This Vegan Chocolate Mousse Has A Surprising Secret Ingredient (It's Not Avocado!)

Leah Vanderveldt’s cookbook, The New Nourishing, is packed to the brim with delectable comfort-food favorites, all remade with ingenious uses of healthier ingredients to create results that are truly, well, nourishing to the body and soul. It’s no coincidence Leah has such an mbg-friendly approach to food—she spent years as a food editor at the site, learning from the best doctors and R.D.s and honing her own recipe-development skills. This chocolate mousse forgos the very trendy avocado for fiber and vitamin-A-packed sweet potato, which will soothe your gut and make your skin glow.  Did we mention it’s completely delicious?

Serves 2

I was very surprised by these little cups of mousse when I first made them. They were so easy to throw together (just seven ingredients all in one bowl!), and the flavor was just what I was looking for—dark chocolaty and lightly sweetened. This mousse is more true to a dense (yet fluffy) chocolate mousse than avocado-based versions. I love portioning them into little jars for a snack or dessert to grab throughout the week—they keep well in the fridge for five to six days. I like to serve them with a little sprinkle of sea salt and coconut whipped cream, if I have it.