Chocolate & Creamy Orange Mousse

By HeatherS

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter or margarine
• 1/4 cup cocoa
• 1 can (14-ounces) sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated milk), divided
• 2 tablespoons orange juice plus 2 teaspoons freshly grated orange peel or 2 tablespoons orange-flavored liqueur, divided
• 2 cups (1-pint) cold whipping cream

Preparation

Step 1

Melt butter in heavy saucepan over low heat; add cocoa, then 2/3 cup sweetened condensed milk, stirring until smooth and slightly thickened. Pour mixture into medium bowl; cool to room temperature. Beat in 1 tablespoon orange juice and 1 teaspoon orange peel.

Beat whipping cream in large bowl until stiff. Fold half of whipped cream into chocolate mixture.

In a second medium bowl, stir together remaining sweetened condensed milk, remaining 1 tablespoon orange juice and 1 teaspoon orange peel. Fold in remaining whipped cream.

Spoon equal portions of chocolate mixture into 8 dessert dishes, making a depression in center of each. Spoon creamy orange mixture into center of each. Refrigerate until well chilled. Garnish as desired. Cover; refrigerate leftover dessert.