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.
can i replace cocoa powder with other flavors such as matcha powder?
I haven’t tested but I suspect that would work!
This is great but I had to scroll thru a ton of nonsense before getting to the recipe. Why oh why does everyone do this? The picture looks great, a paragraph why it’s good is enough and then give us the recipe with the nutritional info. We’re all looking for great recipes and time savers. Please! Enough with the dissertations.
Hi Martha, I’m so sorry for your frustration! In future, there’s a “jump to recipe” button at the top of the page that will take you right to the recipe card. Have a wonderful evening.
Could you add ice to make this like a smoothie?
Maybe, but I haven’t tested it that way! You’ll probably need to add some milk to thin it out too.
Oh wow!!!! I had these ingredients at home. Except the Chia seeds. Made it, put it in the fridge and it was marvelous!!! Thank you so much. I just made a quadruple batch and made jars for work for my breakfast!!! Thank you
Ps. Shared it with my daughters and they are going to try it too!!!!
this might be life changing. so hard to kick the sweet tooth completely. this will help so much! I made it today and it is delicious— even maybe a little too sweet for me, so i will happily try again with less syrup. YAY
Ahh I’m so glad you liked it!!
Hello, I love the way you create healthy treats. I’m also a health nut lol.
I use a lot of yogurt in replacement of mayonnaise but I would never think to use cottage cheese.
Thank you,
Lori Padbury
Can I use soaked chia seeds and blend them??
Yes, but I don’t think the texture will turn out quite as nice! The chia seeds soak in the liquid from the cottage cheese as it sits in the fridge, which helps the mousse thicken. I suspect soaking the seeds beforehand will lead to a thinner pudding.
Can I use something else instead of chia seeds ? Thank you
You can just leave them out! It just won’t be quite as thick 🙂
Hi, just wondering if your protein macros are correct? I’ve tried substituting no fat vs reduced fat and full fat cottage cheese and still can only get as high as 16 grams of protein….maybe I’m missing something? Thanks!
Made this today and it is really yummy! Definitely fulfills the desire to have something chocolatey without having to feel bad about it. I did have to add some coconut milk to mine because it was too thick and would barely blend. Thanks for a great recipe!
I made this recipe and the proportions are perfect, the Vanilla makes the chocolate taste way more chocolatey. We don’t like chia seeds in ours so we just left them out and added chocolate chips instead and it was the perfect summer snack.