S’mores in a jar with vegan chocolate mousse
These little jars include all of our favorite s’mores components and are completely vegan. Make them in advance for any summer parties or picnics! They’d also be an awesome healthy 4th of July dessert.
Hi friends! Re-sharing this blog post today because the recipes is SO GOOD and the ideal summer dessert.
I’m so excited to tell you about these s’mores in a jar aka that one time I set off the fire alarm while P was napping. #sacrifices
They were definitely worth it when Liv and I were sitting at the counter, clanking spoons together (“cheers”) and mmmm-ing our way through our respective jars.
Our pool is finally finished, and while summer is almost over, we’re determined to have as many get-togethers as possible until it cools down. (In Tucson, this doesn’t typically happen until around Halloween).) Desserts in jars usually come to mind for summer parties, especially since they’re easy to make in advance.
Here’s a new dessert for ya if you’re planning get-togethers, or want the PERFECT summer dessert. It’s easy to create a vegan and gluten-free option -just use gf graham crackers and grab ‘mallows at the health food store that suit your needs. This little jar of happiness has all of the flavors of a classic s’more.
There’s a graham cracker bottom,
and creamy vegan cashew chocolate mousse,
+ toasted marshmallows + chocolate chips and graham cracker crumbles on top.
In a nutshell, you need this in your life.
The best part: make it in advance and when you’re ready to serve, just toast your marshmallows (preferably oven a grill or open fire instead of with the same lighter I use to light candles)
and top with chocolate graham crumbles and chocolate chips.
Bring them out onto the patio after dinner, and watch everyone else break out into evil creepy grins.
Please let me know if you give this a try!
PrintS’mores in a jar with vegan chocolate mousse
A decadent vegan chocolate pudding with all of the classic s’more components. Perfect for summer desserts and parties!
- Prep Time: 75
- Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups soaked raw cashews (soak at least 1 hour and rinse)
- 1 1/2 cups cacao powder
- 1 cup maple syrup
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/3 cup water
- 3/4 cup melted coconut oil
- Graham crackers, marshmallows and chocolate chips for serving
Instructions
Follow this order exactly– it will make all the difference in the world
- In the Vita-mix, or a high-speed blender, add the cashews, maple syrup, honey, vanilla, sea salt and water. Blend well until smooth and creamy (you may have to use the Vitamix stick thingy, whatever it’s called haha)
- Add the cacao powder and blend until mixture is totally smooth- no lumps, mmm k? Once again, use the Vita-mix stick thingy.
- Lastly, add the coconut oil and blend until smooth.
- Grab 4 small Mason jars and sprinkle the bottom of each one with graham crackers.
- Pour the chocolate mixture into the jars. You can store these covered in the fridge to top later.
- When you’re ready to serve, top with toasted marshmallows, more graham crumbles, and chocolate chips.
Notes
- You can use this raw mousse as a pie filling, too! Pour into a graham pie crust, top with marshmallows, and broil in the oven. YUM.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4
xoxo
Gina
More of my favorite summer desserts:
DUMP CAKE <— the Pilot’s favorite dessert ever
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This looks delicious. I bet it would taste great with the coconut milk chocolate frosting shots (I think Chocolate Covered Katie has the recipe I’m thinking of) as well. Great idea for a summer dinner party!
i’ve been wanting to try those! thank you for reminding me 😉
They are YUMMY, haha.
This looks so good!! Coconut milk is my new favorite thing to use these days! Maybe I can try this for 4th of July!
please let me know if you give it a try 🙂
These look so delicious! I love all things smores during the summer.
same! the best summer flavors 🙂
Looks delish! PS honey isn’t vegan but you could easily swap it with vegan honey or agave or something. Thanks for the recipe!
AHHH that’s right. thank you for reminding me!
Neither are marshmallows! (But Whole Foods does have some vegetarian ones, not sure if they qualify as vegan, though.)
Many marshmallows contain gelatin but it’s easy to find vegan ones. The ones from thrive market are vegan 🙂
These sound irresistibly good!
Umm these look AMAZING. Can’t wait to try!
Sounds amazing! I need to learn how to make homemade marshmallows!
Oh my yes, YUM. Everythinf in a jar tastes better! Send me one please?
sure! come on over 😉
This sounds amazing!! S’mores is my favorite summery flavor!
same! please let me know if you give it a try!
HOLY YUMMY Also very creative! Anything in a jar screams convenience to me!
What an easy and fun recipe to serve at a party. I will definitely give it a go!
This looks DELICIOUS!
I believe you can buy vegan marshmallows, but standard marshmallows are made with gelatin and are thus non-vegan/vegetarian. I wonder if you can roast vegan marshmallows or if they just come apart…I volunteer to taste test!
They work! Whole Foods and thrive market have vegan mallows 🙂
This looks soo good & I want to point out so that other readers can take note- Trader Joe’s marshmallows are actually vegan! In the vegan world, we all went nuts when we realized this. 🙂 They come in the blue bag pictured in this post & are so yummy. Enjoy!
This is great! I have vegan marshmallows and was wondering what the heck do I use them for! 🙂 Yummy!
This is perfect! My wife and I are fitness nuts and our 10-year anniversary is in a few days. I was looking for a healthy recipe for the special night. I think I may try this one out but I’m going to creep your blog and see what else I can find. Awesome little site.
happy anniversary! hope you find something wonderful to make 🙂
OMG Gina!!!! These are deeeeeee-vine! I don’t know what size of jars you used or how far you filled them, but I got about 6 servings out of 1 batch! I doubled mine because I soaked a lot of cashews. For the second batch I didn’t have anymore honey so I used coconut sugar, didn’t have enough cocoa powder so I used powdered chocolate PB, used all the coconut oil on the 1st batch so I used canola oil. It all worked and tastes SO, SO delicious.
so so happy you liked them!!
Awesome that the pool is finished!
yes! filling with water now! AHHH
These look fantastic!! I’m always looking for an alternative to super sugary desserts without sacrificing flavor! I think my son would love these too!
please let me know if you give it a try!!
I would love to try this. My daughter is allergic to cashews though! I assume I could just do the avocado chocolate pudding sub right? Or any ideas? It doesn’t have to be vegan.