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
The only thing I have to say is that you are an angel sent to the chocoholics! 🙂
Haha I get that all the time! People will hear me talk about some chocolate thing I made and go “wait! you eat CHOCOLATE?? is that vegan??”
And then there’s my aunt who asks EVERY SINGLE TIME I see her, “But…you don’t eat pasta do you? Or bread?” (Umm yes I do…last time I checked most pasta and bread doesn’t have milk and eggs in it…)
LOL! That’s my grandma, too! She was all worried, and said, “Can you still eat carbs?”
I was like, “No worries, Grandma… a vegan diet is pretty much ALL carbs!” 😉
Just wanted to let you know that many brands of dark chocolate are NOT vegan. (Obviously, milk chocolate is not vegan.) But also, cheaper dark chocolate often contains milk products. Check the ingredients list of the chocolate you buy to be sure it’s vegan, if that is a concern. For example, Dove dark chocolate contains milk fat, but Endangered Species dark chocolate is vegan.
OHMYGOODNESS. Who knew coconut milk could make such a delicious treat?
If using sugar, how much would you recommend I start with?
I second this idea! Coconut milk as a vegan frosting is absolutely genius! Great tip, thank you Katie!
Hmmm, it depends on your level of sweet tooth… if you want a bittersweet mousse or super-sweet one. I’d start with less and taste-test as you go. You can always add more, but it’s harder to take some away :).
can you use anything other than coconut milk
No you need the fat from the coconut milk.
Someone might try cutting this coconut milk with some avocado in a high speed blender. It’s creamy and an emulsifier and used in a lot of Vegan recipes — I’ve been experimenting because it seems healthier than canned coconut milk fat.
If you have success, please let us know.
this is 2 years late, but I’ll say here that I made this with almost 50/50 avocado and coconut cream, sweetened just with dates. it was incredible!!! great as a frosting on black bean brownies! firms right up when chilled. it even freezes well, although there is a really slight hint of the flavour of cooked avocado for some reason! My guess is that the cell walls break down in similar ways when avocado is cooked or frozen. it’s imperceptible when there are other flavours there though and the texture is fine.
That looks like heaven! I’d much rather have a shot of frosting than anything else!!! I’m a frosting girl all the way. Really, the cake is just an excuse to get some frosting into me! 😉
I prefer the cupcake, but if the frosting is good….watch out! 🙂
Frosting. Always.
That looks amazing. I can’t wait to make that. Do you know how much this yields?
Maybe a little over a cup? I didn’t actually measure it.
truthfully can’t say I’ve ever been bummed out by a cupcake underneath frosting, but these look delicious! 😉
looks amazing katie!!!
woahh! this thickens up so well!
How did you get it to thicken? What brand coconut milk did you use? I’ve tried this twice using different kinds of milk but both have ended up runny.
Check the ingredients on your coconut milk – some of the imported ones have additional ingredients (other than coconut, water and guar gum – which is in all of them) to keep the fat from solidifying. Also, if it’s hot in your kitchen (or store) the fat will melt into the liquid and you won’t get that solid mass on top that you need for this to work. Thai Kitchen just has 3 ingredients and is great for making thick whipped goodness. So is this brand that comes in a green can and has a name like nature or forest or rain forest or something. oh, and make sure you’re not using coconut cream – that’s also liquidy and runny – and has added sugar!
Hope this helps!
I buy a Thai brand (not sure of the name offhand) that is just coconut and water. I’ve seen more than one brand without guar gum.