Salted Caramel Chocolate Mousse Domes
Salted Caramel Chocolate Mousse Domes are luxurious desserts featuring a crunchy Rice Krispies crust, silky chocolate mousse infused with salted caramel, and a glossy chocolate glaze, perfect for special occasions.
- Prep Time: 1 hour 15 minutes (including chilling/freezing)
- Cook Time: Varies by component
- Total Time: About 1 hour 15 minutes
- Yield: 8–10 servings
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Freezing, baking, stovetop cooking
- Cuisine: French-inspired
Ingredients
Crunchy crust: 50g sugar, 2 tbsp water, 60g corn syrup or glucose, 45g soft butter, 75g Rice Krispies
Chocolate crunch: 50g dark chocolate, 20g butter, 20g pailleté feuilletine (or crushed Rice Krispies for gluten-free)
Salted caramel & chocolate mousse: 25g sugar, 100ml milk, 75ml heavy cream, ½ tsp sea salt, 2 large egg yolks, 300g melted dark chocolate, 450ml heavy cream
Chocolate glaze: 14g gelatin powder, 70ml water (for gelatin), 150ml water, 100g cocoa powder, 250g sugar, 150ml heavy cream
Decoration: Dark chocolate sheets, white chocolate sheets
Instructions
- Crunchy crust: Cook sugar, water, and corn syrup to light caramel, add butter and stir, mix in Rice Krispies, press into rings, freeze until set.
- Chocolate crunch: Melt butter and chocolate, mix in pailleté feuilletine or crushed Rice Krispies, spread on pan, freeze 1 hour, cut circles.
- Salted caramel mousse: Cook sugar to caramel, heat milk, cream, salt; combine with caramel, whisk egg yolks with part of caramel, combine and cook to 82-84°C, strain, pour over chocolate, mix until smooth, cool to 40°C, fold in whipped cream.
- Assemble domes: Pour mousse halfway into 7 cm silicone molds, add chocolate crunch circle, cover with mousse, freeze 3-4 hours.
- Chocolate glaze: Hydrate gelatin, boil water, cocoa, sugar, add cream and boil again, melt gelatin into mixture, strain, cool to 32-35°C.
- Final assembly: Remove frozen domes, glaze evenly, freeze 5 minutes to set glaze, place on crunchy base, garnish with chocolate sheets.
- Refrigerate and serve chilled.
Notes
Use crushed Rice Krispies for gluten-free option.
Try white or milk chocolate for mousse variations.
Add sea salt flakes on top for extra salted caramel flavor.
Use nut-based crusts for different textures.
Chill domes well before glazing to prevent melting.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 dome
- Calories: 400
- Sugar: 35g
- Sodium: 80mg
- Fat: 28g
- Saturated Fat: 18g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 32g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 140mg
