Low-Fat Chocolate Mousse

Name: Low-Fat Chocolate Mousse
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 4 ounces, semisweet chocolate, broken into pieces; 1/3 cup (2 ounces), white chocolate chips; 2 tablespoons, Dutch-processed cocoa powder; 6 tablespoons plus 1/2 cup, water; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1/2 cup (3½ ounces), sugar; 3 , large egg whites; 1/4 teaspoon, cream of tartar

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Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2007, America's Test Kitchen TV

Desserts or Baked Goods

Chocolate

Light

Puddings, Custards, Gelatins, & Souffles

We wanted to preserve the rich chocolate flavor and keep the irresistible silky, fluffy texture of traditional chocolate mousse.

SERVES4

TIME30 minutes, plus 12 hours chilling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Traditional chocolate mousse has a rich chocolate flavor and an irresistibly silky, fluffy texture. We wanted to do the impossible: Maintain the taste and consistency of a decadent dessert in a low-fat version.The majority of low-fat mousse...

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