Tropical Chocolate Mousse Parfaits
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Sometimes you just need a mammoth sized chocolate treat. This recipe serves 2 chocoholics nicely.
This is similar to the traditional “dirt” recipes, only I made it even more indulgent. I know, big surprise!
I used cream cheese, butter, and coconut extract to amp up the chocolate pudding and turn it into a decadent mousse. Throw in a heaping portion of crushed oreos and more coconut and you will never be able to make traditional dirt ever again. This is seriously outrageously good. You have been warned.
If you are not a fan of coconut, no worries! Simply leave out the coconut and extract and you have a purely heavenly chocolate parfait! You really can’t go wrong either way. Pinky swear.
Tropical Chocolate Mousse Parfaits
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| Serves | 2 |
| Prep time | 20 minutes |
| Meal type | Dessert, Snack |
| Misc | Child Friendly, Pre-preparable, Serve Cold |
Ingredients
- 1 box chocolate pudding (small)
- 2oz cream cheese (softened)
- 1 tablespoon butter (softened)
- 4oz Cool Whip
- 1/4 teaspoon coconut extract
- 1 1/2 cup milk
- 12 Oreos (crushed)
- 4 tablespoons coconut (shredded)
Directions
| Step 1 | |
| In a large bowl beat together pudding, cream cheese, butter, coconut extract, and 1/2 cup of milk until very smooth. Add in the rest of the milk and mix well. Add in the cool whip and 1/2 the oreos and stir together. | |
| Step 2 | |
| In 2 glasses drop a spoonful of oreo crumbs. Top with a layer of the mousse, another layer of oreos, another layer of mousse, and a final layer of oreos. Sprinkle each one with 2 TBS of coconut. Chill for at least 1 hour before serving. | |
Need more ideas for desserts using Oreos, chocolate or coconut? Here are some of my faves:
Double Decker Coconut Cream Brownies
Hahaha, you said it served two. That’s a funny joke.
I’ll eat the whole thing!! Love the coconut extract – where did you find it?
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Haha, I made a double batch and easily ate half. Soooo good! I found the coconut extract at (the dreaded) Walmart.
Yowza! These bring back memories of being young. We hardly ever had Oreos growing up, so they were a huge treat!
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Kinda sorta in love with this and you. I could totally go for both servings right now, extra coconut for me, please!! They look scrumptious
and I think I have some coconut creme Oreos stashed around here somewhere, too!!
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Stephanie, I am LOVING all of your photos lately – seriously… they are looking like perfection. Now, I think you made this parfait just for me. No? You didn’t?? coconut, oreos, pudding – the works! I love these!!
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Please stop! You had me at mousse…..!!!
hugs x
Crystelle
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LOVE the parfaits !! Soooooooo sinful and delicious
Would be wonderful to pamper my other-half with a treat like this
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Stephanie,
These parfaits look amazing. I’ve never made any but I will now. Thanks so much for linking up to Creative Thursday. Can’t wait to see what you share next week! Have a wonderful weekend.
Michelle
Hi Stephanie, I’m Anne from Life on the Funny Farm (http://annesfunnyfarm.blogspot.com), and I’m visiting from the More the Merrier Monday.
Ohhhh, this looks so good. I am officially drooling. Making this!
Anyway, thanks sharing. If you’ve never visited yet, I hope you can pop by my blog sometime to say hi…