Name: Vegan Chocolate-Almond Mousse with Coconut Whipped Topping
Prep time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: ½ cups FOR THE MOUSSE:; ⅓ cups Unsweetened Cocoa Powder; 1 package Coconut Milk, Or Your Preferred Non-dairy Milk; ½ teaspoons (12.3 Oz. Size) Silken Or Soft Tofu, Drained; 2 Tablespoons Pure Almond Extract; ¼ cups Agave Nectar, More Or Less To Taste; ½ teaspoons Dairy-free Or Vegan Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips; 1 can Vegetable Oil; ¼ cups FOR THE TOPPING:

Why it works: Almond and agave match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 198 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Vegan Chocolate-Almond Mousse with Coconut Whipped Topping

Serves 4

Prep20 min

Ingredients

½ cups FOR THE MOUSSE:
⅓ cups Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
1 package Coconut Milk, Or Your Preferred Non-dairy Milk
½ teaspoons (12.3 Oz. Size) Silken Or Soft Tofu, Drained
2 Tablespoons Pure Almond Extract
¼ cups Agave Nectar, More Or Less To Taste
½ teaspoons Dairy-free Or Vegan Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips
1 can Vegetable Oil
¼ cups FOR THE TOPPING:

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

810Calories

20 gProtein

63 gFat

46 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Coconut	1/2 cup shredded (40g)	283
Chocolate	1 oz (28g) semisweet	155
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Tofu	100g firm	76
Agave	1 tsp (7g)	21
Almond	1 almond (1.2g)	7
Topping	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Almond + agavetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together198 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Coconut + agavetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together162 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Coconut + almondtop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,093 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).
Coconut + tofutop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together91 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).
Almond + chocolatetop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,733 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the almond

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cocoa powder, coconut, tofu, agave, chocolate):

Cashew nutfits better
Almondthe original
Hazelnutfits about as well
Peanutfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against cocoa powder, coconut, tofu, agave, chocolate. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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