Strawberry Mousse

A 4-ingredient lush and airy strawberry mousse with light vanilla flavor, an irresistible creamy texture, and a natural fresh strawberry flavor.

This easy strawberry mousse recipe combines thick and rich heavy cream, sugar, strawberries, and sugar in one delicious dessert, that is truly irresistible.

A quick treat for kids, a dessert for a dinner party, individual cups for potlucks – a versatile recipe that will come in handy all year round. A perfect way to cool off during those hot days in summer.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

• Just a few simple ingredients and 20 minutes of prep time and your strawberry dessert is ready!
• No bake dessert, and you don’t need to use a gelatin mixture, eggs, egg whites, or Cool Whip either.
• Indulgent delicious strawberry mousse and it has such a light, silky creamy texture.
• Healthy, completely gluten-free, and can be dairy-free too.
• Can be made ahead of time, which is perfect for the holiday season, prep for birthday celebrations, potluck, or family gatherings. Perfect quick dessert for Valentine’s Day or a special occasion for couples. 

Ingredients Notes

A full list of ingredients, right amounts, and simple steps are in the recipe card at the bottom of the page. Everything can be found at grocery stores:

• Fresh strawberries. Pick sweet strawberries to have natural sweetness. Ripe strawberries are slightly softer and have a rich red color on all sides without any white or green spots. 
• Granulated sugar or powdered sugar. Brown sugar doesn’t really work for me in this simple dessert.
• Vanilla extract
• Heavy cream (room temperature). Easy substitutes are Greek yogurt or double cream.
• Optional: fresh real strawberries or mint leaves for garnish for added visual appeal.

Kitchen Equipment

• Blender or food processor. If you don’t have any of these tools, you can mash strawberries with a fork.
• Mixing bowls
• Fine-mesh sieve
• Serving glasses

How To Make Strawberry Mousse

*Several hours before working, place a large bowl in the freezer to chill.

1: Puree The Strawberries

1. Puree the strawberries in a blender or food processor until smooth. 
2. Strain the strawberry puree through a fine-mesh sieve, into a mixing bowl. This helps to remove the seeds and creates a creamy strawberry mousse.

2: Beat The Cream

1. Whisk in the sugar and vanilla into the puree until the sugar has dissolved.
2. Remove the frozen bowl and whip the chilled heavy cream with a hand or stand mixer until soft peaks form. This is the crucial step to achieve a fluffy texture when making homemade mousse or whipped cream. 

3: Combine & Chill

1. Fold the strawberry mixture into the whipped cream until fully combined. 
2. Spoon the whipped mousse into serving glasses or bowls, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 2 hours to set.
3. Garnish with additional whipped cream, fresh sliced strawberries, mini marshmallows, or mint leaves, and serve chilled.

Storage

Store leftover strawberry mousse in an airtight container in the fridge for 4-5 days.

Do not freeze the final product, the texture will become grainy.

Substitutions & Variations

• Make it layered like some sort of strawberry mousse cake. In individual cups first pour some strawberry sauce (puree that we made in the beginning), strawberry compote, or strawberry jello, then mousse, and top with whipped cream and fresh strawberry. You can also put up sliced strawberries at the bottom of the cup, it looks and sounds delicious.
• Keto strawberry mousse follows pretty much the same recipe, but you will add cottage cheese, gelatin, and collagen powder.
• Vegan strawberry mousse can use coconut cream instead of heavy cream.
• Strawberry mousse with gelatin. First, soak the plain gelatin in a small bowl as the package instructions say. Blend the berries, boil, and simmer in a small saucepan. Mix strawberry sauce and gelatin and let it thicken. Then, beat until it is fluffy with heavy cream.
• Variations are endless! You can use other fruits and berries for different flavors.
• If you’re looking for a healthier sweetener, date, coconut sugar, or monk fruit sweetener will make a lovely addition.
• If it is not a strawberry season, you can use fresh or frozen strawberries. Even dried strawberries work.

Expert Tips To Make This Strawberry Mousse Recipe

• Using a cold bowl will make sure the mousse combines well and stays chilled without “melting”.
• To make thicker strawberry mousse you can add cream cheese.
• To light up and brighten the strawberry flavor you can mix in some lemon juice into the mousse.
• For the best results, leave the mousse to chill overnight.
• Pick the best strawberries for decoration before blending.
• Whipping cream until soft peaks will make softer mousse. If you want it a bit denser and to hold the shape better, beat the cream until the stiff peaks form.

Popular Questions

What Are Common Mistakes When Making Mousse?

The most common mistake in making mousse is overmixing and overbeating the mixture. It will make it grainy or too dense. Another popular mistake is freezing your mousse. Once thawed it will immediately lose its texture and will be unpleasant.

What Are The Three Basic Elements Of A Mousse?

A cream part (like heavy cream or cream cheese), fruit or chocolate for flavor, and sugar are the basic ingredients for most mousse recipes. Original chocolate mousse recipe also uses eggs, and some modern recipes use gelatin, but you can make a good dessert without these.

If you love this strawberry dessert recipe, you’re going to love these other strawberry treats too. Please click each link below to find the easy, printable recipe!

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