Vegan Dark Chocolate Mousse - final theme recipe

I promised a vegetarian dessert recipe at the beginning of the month and this from Mother Nature Network is the best.  It uses no animal ingredients and gives the rich flavor of dark chocolate.  Next month the recipe theme is zucchini, so we will have some fun with this abundant vegetable!

Dark Chocolate Vegan Mousse  

1 cup coconut milk

1 cup chopped dark chocolate (75% or darker)
1 tablespoon agave syrup
1 teaspoon ground cardamom
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
2 tablespoons candied ginger
Toasted hazelnuts for garnish

Directions

In a food processor, grate the candied ginger as fine as you can get it. The finer the better.  In a small saucepan on medium-low heat, combine the coconut milk, chocolate chunks and agave syrup. Stir constantly until the chocolate is completely melted. Remove from heat.  Stir in the cardamom, sea salt and ginger.

Pour the mousse into individual containers, like a ramekin or ½ pint canning jar. Refrigerate the mousse until completely chilled -- a minimum of 2-4 hours, depending on the size of container you use.  Just before serving, add the toasted hazelnuts.

Note: Even grated, the candied ginger has a texture that keeps the mousse from being perfectly smooth. If the texture bothers you, you can leave the candied ginger out, and sprinkle pieces of it on top with the toasted hazelnuts as a garnish. You'll still get the flavor, but with a distinctly different texture. 

RECIPE THEME

Each month a theme is chosen and a number of recipes on that theme from my massive archive will be shared.  This year we have 12 new topics, different from the topics of last year.  To find the recipes of last year, check out this recipe link or search the blog with the topic Recipe2018. 

You can search the monthly theme by looking for the theme keyword in the search box and it will pull up the recipes on that theme as posted, so look at the bottom of the recipe in each posting for the KEYWORD in the () to search for each  month.  All recipes this year will be tagged Recipe2019 so you can find them all.

The themes are:

Jan 2019 – Chicken and Dumplings (CDumpsJan)

Feb 2019 - Pasta Dishes (PastaFeb)

March 2019 - Edible Flowers (FlowerMar)

April 2019 - Seafood Recipes (SeafoodApr)

May 2019 - Cajun And Creole (C&CMay)

June 2019 - Vegetarian Dishes (VegJun)

July 2019 - Zucchini Recipes

August 2019 - National Mustard Day – mustard recipes

September 2019 - Quiche

October 2019 - Crock Pot meals

November 2019 - Pies

December 2019 - Mocktails