Thick, smooth, creamy, and decadently rich, these chocolate frosting shots are a chocolate lover’s dream dessert!
Dark chocolate frosting shots
Whip up this super easy, four ingredient recipe in under five minutes!
Use the thick chocolate frosting to top cakes, cupcakes, or brownies. Or serve in elegant glasses and eat it by the spoonful.
Oh yes, creamy chocolate frosting with nothing else to get in the way.
After all, how many times have you eaten a cupcake and thought, “I really wish this cupcake had less cake and more chocolate frosting”?
Also try this popular Chocolate Mug Cake
Enter the frosting shot.
A small shot glass is filled beyond the brim with swirls of luxuriously smooth and rich dark chocolate frosting.
And the best part?
This homemade chocolate frosting calls for just a few basic ingredients, yet party guests are always impressed at the recipe.
The chocolate frosting shots are equally beautiful and delicious.
Chocolate dessert recipe video
Above – watch the step by step video how to make chocolate frosting shots
In the months since I first made this recipe, vegans, non vegans, healthy eaters, and people who are used to traditional desserts have all gone completely wild for the easy-to-make, smooth and rich chocolate frosting.
It is highly recommended!
Ways to use this chocolate frosting
Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chocolate frosting shot ingredients
Coconut Milk: Look for full fat coconut milk, not lite coconut milk. Refrigerated coconutmilk beverage will also not work here. It must be the canned type.
Cocoa Powder: Your chocolate mousse shots will be as good as your cocoa powder, so choose a high quality brand if you can. For best chocolatey flavor, I like to use a fourth cup of regular unsweetened cocoa powder and one tablespoon of Dutch cocoa to make up the five tablespoons called for in the recipe. Raw cacao powder also works.
Pure Vanilla Extract: It is important to use pure vanilla here. Do not buy imitation vanilla, which has an artificial aftertaste. You can substitute the seeds of one vanilla bean or one teaspoon of vanilla bean paste if desired.
Sweetener: The chocolate frosting shots will be thickest with either powdered sugar or powdered no sugar sweetener. If you do not mind a result that is not quite as thick and fluffy, you may also use stevia, pure maple syrup, honey, or agave.
The easy chocolate dessert recipe can be raw, keto, paleo, soy free, dairy free, gluten free, egg free, tree nut free, and sugar free.
For a vanilla version, use this recipe for Coconut Whipped Cream.
How to make the fancy party dessert
Either refrigerate your coconut milk overnight, or open the can and freeze for about ten minutes. I always store a can in the fridge so the recipe is almost instant.
Once chilled, open the can and add only the thick coconut cream to a mixing bowl. Discard the coconut water or save it for a different recipe.
With either a stand mixer or hand beaters, whip the coconut cream until it is thick, smooth, and ultra fluffy.
Add the cocoa powder, sweetener, and vanilla extract.
Whip again to incorporate all of the ingredients. Stop whipping once the texture resembles chocolate mousse.
Serve in bowls, jars, or shot glasses.
If you want to be extra fancy, you can add the coconut chocolate frosting to a piping bag and pipe it out with an icing tip.
Tips and troubleshooting
While it is rare, you may encounter a can of coconut milk that is either rock hard and chalky or watery and not firm at all.
I like to always keep two cans from different brands on hand just in case one of the cans is a dud.
If you do not own a stand mixer or hand beaters, you can technically stir everything together by hand with a lot of arm strength. The results will not be as fluffy but the taste is still rich and chocolatey.
Try the recipe as frosting for my Keto Chocolate Cake or Vegan Chocolate Cake.
Store leftovers very loosely covered in the refrigerator. This chocolate mousse frosting will get even thicker the longer it sits.
Chocolate Frosting Shots
Ingredients
- 1 can coconut milk or coconut cream
- 5 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- sweetener of choice to taste (Use powdered sugar or sugar free powdered sweetener for thickest results)
Instructions
- Refrigerate the coconut milk can until cold. Once chilled, open the can and transfer only the creamy part to a bowl, discarding the water. Whip with beaters or a stand mixer (or a lot of arm strength and a fork) until thick and fluffy. Add the other ingredients, and whip again. Serve in bowls or glasses. Stored very loosely covered in the fridge, it will get even thicker. *While it's rare, you may find a can of coconut milk that is either rock hard and chalky or watery and not thick at all. I recommend keeping two cans from different brands in the refrigerator at all times just in case.View Nutrition Facts
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Notes
More Dessert Dips & Frostings
Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
Healthy Chickpea Cookie Dough Dip
ohhh yes, i’m all about the frosting! there’s been far too many times when i eat the frosting off of cupcakes or a piece of cake and leave the rest. love these!
I love frosting, and I love it even more when it’s chocolate!! 🙂
Hi Katie! I love your site and refer to it for everything. I used to be a “I have to have chocolate or I can’t function” person. A few years back I changed to a much healthier diet and found my several times a week migraines disappeared! I also stopped craving chocolate and diet coke! I was so thankful for that. I knew nothing good could come from all that. As a result I get very sick with a migraine when I eat chocolate (or sugary foods). A friend of mine showed me clean eating a year ago and I have not looked back. I love the way I feel and all the yummy food. I am slowly trying more clean chocolate recipes but am always nervous. If you know that a recipe could be without chocolate would you make a note of that? Also, often times you put white sugar down as a sweetener. Can this be substituted with organic sugar? Thanks for this AWESOME website/blog that I tell everyone about. P.S. my daughter wants to suggest white chocolate for recipe flavors (I tried to explain it isn’t really chocolate, but she said you asked for ideas!)
Aww hi Amy!!
This one can be made without chocolate!! It’s not as thick, but it’s like whipped cream. Just omit the chocolate and do everything else the same :).
As for the sugar, yes organic sugar actually IS white sugar. Even though it’s organic, it’s still the same stuff (just maybe processed a different way?). So it can definitely be used the same way!
I’ve also just started to experiment with coconut sugar, so you can try that as a sub too!
“organic” doesnt mean its processed in a different way. you an substitute anything with its organic counterpart, because they are one in the same. organic means the plant (from which the stuff is derived from) isnt sprayed with pesticides, doesnt have some cray fertilizer & a bunch of other really crazy healthy amazing things!
i highly suggest using truvia. instead of sugar though, you get like half the calories (no guilt!) & you dont have a horrible come down off your sugar rush! also– KIDS DONT GET HYPER! awesome pros, if you ask me 😉
really organic doesn’t even have to mean any of those things, it has just been a very clever marketing ploy, I have worked in the organic foods industry and a lot of the foods come right from the same place all the other foods come from. It’s all a crap shoot, unless you grow your own food in your own backyard, there is no guarantee you are getting anything different. sorry
Organic foods are a whole lot better for you it’s is so not a marketing ploy. Who wants to be eating pesticides or the chemical that they spray on plants? It’s a whole lot cleaner and it honestly tastes different then in organic products
Well actually, organic produce is still treated with pesticides, they’re just certain ones that are listed for organic use. Ask any organic farmer point blank, because they do use pesticides, but just those certain ones. I know, I’ve worked at a local produce farm for over 6 years and we only use “materials got organic use”.
Sorry your wrong it is just a marketing ploy like SG said unless you grow it in your own yard there is no guarantee. Something they just put on the box same with fat free and low fat foods.
Products may use organic in their brand names and it may mean absolutely nothing, that is why you look for USDA Organic Seal on products.
Yes…you want to look for the USDA Certified Organic seal, to ensure that what you’re buying is organic.
Truvia is not very good for you — they took Stevia (a truly natural sweetener many times sweeter than sugar, no calories and no glycemic spike) and adulterated and processed it. No thank you. I will stick with my pure Stevia 🙂 Very good for you!
I personally can’t stand the taste of Stevia…it’s very intense! A good rule of clean eating is that sugar can be substituted with ANY natural sweetener of your choosing. My favorite is honey, others like Agave nectar, Stevia and…I’m not sure Truvia is considered an all-natural, clean sweetener…
You could also try using Xylitol. It is a bit expensive and you don’t need a lot. I have started using that along with Stevia and Agave nectar. I was recently diagnosed as a pre-diabetic. Truvia and other “Natural” sweeteners are high on the glycemic index which will affect your insulin/glucose levels. Just thought I would share.
Another all-natural fruit sweetener that can be substituted in any recipe is BSweet. It is made from the Acai Berry and Kiwi Fruit. It is safe for diabetics and children and will not elevate blood sugar levels. The safest, natural sweetener around. I substitute it for any recipe that calls for sugar (and in lesser quantity). Healthy, delicious and I feel good about serving it to my family. You can check it out at http://www.4apurpose.bfreesystem.com.
Please take caution with the Agave. It’s quite processed and can make one insulin resistant even though it doesn’t raise blood sugar. Check out the article on MarksDailyApple
Seriously? I better watch out then…
does stevia have a gly index?
I would be careful with the Xylitol also…my sis-in-law is a vet and she sees Xylitol issues with dogs. It is very toxic to dogs and is believed to cause cancer in them as well. Makes me wonder what it does to humans.
lol but chocolate is toxic to dogs as well. People and dogs are different ;).
Only some dogs…
Xylitol doesn’t affect glucose levels in people (but too much of anything can be bad), but when any amount is ingested by dogs, it causes a surge in insulin, resulting in very low blood sugar. At higher doses, xylitol is toxic to the canine liver.
Oh my! I’m more confused now then ever… I have agave, NuStevia, Stevia, coconut sugar, maple syrup, honey, splenda, and I can get anything else… I have chronic medication resistant migraines (I’m 29 and can’t work because they are so bad… not the life I had intended, anyway…) I’m trying to work on eating more naturally (it has not helped, but I keep hoping!!) What sugar would you recommend?
Love the blog Katie! And Love reading everyone’s tips and comments. Thanks so much.
Andrea – Sorry, but my Fiance is the same way. (Completely unrelated, I know). I didn’t know if you’d found anything that helps? He’s had his for about 10 years now. :/
We’ve tried a lot of the no sugar/caffeine/etc diets but he’s a lot harder to get to stick to a healthy diet. Btw- sometimes he’ll eat something high in electrolytes and it will lessen his headache. Didn’t know if you’d ever tried it.
Not really, mama. I tried gluten and dairy free for about a year, but it didn’t help. I have been battling this since I was 15 with increasing severity. I see a pain specialist. And lately eating balanced and drinking tons of water has helped. I’m still writing this with a wet wash cloth forehead in a cave, though. 🙁 thanks for the tip on the electrolytes! Don’t give up. Migraine.com has been a Godsend. Best of luck! And keep taking care of you, by having fun making all Katie’s treats! Hugs!
Andrea and MamaNut,
My experience is that when I eat grain-free, dairy-free, corn-free, soy-free, broccoli-free, I can think quickly and retain information. When I modify my diet to eat “gluten-free” instead of grain-free, with everything else being the same, my brain goes off-line for about four days. You might try eating primarily vegetables, a handful of nuts, 1 or 2 pieces of fruit, and lean meat (absolutely no grains, including corn) and see how you/your boyfriend feels after one week on this diet. It has been a long, hard road for me, and occasionally I fall off the wagon and eat store-bought truffles — and I am useless for four days — but now that I have found Katie’s recipes, I think I can stay on the wagon and smile!
P.S. Quinoa is not a grain, but my body acts as though it is. I believe it is called a gluten “cross-reactive”. You might want to make sure that you are avoiding all cross-reactives. Wishing you relief.
Hello – although it’s a little strange that my interest in a healthy chocolate fudge ball recipe (thank you, Katie!) has turned into a migraine treatment suggestion, I felt the need to respond.
My father suffered terribly with migraines for many years and tried several different treatments, with little success – however, he finally found a “cure” in the very simple form of Ubiquinol (CoQ10) and Magnesium supplements, and he truly never had another migraine again.
Please take the time to read and do your own research – Dr. Mercola has written a very comprehensive article, that explains the benefits of Ubiquinol and Magnesium:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/12/24/food-allergies-trigger-migraines.aspx
I hope this information helps you, as it did my father.
My friend and i have found a diet that works. It’s called don’t laugh ,this is for real. It’s called The Food Lovers Diet. I’t really works. The sugar they suggest is cane juice,which is a fancy name for raw natural sugar. It burns slower through your system so your glycemic levels don’t spike. Well i know the diet works and you eat all the foods you like,made a little different and the foods are good. Lately i have been hearing sugar is sugar no matter what kind ,now i don’t think i’ts all about the raw sugar alone, there is a start out 10 minute or so excersize and eating the foods as the diet calls for ,all together thats what makes this diet work. It’s on the web thefoodloversdiet.com it is a very good program. and as for sugar to much of anything is just that ,to much. I hope this helps. Happy eating,believe me eating you will and you won’t be hungry believe me!
Andrea,
This is the first time I have ever left a comment on anything, but your dire situation is just the same as mine was for most of my (long) life. Like you, I also changed my eating to healthy, organic, whole foods, was vegan for years and macrobiotic, etc. for years. I am finally headache-free after my neurologist started botox treatments for migraines. I know people do not like the idea of botox injections, but as you know, there is not much of a life when you experience serious pain most, if not all the time. This has been the best thing I ever did and the doctor says that about 95% of his patients are experiencing the same great results that I am. I hope that you see this post or that you have found a treatment for your headaches. I still am careful about anything that I consume, whether topically or internally, as even healthy, organic things can trigger headaches and neck pain for me, but never do I have the level of pain that I had for most of my life. I know it is the result of the Botox because I went a few weeks past the 90 day treatment cycle and I started getting the pain back. I wish you the best!
do you have plants in your where you sleep? Try getting them out of your house your migranes will go away
I too suffered from drug resistant migraines but finally discovered by accident that the analgesic methadone completely stopped my migraine headaches after stabilizing on a dose of 80mg/day administered in divided doses. I hope it works for you.
Good thing this recipe isn’t for dogs then 🙂
I did get really confused about the migraine talk though…
I made this recipe as posted and loved it. I used the whole can of coconut milk, liquid at the bottom included. It wasn’t as thick as it could be most likely because of using the liquid. Then I thought, what if I were to add some instant pudding to this mixture. Instant pudding gets thick. So I added to the regular recipe for the chocolate mousse, half a package of instant sugar free banana cream pudding. OMG… it is SO thick, creamy and delicious. Who wouldn’t love chocolate and banana? Next time I’m going to use sugar free cheesecake flavored pudding mix. What a great dessert when I need something for my sweet tooth!
The only problem is that the recipe as stated above, in its original form, is healthy, with healthy fats. The pudding mixes are not so healthy, especially the sugar-free kind… which means most of the time they added aspartame or splenda or acesulfame K… so as long as you are aware of that, then it is your choice. It sort of defeats the purpose of making a healthy dessert, though 🙂
Unfortunately, you just took a great sweet healthy recipe and made it not so. I think that defeats the whole purpose of the post. 🙂
I was also curious if honey could be switched out for the sugar? Thank you!
I love how others like to critique when someone chooses to change a recipe. I say go for it, change it however you want, it’s your decision!!! 🙂
I agree with Annon. If you change the recipe and are happy to it, wonderful to you! If someone wants to critique your change, do so in a positive way, not in a ‘we know better than you’ way. Many need to return to k-5 and revisit manners and politeness.
Hi! If you want to leave or the chocolate, you can also flavor with cinnamon or a few drops of any essential oil you might like such as peppermint, almond, etc.
Hi! If you want to leave or the chocolate, you can also flavor with cinnamon or a few drops of any essential oil you might like such as peppermint, almond, etc. Mashed banana is also awesome!
Hi Amy. I too suffer from migraines, although my have improved dramatically after changing jobs and cutting out all alcohol completely. I do get one every once in awhile though. I am a sugarholic, and I’m trying to change. I’d love for you to share what you mean by “clean eating?”
Hi Erin,
I had a similar questions, and this is a link with some helpful info. regarding clean eating.
http://www.thegraciouspantry.com/what-is-clean-eating/
For a great detox, clean eating plan, watch this for an overview and contact me for further info. This has helped many people beat migraines, drop or reduce meds of various types, lose weight if needed, have more energy and feel great! Also, some migraines are hormonally based. I have great info on that as well and am happy to share.
http://youtu.be/Lgxen4H5CzI
818.903.0087
Look into the book, The Eat Clean Diet by Tosca Reno. There’s a great recipe book that goes along with it too. As far as I know, she’s the one who coined the term “clean eating”. She is associated with Oxygen Magazine, which also lives by clean eating 🙂
Amy, Have you tried Carob yet? It tastes a little bit different but simular to Chocolate. It’s very yummy!!!
Where can you get carob anything? My mom use to buy carob chips when i was little. Would love to know so i can make this with carob?
Hi Kelly!
I’ve found Carob Chips (Sunspire brand) at the Rainbow Blossom near my house, but I bet you can find them at any health food store. I hope this helps!
ohhhhhh carob!! <3 do you think theres any possibility of substituting the coconut milk with coconut water & maybe chocolate almond milk with stevia? if so, this would be a completely anti-guilt recipe that i could absolutely live on. ok, maybe with some wine too!
Sorry, you need the fat from the top of the coconut milk, so it won’t work with any other “milk” 🙁
Wine is not very good for you sad to say and If you are trying to “clean eat” or try anti guilt recipes it won’t be good to have wine.
If not chocolate why not add coconut essence and top it with toasted coconut. Or peanut butter and praline.
Amy, try substituting carob powder for the chocolate. It’s an even swap for cocoa powder and you can look online to find the equivalents for baking choc, etc.
white chocolate has sugar in it
Wow. You DO realize your at a site called CHOCOLATEcoveredkatie right? Also, no one cares about you stupid story about “how you stopped getting headaches from not eating chocolate yay me”. Good day.
To Mary (and similarly angry posters),
It is my sincere hope that you were addressing the solicitous poster, and not the people (myself included, though further down) who are just discussing their experience with health issues and looking for answers. I too, have felt it necessary to snap at someone selling something on here. I know the irritation, and the feeling that I must say something to protect our wonderful Katie, because she’s too nice to do it herself. I later realized that Katie wasn’t just too polite to rudely call out one of her own members, (which is true,) but that isnt giving her enough credit. She’s a smart savvy buisness woman. Katie probably does not feel threatened when a person here or there spams her wall. If she was concerned about it, she could take down the post.
If you were just trying to rain on someone else’s day, someone else who clearly has had plenty of rain (migraines suck.) Then you should be ashamed of yourself.
Katie encourages a place for kind, fun, thoughtful interaction on a wide array of topics. From now on, let’s take our cues from her.
Andrea Wellman
I agree with you…I just learned a TON about migraines whilst looking at a delicious recipe from my favorite chocolate covered girlfriend. I hate conflict and it always maked me sick physically, leading to my illnesses. I believe if people could just show kindness and empathy to each other, a lot of sicknesses would go away and we could ALL enjoy the yummy foods Katie posts for us here. Food should make us happy and not sick. Fighting makes us sick. Well my two cents.
Palm sugar, also known as coconut sugar, is an excellent substitute for white sugar of any kind; it actually has life-enhancing minerals in it, and comes from the coconut palm “as is,” so to speak. I use it in all my baked goods; if I want the sugar to be finer-grained, I put it in my blender (a Magic Bullet grinder works fantastically for this) and whirl it for just a few seconds. The sugar has a wonderful taste compared to white sugar, and does a world of good. It’s still sugar, but it doesn’t spike insulin, which is why I use it.
Try carob! I don’t eat chocolate either. I also noticed l stopped craving chocolate after changing to a healthier diet. I sub carob powder for cacao in the recipes.
A cupcake WITH frosting, But if I call this mousse, I could totally eat more than one shot of it. 🙂
Mmm tough choice. If the cupcake was moist and delicious and there was ample frosting, then I think I do generally prefer a cupcake WITH frosting (why settle for one if you can have both!). Often the cake is too dry or not flavorful or the frosting is sickly sweet and slightly crunchy.
This looks delicious. I love the fact that it’s made without tofu too. Yay!! Gotta try!
Ah! That looks sooo good! I have to make that!
I am an eat-the-frosting-give-someone-else-the-cake kinda girl, so a frosting shot is genius! Do you think a lite coconut milk would work for this?
Probably not… but it could make a yummy drink, maybe…
I just tried this with a lite coconut milk and it did not get anywhere near thick enough. I’m going to use it as a fruit dip though. Also, I thought if maybe I added powdered sugar as my sweetener it would help thicken it up a bit (I originally added 2 tablespoons sugar and then went back and added 2 tablespoons powdered sugar). It helped a little but I didn’t want to add too much for fear of it being WAY too sweet.
Um, yes please! Sounds so good! I think we’ll try it tomorrow!
Now here’s something I can really get behind, because isn’t it all about the frosting, any way? Great post and photos!
You are my hero.