Bailey’s Irish Cream liqueur and chocolate combine in this decadent chocolate mousse dessert sure to satisfy any sweet tooth.
I woke up out of a dead sleep the other day needing chocolate. Not just any old chocolate but fancy chocolate. I’d had a dream about whipping up a fancy chocolate for the President. {Just kidding it wasn’t the President but I’m not going to tell you who it actually was ;)}
Does this happen to anyone else? Where you just have to make something fancy schmancy even if you don’t know what the fancy schmancy thing might be?
I’m going to pretend everyone just said yes. Now the question really was, what kind of fancy schmancy dessert was it going to be? It’s amazing the kind of things that come to mind when you think ‘fancy desserts’. Souffles (yeah, right) and cream puffs (choux pastry, nope) and roses made out of chocolate (eh, maybe but no). None of them hit me. Not until I thought the word “mousse”. Ding ding ding!
I wanted a mousse that didn’t have any eggs in it like most do because I didn’t want to have to worry about tempering eggs. A thing that never works out for me anyway. Unless I’m making lemon curd. So an egg-free mousse is an A+ in my book. I haven’t had a lot of mousse experience in my life but this is seriously the best chocolate mousse I have ever put into my mouth. Hands down.
Plus I had the perfectly bright idea to add alcohol. Bailey’s Irish Cream + chocolate? Yes, please! I mean St. Patrick’s Day is coming up and that is the perfect excuse to break out the Bailey’s. Wow your honey bunny with this fancy chocolate dessert on St. Pat’s and get your drink on. Sans green beer and drunk college kids.
Unless, you know, you’re into that whole scene. And then get your green beer drink on, y’all.
Bailey's Irish Cream Chocolate Mousse
Ingredients
- 4 Tbs butter, softened
- 1 ½ cups mini marshmallows
- 2 Tbs Bailey's Irish Cream
- 1 ½ cups heavy cream
- 1 cup semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips
- 2 Tbs sugar
- ¼ cup milk
Instructions
- In a small saucepan over medium-low heat combine marshmallows, butter, chocolate chips, and milk. Whisk occasionally as it melts until mixture is smooth throughout. Remove from heat, stir in the Bailey's, and allow to come to room temperature.
- While chocolate is cooling add heavy cream and sugar to the bowl of a stand mixer and whisk on medium-high speed until doubled in volume and stiff peaks form.
- Once chocolate has cooled gently fold in 2 1/2 cups of the whipped cream until completely incorporated.
- Refrigerate at least one hour. Serve chilled and topped with remaining whipped cream and chocolate shavings.
This looks SO ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL!
It is sooooo good. Decadent and creamy and oh my yum. I love everything about it!
~Meaghan
This looks absolutely amazing! Would love to have one right now!!
We have some left in the fridge that might not make it through the night if someone doesn’t claim it 😉 Thanks so much for stopping by!
~Meaghan
This looks delicious…my husband would love it. Pinning for a special occasion!
I’m so glad! We all know the way to a man’s heart 😉 Thanks so much for the pin!
~Meaghan
This looks absolutely delish! I happen to love desserts made with Bailey’s! Great idea you had for this one!
It might be my new favorite dessert! I’ve never made anything with Bailey’s before but this has made me a total convert. Thanks so much for stopping by!
~Meaghan
This looks absolutely delicious!! My brother is a huge mousse fan. I’ll have to send this recipe to him!
Yay! I’m sure he’ll love it! Thanks for sharing 🙂
~Meaghan
This look super yummy! I’m not a big alcohol fan but I bet I could substitute Irish Cream coffee creamer and get the same taste! Thanks for the inspiration
Don’t worry, the alcohol cooks out and all you get is that yummy, creamy Bailey’s flavor to enjoy! But if you’re dead set against using the liquer I bet Bailey’s Irish coffee creamer would taste the same way!
~Meaghan
Mmmmm. Ice cream mousse. Yum!
In the printable recipe, there is water listed as an ingredient but not mentioned when to add it. Also, the milk is omitted and there is no instructions regarding the irish cream.
Dawn, thank you so much for letting me know about the recipe instructions being off! I updated my plugin a few months ago but not all the changes I’ve made to recipes converted. The original recipe had water instead of milk but I like the extra creaminess it gets from the milk. I’ve updated the recipe as well but add the milk in place of the water and the Bailey’s once you remove the pan from the heat.
Enjoy!
~Meaghan