Everyone who knows me can vouch for my obsession with my raw brownies, I’m totally addicted! They’re just amazing, and taste absolutely divine. However, these heavenly flavours aren’t really the main reason why I’m so in love them, as I think all of my desserts taste heavenly – it’s the fact that they only take 3 minutes to make and require absolutely no effort whatsoever. I have to admit though that since they’re so easy and I’m so addicted I’ve definitely eaten a lifetimes worth in the past year! I was about to make them for the trillionth time a few weeks ago when I stopped myself and decided that as a chef I should really be a little more inventive and branch out a little to find another 3 minute treat, so I did and these little bowls of insanely creamy, totally chocolatey goodness were the result. Definitely a lesson in why I should branch out more!
I just can’t tell you how awesome these are. I made six pots in my first batch thinking I’d stock of on a week’s worth of treats end guess what… I ate them all in a row! Pot by pot. They were just too good, I simply could not resist. The combination of banana and avocado creates the creamiest consistency that just melts-in-your-mouth, which is enhanced the the almond butter’s nutty goodness. The avocado’s savoury nature is totally masked though by the sweet, caramel-esq nature of the medjool dates and the deeply rich, smooth cacao powder. So you’ll get all of the avocado’s goodness without making the dessert taste like salad! Trust me on this one, it’s amazing even if it sounds a little weird! No one that’s tried it yet has come close to guessing the creamy ingredients, so I promise you won’t taste it either!
Of course you’ll be getting buckets of goodness from each little dessert pot too – lots of fantastic plant protein form the almond butter, wonderfully anti-inflammatory fats and vitamins from the avocado, tons of heart healthy potassium from the banana, toxin preventing anti-oxidants from the super food cacao and all-important fibre from the dates. So you can eat as much dessert as you like knowing you’re only eating spoonful after spoonful of goodness. A totally guilt-free pudding! How great is that?
Serves 2
- 2 really ripe bananas
- 1 ripe avocado
- 6 medjool dates
- 4 tablespoons of water
- 2 heaped teaspoons of almond butter
- 2 heaped teaspoons of raw cacao powder
Optional
- a squeeze of agave
- a teaspoon of hemp protein powder
- a sprinkling of chia seeds
- a sprinkling of flax seeds
Simply put all the ingredients into a food processor – pit the dates first though – then blend into a smooth delicious mixture.
A blender will work for this but a food processor is a lot easier and quicker!
Keep chilled in the fridge until you’re ready to enjoy!
Where can I purchase almond butter? Thanks A M Hall
Hi Aileen. Where are you based? If you’re in the UK then you can buy it at most big supermarkets, I know Sainsburys for example stock it. Or else any health food shop, including all of the Holland and Barrets. Hope that helps!
My hubby picked up on the fruit in the mousse and threw a bit of a paddy – I guess I won’t be making htis again for a while
I’m sorry to hear that! I’m assuming that he’s not a healthy eater? Hope you have better luck next time and that at least you got to enjoy it
what about using 2 avocados and omitting the banana?
sooo yummy! I just mixed it up and it’s in the fridge right now. I scraped every bit I could out of the processor and ate it, I can’t wait to try it chilled!
I could taste a little bit of banana, but I couldn’t taste any avocado. Maybe adding a little more cocao would hide any fruit flavor? But I like it just the way it is! 
I didn’t have any almond butter so I used peanut butter, it tastes good!
Hi Becky. I’m so glad that you loved the mousse! I’m sure it was just as delicious with peanut butter too, I think adding extra nut butter and cacao would take away any left over banana taste if you wanted to try that next time
Thank you for sharing your success with it, it’s always so nice to hear!
The best chocolate mousse. Love your recipes.Thank you so much.
Thank you so much, that’s so kind of you – I’m really happy that you love them all so much! The mousse is a particularly awesome one though, I totally agree
Looks Wonderful
I will be trying it once my Cacao arrives 
I was wondering is there anyway I could add cherries or make a cherry Chocolate mousse? Thank you <3
Thank you so much! I hope that you love it so much when you make it
I bet adding cherries to it would be delicious! Please let me know what it’s like once you’ve tried it!
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Hi Ella. I tried the chocolate mousse and it was so good. I used coconut oil instead of almond butter because it`s difficult to get here in Norway. I love your blog and recommend it to all my friends.
Best wishes from Rikke (Tiril`s sister)
Hey! That’s awesome, I bet it’s delicious with coconut oil! So happy that you love the blog so much too and share it!
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Where can I find a recipe of your raw brownie Ella?
Hi! Sorry that the blog isn’t easier to navigate/find recipes on! I’m in the middle of designing a new own which should make everything a lot easier and hopefully it will be up and running in May! In the mean time, here is the recipe http://deliciouslyella.com/2012/04/29/raw-brownies/
hey ella thanks for putting this up its awesome!
im on a candida free diet at the moment so i had to substitute a couple of things like the dates and bananas and then smashed up some almonds and launched those in there instead. thought while im on the diet and mainly eating protein i would become a slave to the gym in order to turn myself into a spartan lol its going well but some times you get a serious craving for something cheeky and this not only hits the spot it smashes it into a million pieces! thanks for your help !
from Alex
I’m so glad that this could help out your cravings while your doing your anti-candida! Hopefully once you’re candida free you can enjoy it with all the extra delicious bits too!