baci's baking | Bailey's Chocolate Mousse

With Valentine's Day just around the corner, I wanted to give everyone a great recipe to make for a night of cuddling with your sweetie. :)

{Source | Food.com}

Bailey's Chocolate Mousse
Recipe via Food.com

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Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
Ingredients:
16 ounces semisweet chocolate
4 ounces unsweetened chocolate
1/2 cup Bailey's Irish Cream
1/2 cup heavy cream
4 tablespoons of brewed espresso or coffee

Sugar Syrup:
2 tablespoons sugar
4 tablespoons water
1/2 cup egg white (about 4 eggs)
1 quart heavy cream
3/4 cup sugar

Directions:
1. Melt chocolate, Irish cream, and espresso over low heat.
2. In a separate pan, simmer sugar until temperature on a candy thermometer reaches 224 - 230 degrees F.  (Remove from heat at 224 degrees F.; mixture will begin to caramelize at 232 degrees F.
3. Whip egg whites until still and glossy.  Add sugar syrup to whites and continue to whip about 8 minutes until eggs have increased in volume and mixture has cooled; fold into chocolate mixture.
4. Whip heavy cream and sugar until stiff peaks form. Mix with chocolate mixture/eggs/sugar syrup mixture.
5. Pour mousse into molds or serving dish.  Allow to set in fridge.  Garnish with chocolate shavings or fresh seasonal berries.