Craving something chocolatey but still want it to be nourishing? This cottage cheese chocolate mousse is rich, creamy, and secretly packed with protein and fiber.
Made with just five simple ingredients, it’s the perfect nutritious dessert to satisfy your sweet tooth and support steady energy. Whip it up in three minutes and enjoy a dietitian-created treat that tastes indulgent but leaves you feeling good.
Amy’s 5-star review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ WOW!! This is really delicious! I was skeptical because I’ve tried cottage cheese-based desserts before and was disappointed.
Why you’ll love this dietitian-made recipe
- Fast and easy: Just five ingredients and a quick blitz in the blender — dessert is ready in minutes.
- Protein-packed: Over 30 grams of protein per serving, all from real food (no protein powder needed).
- Rich in fiber: With 6 grams of fiber, this mousse supports fullness and stable energy.
- Seriously delicious: It’s rich, chocolatey, and satisfying enough to crave daily… even if you love traditional desserts.
Want more healthy cottage cheese recipes? Try my blueberry cottage cheese pancakes, cottage cheese brownies, or cottage cheese chocolate muffins.
Key ingredients and swaps
- Cottage cheese: This gets blended so don’t worry about the texture. I use 2% but you can use whatever fat percentage you like. Compare labels and choose one with less sodium so your pudding doesn’t taste salty.
- Maple syrup: You can sub honey, sugar, or any sweetener of choice. For a low sugar mousse, choose liquid stevia or sugar-free syrup.
- Chia seeds: Chia seeds add fiber and help thicken the pudding. Skip them if needed — just make sure to give your pudding time to chill in the fridge to thicken.
Scroll down to the recipe card for the full ingredients list and detailed recipe.
Don’t like the texture of cottage cheese? This recipe blends cottage cheese until it’s completely smooth so you get all the nutritional benefits without that questionable texture.
How to make cottage cheese chocolate mousse
Step 1: Add ingredients to a blender.
Step 2: Blend until completely smooth and chill for an hour before eating.
Topping ideas
Add a handful of toppings right before serving, like these:
- Crushed peanuts
- Crushed sandwich cookies
- Whipped cream
- Vanilla greek yogurt
- Fresh berries
- Banana slices
- Low sugar gummy worms or gummy bears
Helpful tools
Top tips
- Scrape the sides: If your blender gets stuck, pause and scrape down the sides or give it a gentle shake to keep things moving.
- Too runny? If your cottage cheese is watery, blend in an extra teaspoon of chia seeds to help it thicken. But don’t forget, it will thicken in the fridge too!
- Adjust the sweetness: Taste and add more maple syrup if you prefer a sweeter mousse.
Common questions
You can use greek yogurt instead of cottage cheese but the flavor and texture will be considerably different. Still yummy, though! If you use greek yogurt, leave the chia seeds out and simply mix ingredients in a bowl.
In my opinion, this tastes like a balanced and lightly sweet pudding or mousse. To make this taste the most like traditional mousse, choose a higher fat cottage cheese and a brand with less sodium.
Make this high protein chocolate mousse lactose-free by using a lactose-free cottage cheese.
Nope! But it won’t be as thick of a texture if you eat it right away.
More healthy dessert recipes
High Protein Banana Pudding
Dairy-Free Banana Pudding
Black Bean Brownie Bites
Cottage Cheese Banana Bread
Chocolate Greek Yogurt
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Cottage Cheese Chocolate Mousse
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup cottage cheese, I used 2%
- 2 Tbsp cocoa powder
- 2 Tbsp maple syrup
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tsp chia seeds
Optional Toppings
- crushed cookies, nuts, berries, banana, vanilla greek yogurt, or whipped cream
Instructions
- Add cottage cheese, cocoa powder, maple syrup, chia seeds, and vanilla extract to a blender.
- Blend until smooth, scraping down the sides as needed. This will take 30-45 seconds.
- Transfer to a jar or cup, cover, and refrigerate for a minimum of 30-minutes or until mousse has thickened. Add toppings right before eating and enjoy!
Notes
- Choose higher fat and lower sodium cottage cheese for a creamier texture and less salty flavor.
- For a lower sugar mousse, swap maple syrup for any sugar-free syrup, or a few drops of liquid stevia.
- If you don’t have chia seeds, you can leave them out.
- Add toppings right before serving.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Definitely going to try this . It looks so yummy
Hope you like it!
I’ve converted friends to be cottage cheese lovers with this recipe! 🙂
Ok this is good!! Satisfied my nightly sweet tooth for sure and yet I still felt good afterwards. Topped with a few dark chocolate chips, raspberries and bananas.
This mousse topped with thawed mixed berries is quite possibly my very favourite thing to eat for breakfast, and I’m quite convinced I could do so every day and never tire of it. Superb!
OMG I have to try it with frozen berries! But I agree – SO YUMMY! Thanks so much for your review!
I really like cottage cheese and figured I should give this a try but it REALLY tastes like chocolate cottage cheese ☠️. Unfortunately I followed the recipe exactly and I don’t think it’s to my liking. Sorry!
Will this work without chia seeds? Is there a substitute for chia seeds?
You can do it without chia seeds. It just won’t be quite as thick!
can I use gelatin instead of chia seeds?
unfortunately not for this recipe! however, you could just leave the chia seeds out and enjoy a thinner consistency!
What can I substitute for chia seeds?
You could try with a little bit of ground flaxseed instead, or just omit them!
Just need the amounts of the ingredients.
Hi Cynthia! All the ingredient quantities and instructions are written in the recipe card. If you’re at the top of this page, click the “Jump to recipe” button and it will take you there! 🙂
Looks so good! But I have gastroparesis and can’t handle the seeds. Is there another way to thicken the mousse without the high fiber chia seeds?
You can leave the seeds out and refrigerate for a few hours! It won’t be quite as thick, but it will still taste great 🙂
This is SO good! I’m someone who needs (ok, wants) a little something sweet at night. This totally does the trick. Not too sweet and healthy ingredients to boot! I used Good Culture cottage cheese because I think it’s the absolute best tasting cottage cheese…and added an extra splash of vanilla extract because I like it. I topped it with a dollop of TruWhip (like Cool Whip) that I buy from Whole Foods. Perfection! Just made another batch. 🙂
Incredible! The perfect dessert! No notes
I loved this! My family thought it was too chocolate-y and needed a little more sweetener, but I thought it was perfect. I am a fan of dark chocolate anything and this had that flavor plus the yummy creaminess of the cottage cheese. I will make this again!
So decadent and delicious!