Chocolate Mousse In Chocolate Cups

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups heavy cream
• 6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips (or double chocolate ghirardelli)
• 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 6 ounces chocolate chips
• cupcake liners

Recipe

• 1 bring 1/2 cup cream to simmer in small saucepan.
• 2 add chocolate; turn off heat.
• 3 cover and let sit 5 minutes.
• 4 stir until smooth.
• 5 pour into large bowl.
• 6 chill bowl and beaters of electric mixer.
• 7 beat cream, sugar and vanilla until soft peaks form.
• 8 add 1/3 of this into chocolate mixture to make it lighter.
• 9 gently fold into the rest of the whipped cream.
• 10 to make chocolate cups, melt chocolate chips.
• 11 using a pastry brush, "paint" the chocolate onto the cupcake liners.
• 12 put in freezer.
• 13 when frozen, put some mousse into each chocolate cup.