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.
Nope. The flavors do not meld and the carbs are way too high for a mediocre dessert. Do you have to like cottage cheese to like this dessert Yes I’m guessing you do. Fell short for my whole family.
This was outstanding. I used a food processor with a large blade and grounded flax seed first then continued with the recipe. I used monk fruit sweetener instead of syrup to keep it sugar free and added a bit more vanilla. Such a great nutritious recipe!
DOUBLE THE AMOUNTS IF YOU’RE USING A VITAMIX!
Yummy taste! But in these amounts, it does not work well in a Vitamix. At least, it didn’t work well in mine. It would probably work well if you double the amounts, but I only had 1 cup of cottage cheese left.
So I ended up with a heavy mess all at the bottom of the blender; If I blended on high, it all got thrown up the sides (and so didn’t continue to mix). So I blended on low, but after 2 minutes of blending, it was still very grainy.
Then it was difficult to get it OUT of the blender.
I ended up making a cleanup smoothie to get the rest out, but I STILL had chia seeds glued to the sides of the container, so I had to scrub with boiling water.
The result was yummy, if a little grainy, but the frustration level was high.
Have you tried freezing this?
I have not, sorry!
Can u use dry cottage cheese instead of regular cottage cheese. Regular has too many unnecessary ingredients.
Thank you so much for your question! Unfortunately dry cottage cheese will not work well in this recipe because it doesn’t have enough moisture.
My kids thought it was a little bitter and so did I. We made some homemade whipped cream and folded it in. It’s much better and kids love it. 🙂
Next time I might use a melted dark chocolate because that’s less bitter than the cocoa powder.
Am I correct that the posted recipe makes 1 serving and has 335 calories in one serving?
WOW!! This is really delicious! I was skeptical because I’ve tried cottage cheese-based desserts before and was disappointed. I like cottage cheese but when I want a sweet treat, I don’t want cottage cheese lol. I cut back on the maple syrup a little bit because I wanted it less sweet and the result was perfect. Chocolatey and creamy and high in protein. Winner!
42 gm of carbs seems high. Is it the syrup that makes it that high ? I would use sugar free syrup. Thanks!
This looks delicious! Have you had success in pre-making it and storing in the fridge for a few days? Thanks!
Yes, it’s worked well made in advance for me!