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
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Hey Katie! Im a girl from Sweden who works out alot and recentley tried to cut out all unnecessary sugar from my diet (except fruit) because I just feel so much better without candy, cookies etc and I wanna try to eat as healthy as possible so that I get the best results from my training 🙂 found your site at pinterest and wow! I just love it 😀 thank you for healthy but yummie chocolate recipes 😀 going to try your chocolate frosting shots right now! Perfect dessert for movie night with my siblings 😛 Just what I needed today instead of sweets! Take care Petra 🙂
I looked through the post and did not notice any good alternatives for coconut milk. Has anyone tried almond milk? Like some of the other post I do not like coconuts, but this looks so amazingly good!!!!
Soak raw cashews and puree them? Google “cashew cream” for ideas :).
Yummy!!!! I LOVE anything chocolate, especially frosting! I need to try this. Do you know if it’s possible to use this with almond/reg. milk? I don’t have coconut milk. 🙁 Thanks for the recipe!
Hi– I just wanted to say thank you for existing 😛 Your blog is AH MAZE ING! Anywho, I made these frosting shots–but I subbed with a cream of coconut and skipped the sweetener. They did not hold up as well, but i was kinda anxious and didnt chill them that long—but the taste was fantastic! Anywho, I am planning on making a bunch of stuff from your site for my son’s 1st birthday since he’s dairy free! Once again, thank you for existing 😛
Aw thanks, Erynn!
This is my new favorite treat but I keep having a half of a can of the liquid left after its seperated. Any ideas what to do with it?
It looks so yummy! But I have one question. Does the coconut milk provide an overpowering taste? Or does the chocolate overpower the coconut?
Tried this at a 4th of July BBQ last week…been thinking of it since! Asked for the recipe and was directed to your website…saw it for the first time a couple of weeks ago. You’re genius and provide recipes right up my eating alley!!!!! Thank you!!!! 🙂
Katie!
I’m needing a dairy/ sugar free frosting as in I just made my typical choc frosting without the dairy and because of the powdered sugar you put in, it made me real sick (I’m intolerant to sugar cane). So with that being said, is this pretty much the only way to make dairy/sugar free frosting? I only have liquid stevia and agave, and I thought that wouldn’t work. :-/ I tried to read the comments about using a liquid one, but after reading so many I had to stop lol I also remember reading that stevia packets is not pure stevia? What does that mean exactly? Thanks so much for taking the time to respond. 🙂
Do you have a calorie count for this recipe and how many servings does it make.
Thx
That will vary with the different brands of coconut milk, and the sweetener used (and how much).
Also serving size is “in the eye of the beholder”. I think some said 5. Sorry to not be any more help.
For calories check your can, and then your sweetener. Sorry you will have to be the judge of the servings per recipe.
I must have gotten a bad can of coconut milk!
I’m so sad I was looking forward to having some desert tonight!