What is National Chocolate Mousse Day?
Every April 3rd National Chocolate Mousse Day in France honors the decadent dessert that gained a following in France in the 1800s.
Mousse is made by beating eggs or cream or both to a frothy, airy consistency and then folding the ingredients together to create a light, creamy delight.
While mousse can be either savory or sweet, this day, we will be focusing on chocolate, the all-time favorite.
The French word mousse and chocolate are both French words, so it isn't surprising that France is where to start looking for the beginnings of this versatile creation. Although we have no concrete date when this might have been published, we do know chocolate was introduced to the French around the year 1615 and they fell in love.
A century ago, the French invented a mousse making process. Savory paved the way, but it wasn't long before the same approach was applied to chocolate.
