Chocolate Blinis with Milk Chocolate Mousse and Coco Pops "Caviar"
There was once a little girl who loved to eat. One day, pancakes were served for breakfast. She had eaten more than her share of the pancakes and was about to eat one more when her nanny told her to stop.
“I’ll have one more” the little girl said.
“You’ve already had three. That’s enough” exclaimed her nanny.
So the little girl… took the pancake and ran!
And after her ran the nanny! She chased the girl around the house until finally, she had thought she had her cornered. So, guess what the little girl did?
She gobbled the pancake she was holding!
No… I wasn’t the culprit this time. It was my older pancake loving sister! And to this day, she can’t shake this reputation. It’s the stuff that urban legends are made off. Some people claim it was a tray of brownies that she chowed down. Other say, it was a whole chicken. I can honestly say that it was just a pancake. It must have been a really delicious pancake of course for her to think that her only option was to swallow it rather than return it to her nanny…
I couldn’t but help remember this story when Simone and Nurit decided that for our pancake series this month, we were going to make blinis. I thought that these little pancakes I would make would have to rival whatever it was my sister ate that day!
So here it is, Chocolate Blinis, topped with a chocolate mousse and coco pops caviar.
For other yummy blinis – please check out Simone’s and Nurit’s blogs!
Adapted from Alice Medrich
For the Chocolate Blinis – from Alice Medrich’s recipe from this website.
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, natural or Dutch process
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/4 cup (packed) brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon instant coffee powder
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- butter, for the skillet
To make the blinis, in a medium bowl, mix the flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
Melt the butter in a small saucepan. Stir in the cocoa until smooth and hot. Gradually stir in the milk and heat to lukewarm. Off heat, whisk in the brown sugar, coffee powder, egg and vanilla, stirring until the mixture is completely smooth. Pour the contents of the saucepan over the flour mixture and stir until the dry ingredients are completely moistened.
Heat the skillet over low heat until hot and coat the pan with butter. Pour 3-inch pancakes and cook on low heat until bubbles from around the edges. Flip the cakes and cook until lightly colored on the bottom and cooked through the center.
Chocolate Blinis with Milk Chocolate Mousse and Coco Pop "Caviar"
For the Chocolate Mousse – From Chocolate Epiphany Francois Payard
- 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons water
- 5 ounces (150 grams) dark chocolate, melted (I used Lindt 70% Dark Chocolate)
Pour the cream in a large bowl and whisk by hand or a hand held electric mixer until it holds soft peaks. Set aside. Place the egg and yolk in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a whisk attachment. Beat on high speed until fluffy. While the eggs are being beaten, please the sugar and water in a small saucepan over medium high heat and bring to a boil. After the syrup has boiled for 1 minute, pour it into the eggs in a slow stream, with the mixer running, down the inside of the bowl.
Continue whipping until the eggs have doubled in volume and are cold, about five minutes. The mixture will be pair yellow.
With a silicone spatula, fold the melted chocolate into the egg mixture, then fold the whipped cream into the chocolate mixture. Refrigerate the mousse until ready to use, about 1 hour. Once set, the mousse will keep refrigerated for up to 3 days, and frozen up to 1 week.
Coco Pops Caviar Recipe
- 1 cup coco pops
- 1/4 cup melted chocolate (I used Lindt 70% Dark Chocolate)
Mix the coco pops into the chocolate and spread over baking paper. Allow to set in the refrigerator until ready to use.
To assemble: Lay a quenelle of the chocolate mousse over the chocolate blini and then top with the coco pops caviar.
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Cute story. There unfortunately exists a similar story involving a 5-year old me and a whole tray of scallops O:). These look very yummy and the “caviar” is a great finishing touch.
Haha wow looks incredibly sinful! But lovely. Three layers of chocolate yum oh yum…
Seriously super creative, mouth watering and lovely to look at. I can almost feel the cocoa pops ‘popping’ in mouth with each chocolatey bite. YUM!
Wonderful, Trissa! I’ve made tons of savory blinis, but never a sweet one! Think I better start with your chocolate blini! And to top it with mousse and cocoa puffs is brilliant!
The photography is so professional.
You are amazing! These look seriously delicious and oh so creative. Anything with coco pops in it is okay by me. 🙂
Waw,…Trissa!! 3 fab desserts all in one tasty, lovely & interesting dessert!!
I so love chocolate & this is certainly the ultimate chocolate dessert!!
What a FABULOUS dessert!!!
You have done it again!
Trissa you are so cool! Coco Pop Blinis with chocolate mousse and an infamous sister. It must run in the family.
Laura
Cocoa Pops caviar? That’s so cute! This looks very tempting.
Absolutely inspired daaaaahling! I adore it. You did make one pour moi, no?
*kisses* HH
mmmmm.. chocolate pancakes (or blinis) with chocolate…. mmmm.. the perfect combination. I would shove these in my mouth before someone could take them away from me. 🙂 hehehe
These are very cute. I am sure they taste great too. It is a good thing no one is running around with these little pancakes as I think the mouse would make a mess.
I’ve gobbled up the mousse you left at my place!!!!! i hope its calorie and sugar free!!!!!!!!
How funny! Pancake monster….
Funny story. My sister is notorious for hiding food (glutinous rice with chicken) in various drawers when she was little to keep her eating habit from mom. But mom always found the hidden treasures, albeit weeks later 🙂
And gorgeous food and pictures as always. I have to stop myself from eating my monitor screen.
Susan- you should be able to use a gf flour mix for this no problem. Also make sure you add about 1/2 tsp of xanthan gum to the dry ingredients. Also, make sure the baking powder and vanilla extract you use are gluten free as many are not. Hope that helped!
Thanks so much! The xanthan gum is an excellent idea! I knew about vanilla extract, but baking powder … yikes! Didn’t know to check that!
LOL your sis is so cute! Love your creation!
This is amazing! love all the different textures there 🙂 and you’ve made coco pops classy as a ‘caviar’!
I love your writing! This is a very funny story, I’m just imagining that! 🙂 Never tasted blinis, but I’m sure they are delectable. They look divine! 🙂
Ooh these look so scrumptious! Definitely beats my muesli brekkie 🙂
Triss …
This is a question that I’m serious about wanting you to answer. I have a dear friend who is a GF Ciliac person… I make dinner for him frequently and would love to surprise him with a dessert that would knock his socks off… what do you think about GF flour mix as a substitute in the blini batter?
i’m pretty passionate about pancakes too, and that’s the truth whether chocolate is involved or not! very elegant and lovely presentation of a delicious treat!
Oh, yum. Love the story, and love the photos.
drool! This is so chocolate-full!!
absolutely adore this triple chocolate delight!
LOL.. poor sis of yours. but, unf. the story is very funny indeed.. so I guess she has to live with it.. Love your “Caviar”!! :))
My little grandsons would gobble them up..not a whole chicken(Too funny) but these miniatures..They look like Ladurée:)
That’s a sensational combination…smooth, rich and chocolatey ….
I thought you were talking about yourself when you were telling the story of the pancake monster!
Trissa, this is so clever and creative! You just topped Martha Stewart, you are incredible!
You just made me laugh so hard Trissa.. 🙂 Whatever the timing of your post (lol) the blini’s look gorgeous! It makes me want to go and make them right away too! It looks sooo good!
funny story 🙂 ..I enjoyed reading your story as much as love your very creative dessert…I will keep this in mind next time I make special pancakes for them , it’ll be a big hit for sure 🙂
Oh, My God!
Trissa! You really stimulated my chocoholic hormones with this one!
I won’t have a decent night’s rest until I make this!!
You naughty naughty girl!
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very nice, triss…. Make me try them when the blog monster arrives
Coco pops caviar?!!! I think this will be the only type of caviar I could tolerate haha. These blini are too cute!!! I love your toppings. I must make this pronto.
That story about your sister was hilarious!!! She’s a smart girl. I would have done the same thing. 😀
Man, those are pancakes??? They are darling, Trissa! But they must be like, the haute couture of pancakes. You’ll have to serve them with champagne, not coffee. 😉
Very clever and I was sure it was you in the story! HAHA!
Oh my my my, I have to make these. Triple chocolate goodness!
But I thought our blinis are due in April, no?
Oh that would be perfect to start the day off, especially on a lazy weekend when all you want to do is lie in bed.
Hi Trissa,
Now this is a truly mouthwatering surprise! Am sharing your blog with my officemates and it will be your fault if no one gets any work done at the U.S. Embassy’s Public Affairs Section!
Have a nice day!
Oh my goodness! I actually wanted to bite into my own screen! Too tempting.
Very creative Trissa. This is an interesting and different twist for blini… a chocolate. Of course I would love to have some.
Looks really good! I would love to see Ben eating them 🙂
I can totally eat 5 of this easy. You can’t go wrong with pancakes and chocolate.
Who’d have thought that Coco Pops could be mistaken for caviar? They look very cute. And did you squish some mousse between 2 pancakes and have it like a sandwich? That’s what I would have done 🙂
Very innovative and sweet 🙂
Coco pop caviar? What an inspired idea! I think your sister had the right idea though. I probably would have done the same thing! lol.
this is too cute Trissa – they look smaller then 3 ” though!
i really thought this girl you were describing was you hehe
LOL! Too funny about your sister!
Now that’s my kind of “caviar”
The whole creation is just beautiful!
Coco pops caviar???????? You had me there! Wow…I wonder if I should have this for breakfast?! Amazing chica!
Love these trio of chocolate goodies!! I will gobble 10 If I were to be cornered by my nanny….
What a fun story about your sister! I can relate: as a fully grown adult, I will stuff my face with all pancakes within sight rather than have someone take them away. It would be even better if the ‘cakes in question were these mousse and coco pops-topped blinis! 😎
This looks sooooooooooooooooo good, especially in the eyes of a chocoholic.
And Coco pops “caviar” sounds 100 x better than regular caviar – Who needs fish eggs 😛
OH- EHM-GEE!!! HOW DIVINE! I love blinis and topped with mousse? Trissa I want one now!
What a cute story. I would have gobbled it up too if my nanny was running after me ehhehe. I like how you used coffee in this recipe. It really brings out the chocolate flavours a lot more. They look tasty Trissa.
These look absolutely lovely! Your sister is hysterical! Too cute!
Whah…..Trissa, you have 3 desserts in one!! I can just imagine the wonderful feel in my mouth…chewy, creamy and crunchy…..yum! Thanks for sharing.