French Silk Brownie Pie

You know what's great?

Mini stuff.

Like me, I'm mini. I'm great, right? Right.

You know what's also great?

Brownies.

And chocolate mousse.

And whipped cream*.

And pie.

*(which I've finally homemade whipped cream...but didn't measure anything so currently I've got no recipe. Sorry guys!)

Put all that greatness together and you've got yourself these babies: french silk brownie pies.

They're impressive and pretty, you'll seem super skilled and awesome if you make these.

They're easily made ahead of time, if you want to serve these for some occasion.

They're also completely delicious and you will revel in the layers of flavor.

When you take a bite, you will embark upon an epic experience of deliciousness: first you get the sweet creaminess of the whipped cream, which gives way to the bittersweet fluffiness of the chocolate mousse and then the whole thing finishes off with the rich, intense chocolatey-ness of the brownie base.

Snowflake Collection  Round Cake Pans

The moral of this story is you should totally make yourself some super amazing, rich and intense, yet light and creamy, mini french silk brownie pies. Or hey, go to town, make a full sized one! I'm cool either way.

Chocolate Chantilly

While the weather is still warm, I'll share a delicious, refreshing (yet decadent and rich) no bake dessert for you. And it takes like...no time at all. And very little effort. But seems super fancy and like you went to culinary school and stuffff.

This recipe is revolutionary. It takes 3 ingredients. No baking. Just ice water. The result is a beautiful, velvet-y textured chocolate mousse that melts in your mouth. I don't even know what else to say about it. And to be frank, I'm a busy bee right now! So I shall not delay any longer, to the recipe!:

4 Ingredient Chocolate Mousse

Ohmigoodnes, I can't begin to tell you how excited and in awe I am at how much this blog has grown. My page views and readership have increased SO much (like...5 times what they were). Part of this is thanks to making some great food blog friends and giving each other support--a lot of that is thanks to Food Bloggers Network (an amazing network that meets in a facebook group, set up by Jessica of Oh Cake). I'm happily planning on meeting up with some of my fellow NY bloggies. This is also part of the reason for the recent influx of awards. Another great success for the blog is one of my photos (for these cookies) was featured on TasteSpotting--wow that increased my readership! AND I was a food blog of the day on Foodista. And I even have a few reviews (and giveaways) coming up! I am so pleased with everything that is happening, and I just needed to share my joy with you :). So-thank you everyone for reading. I am very grateful.

Speaking of joy. Chocolate mousse. Light, airy, chocolate heaven. I warn you, however, unless you really enjoy bitter chocolate--use chocolate that isn't too high of a cacao percentage. I used something like 86% or possibly 72% and I had to mix sugar into the end product to make them palatable for Michael and I. So, keep that in mind. A major draw to this mousse is how simple it is. It really is quite idiot proof and requires very few ingredients. Plus-it's sophisticated and will impress people. And we all love the cred you get from other people for making something they find impressive, at least I do! 

4 Ingredient Chocolate Mousse

Adapted slightly from Smells Like Home