easy and quick recipe.
It’s truly perfect if you’re making this dessert for a holiday or dinner party. Prep your sweet potatoes beforehand, and make the actual mousse right after dinner. It’s a no brainer!
How to make Paleo chocolate mousse
This healthy chocolate mousse is so incredibly simple, which is why it naturally fits the categories of Paleo, vegan, and Whole30 friendly. It’s also very cost-friendly. Sweet potatoes are very affordable at the right stores, and Trader Joe’s has a wonderful organic cacao powder that works perfectly for this recipe.
Mousse ingredients:
All it requires are a few key ingredients:
- sweet potatoes
- cacao powder
- cinnamon
- vanilla
- sea salt
If you’d like, you can also add in coconut cream. I talk a bit about that more in the sections below, but if you choose to add coconut cream, just keep in mind that this will no longer be a low fat chocolate mousse, but still light and delicious!
Pre-step before making Paleo vegan chocolate mousse:
Now, because this sweet potato mousse doesn’t contain any added sugar, the key is cooking the sweet potatoes the right way in order for the natural sugars within the orange tubers to caramelize.
You can check out my whole baked sweet potato guide, but I’ll give you a quick run down.
What I do is bake the sweet potatoes (after washing and drying of course) on tin foil (don’t wrap them in tin foil, just place them on top) for 45-60 minutes at 400F. This makes the sugars caramelize and the flesh of the sweet potato to be super soft instead of stringy so that you can blend it into an actual chocolate mousse.
Making the sweet potato chocolate mousse:
Once your sweet potatoes are baked, it’s time to make the chocolate mousse. All you’ll need to do is:
- Place the baked sweet potatoes into a food processor and puree until smooth. You don’t want any strings from the sweet potato flesh, but a few are fine. It won’t hurt the taste!
- Add in the remaining ingredients and puree again until smooth.
- Spoon the mousse into serving jars and dust with a little extra cacao powder.
- Serve with a dollop of coconut whipped cream!
Just a few easy and quick steps, and you’ll have an incredibly decadent and rich dessert!
Healthy Chocolate Mousse Additions & Swaps
While this is a low fat chocolate mousse, you can absolutely add in some coconut cream if you want a thicker texture with a bit of a lighter taste. I find that adding in coconut cream, while not necessary, it can also balance out the richness of the chocolate.
Adding coconut cream will also add a little bit more sweetness (coconut tends to be associated as sweet in flavor) while not adding sugar.
While adding coconut cream will not make this a low fat vegan chocolate mousse, anymore, there are some benefits to coconut, which definitely still make this a healthy chocolate mousse!
I hope you love this vegan chocolate mousse as much as I do! It’s one of the simplest desserts, yet tastes so decadent. Perfect for holidays, dinner parties, and hey, even Valentine’s Day too!
If you make this chocolate mousse, let me know down below in the comments, as well as if you have any questions! As always, I love to see your beautiful creations on Instagram and Pinterest, so be sure to tag me there!
Happy pureeing and moussing (ha!)!
More healthy sweet potato dessert recipes:
Paleo Vegan Sweet Potato Brownies
Paleo Vegan Sweet Potato Waffles
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This healthy sweet potato chocolate mousse is a chocolate-lover’s heaven and is paleo, vegan, Whole30 compliant, and sugar-free! Perfect for a healthy, yet decadent treat!
Ingredients
- 3 cups baked sweet potato, see note
- 1/2 cup organic cacao powder
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla extract or bean seeds
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- Optional: coconut cream (if you want a less rich mousse)
Instructions
- Place sweet potatoes into a food processor.
- Process sweet potatoes until smooth and pause. Add in cacao powder, cinnamon, vanilla, and sea salt. Process until smooth.
- Spoon into serving jars and add an additional dusting of cacao powder if desired!
Notes
3 cups of baked sweet potato is approximately 2 extra large sweet potatoes (each 12 ounces) or 3 large sweet potatoes (each 8 ounces). To prepare sweet potatoes:
- Preheat oven to 400F and rinse sweet potatoes.
- Place sweet potatoes on tin foil and bake for about an hour or until completely soft.
Keywords: sweet potato mousse, chocolate mousse, Paleo chocolate mousse, vegan chocolate mousse, healthy chocolate mousse
Oh my goodness these look amazing! So chocolatey and perfect for Valentine’s day ā„
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I so agree!!! I’ve been making a batch every week now haha! Enjoy!
I cannot get enough of these!! They are truly decadent and delicious š
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Aw I am so happy to hear it!! Enjoy!!
How is this as a make ahead?
Totally fine!! Make the day ahead and chill in the fridge overnight š
These are totally SO good! I omitted the vanilla for now and added in some coconut oil because Iām a fat freak š but it came out great and I just mixed it together with a fork since I still donāt have a food processor. Would be better I think if I had one to use, but still yummy in my opinion. The perfect chocolate fix for me for sure! Iām going to warm this up in the morning and top with hemp hearts for breakfast š
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Aw wow thank you so much!! Love that you added in coconut oil š Thank you so much for the review! Enjoy!
Iām assuming that you let the sweet potato cool before you remove the flesh and put it in the food processor??
Yes! It can be warm, but definitely not hot š
I know this is a stupid question, but just to confirm: I remove the peel from the sweet potatoes after baking them, correct?
Not a stupid question at all!! No such thing š Yes, you peel them after baking! Then the skin comes off super easily!
Thank you for your response! I’ll be making this tomorrow; I’ll let you know how it goes. Also, have you frozen it? I can’t eat all that by myself before it’ll go bad!
Absolutely!! Let me know how it goes š And you definitely can! You’ll just need to allow it to thaw in the fridge for a few hours š
Maybe I did something wrong, but I did not like it AT ALL!!! Maybe my potatoes weren’t sweet enough? I don’t know, but it came out tasting like a bitter sweet potato mash. Yuck!!! In order to make it palatable, I added two medjool dates and almost a half can of coconut cream! Plus the coconut cream didn’t whip, so it was like pouring milk over it. Altogether a flop (boo hoo!)
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Hi Marsha- I’m so sorry to hear this! It sounds like it was the quality of the sweet potato, as this recipe should be fairly sweet, especially if you baked the sweet potato (the best method for making this mousse!). Regarding the coconut cream, if you use a coconut cream without guar gum, it’s a bit easier to whip- the fat will solidify in the fridge and you’ll whip that part, rather than whipping the coconut cream as you would regular whipping cream. Again, so sorry to hear this didn’t work for you!