National Chocolate Mousse Day

National Chocolate Mousse Day is on April 3rd in the United States.

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.

National Mousse Day

November 30th is National Mousse Day in the United States.

Mousses can be either sweet or savoury dishes. The name "mousse" is the French for foam, and pretty much describes what the dish is.

With both sweet and savoury versions possible, many different ingredients can be used to make a mousse.

The ingredients are foamed, so that air bubbles are incorporated into them, so they need to be in a suitable state to be foamed in the first place, by, perhaps, melting or puréeing them as appropriate.

The texture of the finish mousse can vary; it can be fluffy or thick depending on how it is made.

Cream is a popular base ingredient for making dessert mousses, which will then have other ingredients added for the flavour; chocolate being a popular choice.