Mousse is the French word for foam and this describes what mousses are like. They have a light, airy texture that comes from beating air into the mix. The actual texture may vary; they can be light and fluffy to thick and creamy.
Mousses can be both sweet and savoury, depending on the ingredients. Chocolate mousse, not that surprisingly, is a sweet dessert dish rather than a savoury one.
To the normal ingredients - typically either whipped cream or whipped egg whites - that are used in sweet mousses, chocolate is added. Chocolate mousse is, in fact, one of the most common types of sweet mousses. The chocolate would most likely be some form of powdered chocolate or cocoa, whether bought that way or made with by grating chocolate, which would then be mixed into the other ingredients.
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