How to make an easy healthy chocolate mousse without avocados and instead with coconut milk, cocoa and hazelnuts to give a Nutella flavour. This recipe is vegan, gluten-free, paleo and sweetened with fruit.
This is not a low-calorie recipe but a no empty calorie recipe as it’s full of nutrition. Try this healthy chocolate “Nutella” mousse today! Called Nutella to describe the taste but it’s free of sugar, milk and palm oil.
Nutella Coconut Hazelnut Chocolate Mousse Video Recipe
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When choosing coconut milk for this use a brand that when you shake it you can tell it’s separated into water and cream. Use the whole can in this recipe and only use full-fat.
For the video and photos a coconut milk that is 82% coconut content was used. Choose coconut milk that is a high content of coconut as some are less than 40%.
This recipe is great to make in advance and will last several days in the fridge. It will set after a few hours but left overnight will set to be a firm mousse.
Adapt this healthy Nutella mousse to be keto by using a keto friendly sweetener such as yacon, stevia or xylitol.
The chocolate mousse is “nutella” just in name to help describe the taste. As Nest and Glow is a plant-based site all of the recipes are free of refined sugar, dairy and palm oil.
In the photos this mouse has been topped with cacao nibs, chopped 84% dark chocolate and hazelnuts. These are just suggestions and feel free to adapt to what you have in your store cupboard. It’s hard to put a topping on these that doesn’t work well to give taste and texture.
The hazelnuts in this mouse can either be raw ones soaked overnight or ones roasted for a few minutes in a hot pan or oven. The healthiest type to use is raw soaked and sprouted as they are more nutritious and easier for the body to digest.
Roasted hazelnuts give a, well, roasted nut deep flavour and raw give an earthier mild and fresh flavour. Use whatever you fancy but in testing most people prefer roasted hazelnuts.
A good adaption of this recipe is to replace the hazelnuts with peanut butter. This gives an equally thick mouse, with a high amount of plant protein and an irresistible peanut chocolate taste.
Chocolate Hazelnut Mousse
Easy healthy chocolate mousse without avocados and instead with coconut milk, cocoa and hazelnuts to give a Nutella flavour. Vegan, gluten-free, paleo, keto, sweetened with fruit. Try this healthy chocolate Nutella mousse today!
Ingredients
- ½ cup / 75g Hazelnuts
- 1 can full-fat Coconut Milk, 15oz / 400 ml
- 2 tbsp Cacao / Cocoa powder
- ½ cup / 85g Dates, pitted
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- pinch of Salt
Instructions
- Soak the hazelnuts in water overnight, or for at least an hour.
- Place everything else apart from the toppings into a blender.
- Blend until all the dates, nuts and coconut milk are smooth. Will take a few minutes and don’t be concerned if the mixture gets slightly warm.
- Pour into serving dishes or ramekins and chill for a few hours or overnight.
- Sprinkle with chocolate, hazelnuts or any toppings you like and enjoy within 3-4 days.
Notes
Topping suggestions; Chopped chocolate, hazelnuts and cacao nibs.
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Nutrition Information
Yield
4Serving Size
1Amount Per Serving Calories 395Total Fat 33gSaturated Fat 19gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 11gCholesterol 0mgSodium 46mgCarbohydrates 25gFiber 4gSugar 15gProtein 6g
Similar Recipes & Adaptations
If you like this recipe check out my Nutella fudge or Nutella milkshake – both are easy to make and raw vegan. Let me know in the comments below if you have any questions or adaptions.
Cacao nibs have many health benefits as they are high in fibre, antioxidants, magnesium, potassium, iron and are a mood booster.
If I were to replace with peanut butter, how much would be required? Also do I still need the dates? Thanks. Irene
Hi, I would add 2-3 heaped tbsp of peanut butter and still add the dates if you have a sweet tooth. Let me know how you get on 🙂
I love your recipe… But I don’t get how it can be 0g net carbs, when it shows 15g sugar ??
Thanks, the nutritional information is automatically generated. It does look to be mistake as I thought the net carbs were the carbs with the fibre amount taken away. Will raise it with who generates it. Thanks for letting me know.
I’ve just made this and it looks like the ingredients have separated. Can I rectify this?
If I froze this would it make an ice cream like consistency??
Yes I think so although I recommend to follow this recipe and replace the almonds with hazelnuts – https://www.nestandglow.com/healthy-recipes/coconut-almond-chocolate-ice-cream
I’ve made this twice, I wasn’t sure if it would set but left overnight it looked just like the photos here. So easy and quick I will be doing this regulary! You have to try this dessert
Does it have to be organic coconut milk you use in this?
Hello, no it doesn’t need to be organic but do choose a variety that is high in coconut so 60% ish rather than 30%
Lovley recipe, although i made it with peanuts instead and it was amazing x
Sounds like a great adaptation. Thanks for sharing
The hazelnuts need to be raw?
They don’t need to be, I prefer to use raw as healthier but freshly dry roasted probably will have a better flavour
Which ingredient would you replace for peanut butter? Is it ok not to use the dates? Because I’m on a sugar free diet. Please advise. Thanks.
I would replace the hazelnuts with peanut butter. Sure it will still set without the dates, but obviously won’t be sweet. I would add a few cashews in that case to up the sweetness. Let me know how it goes!
can I replace the dates with another sweetener?
Sure – use any dried fruit or sweetener that you like. They are just there for sweetness
Can I use skim milk instead of coconut milk? Just add corn starch and flour to the milk as a healthy heavy cream and perhaps flavor it with a drop or two of vanilla.
Hello, I’m really not sure – I’ve been vegan for over 30 years and haven’t cooked that much with dairy. I would recommend coconut milk as its a very different product to dairy
Hi, if I use roasted hazelnuts do I still have to soak them overnight?
Hello, no I wouldn’t soak them overnight as they won’t sprout – Just blend them!
The coconut milk in my country is not very thick it’s more on the liquid side, will that work?
Sorry, I don’t think that will set, what country are you in? If you place in the fridge does it separate and get thicker?
I’m in India. If I place it in the fridge it remains as it is it’s somewhere between being thick and thin
Ah thank, I don’t think it’s going to set sorry – the coconut milk we have in England is in a can and goes solid in the fridge. How is it sold in India? Btw whereabouts in India are you – I’ve been loads of times and love it there 🙂
It’s always in liquid form even if it’s in the fridge, can I substitute it with something else, I love this recipe.
I live in a city called Pune which is 3 hours from Mumbai. You must visit the next time you’re here.
I’m afriad doesn’t sound like that will set, I would add in some of this https://www.nestandglow.com/healthy-recipes/coconut-butter-alternative-coconut-oil . Ah nice I have actually been to Pune (for work when I was in IT) it was many years ago – must be at least 10! Angelina Jolie walked past me in Pune, I think she was recording a movie there. Thanks got your email, I’ve no plans to go to India but maybe one day I will be back in Maharashtra 🙂
Argh i hate that i can’t have coconut milk. So many delicious and healthy dessert i can’t have.
Is it possible to substitute with something els?
Thank you so much for this recipe and the others! ????
You’re so welcome! Glad you liked them.
This is NOT keto friendly. The dates are high in carbs
Sorry yes you are very right, it’s supposed to say swap the dates for keto sweeteners like Yacon or stevia to make it keto. thanks for letting me know, will correct this.
Hiya,
I made this last week and it was amazing ???? just one question mine wasn’t thick it was more of a runny consistency. I’m not sure if that’s due to the brand of coconut milk?or should I put it in the freezer?as I just put it in the fridge over night.
Hello, I think it will be down to the brand of the coconut milk. Some just don’t seem to get that thick, the freezer won’t make any difference. Theres’ a few tips in the article to find a brand that works well.
Nutella use palm oil sourced from illegal rainforest destruction.This company are killing orangutans,Tigers and many more forest dwelling speciesAlso they encourage the use of child slave labour as the parents are not paid a decent wage.Ofcourse if none of that bothers you then the destruction of the ozone layer might.
Hi there, that’s why I would never use nutella in any of my recipes or buy from a multinational like that. This is nutella after the taste and just made from whole ingredients. I’m a plant based vegan website and I never make recipes with palm oil, milk or refined sugar.
Can we put this mousse in a pie shell? Would it be too fluid?
I think it would be too fluid for a deep pie shell, but would work well in a thin individual pie/tart type case. Let me know how it goes
I love the taste of this! My dessert did not set though so I am assuming I need to get a different coconut milk but SO DELCIOUS. I will try again 🙂 thank you
Glad you liked the taste! Honestly this dessert not setting is the bain of my life. Choose coconut milk that when you shake it you can hear its separated and you will be fine. Or freeze it if it doesn’t set for a great dessert.
Do the hazelnuts need to be roasted or raw?
I use raw for health reasons, but roasted work too – but do give a different taste.
Do you mean coconut milk or coconut cream? Both have a separation. Isn’t coconut cream full fat?
Hello, I mean what is known as coconut milk in the UK. Might be called something different elsewhere? And always the full fat version
Hi mine looked a little curdled and seems like the hazelnuts are grainy. did I just not blitz it for long enough?
Hi there, you may just want to blend if for a bit more – not that chunks of hazelnuts are a bad thing though! I used a 600w bullet blender and that was enough to make it smooth
I can not have coconut milk any suggestion on a substitute? Also can I use honey instead of the dates?
Thank you.
would love to have the nutrition facts for this and the chocolate spread recipe as well….
Thanks ..
Dale
What is the calorie count?
Super yummy! Made it with peanut butter and it was so good. I did add a bit of coconut sugar and some melted Enjoy Life chocolate chips because my dates were pretty hard and didn’t want to blend up all the way, and for me the extra chocolate gave it a bit more flavor. But it definitely got the fluffy creaminess I was hoping for! Thank you!!
Oh wow that does sound good! Thanks for sharing your tips – i’ll be trying that for sure 😀
I made this for my kids yesterday & it was a rave with them. They absolutely loved it & because I topped the mousse with raspberries instead, it just took the dessert to another level! Yum!
if i made it with almond.
it’s work??
Yes swapping the hazelnuts for almonds will work
Will this work if I make it in a food processor or old fashioned blender? I do not have the bullet or pulverizing blender.
Yep will work great in a food processor
I’m looking forward to trying this. Can I use either Coconut cream or Milk?
Honestly, it depends on where you live as the same thing is called different things. I use coconut milk, but the thick kind that will set in the fridge
To make this a nut free version, can I merely leave the Hazelnuts out? Do I need to replace with anything?
Yep just leave out the hazelnuts or replace with a seed. Coconut is technically not a nut – so mostly suitable for nut free diets.
Is the vanilla in this recipe vanilla extract?
I use extract yes, but use the best you can afford to 🙂
This looks really delicious! Do you think I can replace the coconutmilk with homemade coconutcream (I put grated coconut in the food processor for about ten minutes until it becomes a cream)??!
Yes I think that should work – just need to be careful about the right amount of water to use so it sets at the right consistency.