Celebrity and chocolate!

Forgot to add the link to this cute video of Ellen on the news. The local TV station stopped by her school and asked a few kids about what makes their dad special ...




Also, consider this a public service announcement regarding chocolate. I don't really even like chocolate that much and this dessert is AMAZING. I found it on the Girls' Gone Child blog a while back, but just made it for our Father's Day dinner.

Here it is:

Chocolate Mousse Pie

(from Cooking with Trader Joes)

28 Joe-Joe’s cookies with vanilla bean filling

(or any other chocolate sandwich cookies)

¼ cup melted butter

12 oz semisweet chocolate chips

14 oz can light coconut milk

1. Preheat oven to 350. Crush the cookies in food processor. Pulse cookies until fine crumbs. Add melted butter and pulse until combined. Press the crumbs in an oven safe pie dish. Bake crust for 5 minutes. Remove from oven and cool completely.

2. Melt chocolate on the stovetop on low, stirring well until completely smooth and melted. (Don’t scorch.) Pour coconut milk in blender and add the melted chocolate. Immediately blend until completely smooth (20-30 seconds).

3. Pour filling into crust and chill for 4 hours or overnight in the fridge. (Prep and cooking time: 15-20 minutes, not including cooling/chilling time.)

 

I melted the chocolate in the microwave, but otherwise made it as written. It's simple, but unfortunately uses both a food processor and blender - such is life. It is crazy rich - like a 9" pie plate can easily feed 12 people and I think must be served with berries to cut the richness. And, to make it healthy.