[CrystalP]

I made a chocolate mousse pie yesterday. I made it with 70% cocoa bakers chocolate, and after it set, we had some for dessert and it was AWFUL!!!! It was sooo bitter even though it had a whole brick of cream cheese. I will never ever use 70% chocolate again. I am thinking of scraping it off the graham wafer crust and adding some sugar to it to sweeten it up. The texture of it is so smooth and luscious, but the taste is just awful. Chocolate is supposed to be sweet not bitter. I will make this again but I will just use semi sweet chocolate chips.

 

[diakas1]

Diabetics use that chocolate but we add sweetener to it

 

[Kyba]

Bakers chocolate is pretty bitter, maybe add some sweet whipped cream on top to cut the bitterness?

 

[nitnurse]

I made a chocolate mousse pie yesterday. I made it with 70% cocoa bakers chocolate, and after it set, we had some for dessert and it was AWFUL!!!! It was sooo bitter even though it had a whole brick of cream cheese. I will never ever use 70% chocolate again. I am thinking of scraping it off the graham wafer crust and adding some sugar to it to sweeten it up. The texture of it is so smooth and luscious, but the taste is just awful. Chocolate is supposed to be sweet not bitter. I will make this again but I will just use semi sweet chocolate chips.

Only milk chocolate is supposed to be sweet. High cocoa content is usually dark chocolate and is for those who like their chocolate with a bit of bite! I don't care for it either, but hubbie loves the dark strong chocolate. I would use milk chocolate next time if I were you. Much smoother and sweet too.

 

[elsiemarley]

Chocolate itself is bitter -- it needs sugar to become candy or other desserts -- all chocolate on the market is not created equal -- didn't the recipe call for sugar if it used Baker's chocolate. Cream cheese is fat -- not sugar.

 

[Irish Lori]

Sorry you had such a bad experience. Chocolate is quite bitter. What did the recipe call for??

I have several recipes for a chocolate mousse pie, PM me if you would like to try a different one.

 

[Marilynf]

72% is my go to for a chocolate fix. I'd love your dessert!

 

[sockyarn]

You might want to educate yourself about chocolate. Go on the net. That would help a lot.There are many types of chocolate. Yours was a very good kind but you needed to sweeten it. Try again but do sweeten it.

I made a chocolate mousse pie yesterday. I made it with 70% cocoa bakers chocolate, and after it set, we had some for dessert and it was AWFUL!!!! It was sooo bitter even though it had a whole brick of cream cheese. I will never ever use 70% chocolate again. I am thinking of scraping it off the graham wafer crust and adding some sugar to it to sweeten it up. The texture of it is so smooth and luscious, but the taste is just awful. Chocolate is supposed to be sweet not bitter. I will make this again but I will just use semi sweet chocolate chips.

 

[aljellie]

You can remove the mousse and add some Splenda or other artificial sweetener. Unlike sugar, it will dissolve into and sweeten the mousse. Then you can refill your shell or just eat the mousse. Wish I were there to help you eat it.

Ellie

 

[freesia792]

I made a chocolate mousse pie yesterday. I made it with 70% cocoa bakers chocolate, and after it set, we had some for dessert and it was AWFUL!!!! It was sooo bitter even though it had a whole brick of cream cheese. I will never ever use 70% chocolate again. I am thinking of scraping it off the graham wafer crust and adding some sugar to it to sweeten it up. The texture of it is so smooth and luscious, but the taste is just awful. Chocolate is supposed to be sweet not bitter. I will make this again but I will just use semi sweet chocolate chips.

I had the same experience with a chocolate cheese cake. Now, I use 60% chocolate. Not as bitter as the 70, but still pretty dark. I like it anyway.

 

[knitnanny]

Good to know that you are not giving up! Hope it works for you next time...

 

[mzmom1]

I made a chocolate mousse pie yesterday. I made it with 70% cocoa bakers chocolate, and after it set, we had some for dessert and it was AWFUL!!!! It was sooo bitter even though it had a whole brick of cream cheese. I will never ever use 70% chocolate again. I am thinking of scraping it off the graham wafer crust and adding some sugar to it to sweeten it up. The texture of it is so smooth and luscious, but the taste is just awful. Chocolate is supposed to be sweet not bitter. I will make this again but I will just use semi sweet chocolate chips.

Try the "Baker's German Sweet Chocolate." it comes in a big bar and is dark, smooth, and wonderful for cooking or eating.

 

[ChocPieMom]

Sorry you had such a bad experience. Chocolate is quite bitter. What did the recipe call for??

I have several recipes for a chocolate mousse pie, PM me if you would like to try a different one.

My son gave me my KP "name" when one summer he asked for chocolate pie--"you know Mom, the one where you put chocolate pudding in a pie crust!" I assured him there were much better chocolate pies than that. We tried chocolate pies all summmer, a different one every week. I have many recipes too. My son prefers milk chocolate in his pies. I like dark. He prefers the chocolate pie recipe where he "slaves" over a hot microwave for 4 minutes for a slow microwave oven (3 minutes or less for a fast one) stirring the 2 egg yolks and 1-12 oz can evaporated milk every 30 seconds until mixture is very hot and thickens slightly; do not boil. Add the 12 oz. milk chocolate chips, stir until melted and smoothe. Pour into a graham cracker pie shell and refrigerate at least 3 hours or until firm. Top with Cool Whip or whipped cream before serving; sprinkle with nuts.
It was a Nestle's recipe called Chocolate Satin Pie that we edited