Black Forest Dessert Cups

Black forest dessert cups are an easy and delicious no bake dessert for chocolate cherry lovers! Layers of chocolate cookie crust, chocolate mousse filling, chocolate ganache, and cherries! If you love Black Forest cake, you will love this recipe!

Ingredients for Black Forest Dessert Cups

• Chocolate sandwich cookies – Crushed into fine crumbs. No need to remove the cream filling!
• Unsalted butter – Melted. You can also use salted if you prefer.
• Instant chocolate pudding mix – Be sure it is instant pudding and not cook and serve. A 3.9 ounce box.
• Milk – Use whatever milk you would like!
• Heavy cream – Heavy cream or heavy whipping cream work equally as well for this recipe.
• Chocolate chips – I love using semisweet chocolate chips, but you could also use milk or dark chocolate.
• Heavy cream – Do not replace with milk – the chocolate will seize up.
• Cherry pie filling – Store-bought or homemade! Check out my recipe for cherry cake and cupcake filling which would work perfectly! For this recipe, I used canned because it is faster, easier, and no cooking required!

How to Make Black Forest Dessert Cups

1. Combine chocolate sandwich cookie crumbs and melted butter.
2. Portion the crumbs into 28 2-ounce plastic cups using a small cookie scoop or spoon. Use one of the plastic cups to press the crumbs into the bottom of the cup.
3. In another large bowl, whisk together instant chocolate pudding mix and milk. Chill for 5 minutes.
4. Add in heavy cream and whip with an electric mixer on medium speed until thickened.
5. Fill a piping bag with the chocolate mousse mixture. Pipe the mousse into the cups until about 3/4 full.
6. Combine chocolate chips and heavy cream in a bowl. Microwave and stir until melted and smooth. Cool slightly and transfer to a piping bag or squeeze bottle.
7. Drizzle the chocolate ganache over the chocolate mousse. Top each cup with a small amount of the cherry pie filling.
8. Seal the cups with a lid and chill. The cups can be served immediately or stored in the fridge for 2 to 3 days.

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Black Forest Dessert Cups

Prep Time 45 minutes mins

Yield: 28 2-ounce cups

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Black forest dessert cups are an easy and delicious no bake dessert for chocolate cherry lovers! Chocolate cookie crust, chocolate mousse filling, chocolate ganache, and cherries! Perfect for parties, picnics, and bake sales!

Equipment

• 28 2-ounce plastic cups with lids
• Electric hand mixer

Ingredients 

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Chocolate Cookie Crust

• ▢ 2 cups (473 g) chocolate sandwich cookie crumbs
• ▢ ¼ cup (56 g) unsalted butter melted

Chocolate Mousse Filling

• ▢ 3.9 oz (226 g) instant chocolate pudding mix
• ▢ 1 ½ cups (355 ml) milk
• ▢ 1 ½ cups (355 ml) heavy cream

Chocolate Ganache

• ▢ ¼ cup (45 g) semisweet chocolate chips
• ▢ 3 tbsp (45 g) heavy cream

Cherry Topping

• ▢ 10 oz (283 g) cherry pie filling about half of a 21 oz can of cherry pie filling

Instructions

• In a small bowl, combine chocolate sandwich cookie crumbs and melted butter. Mix to combine.
• Portion the crumbs into 28 2-ounce plastic cups using a small cookie scoop or spoon. Use one of the plastic cups to press the crumbs into the bottom of the cup.
• In a large mixing bowl, whisk together instant chocolate pudding mix and milk until combined. Chill for 5 minutes.
• Pour heavy whipping cream into the pudding and whip on medium-high speed with an electric hand mixer until thickened.
• Fill a piping bag with the chocolate mousse mixture. Pipe into the cups until about 3/4 full.
• Combine chocolate chips and heavy cream in a microwave-safe bowl and heat in 30 second intervals mixing in between until smooth. Transfer to a squeeze bottle or piping bag.
• Drizzle the chocolate ganache over the chocolate mousse filling. Add a small scoop of cherry pie filling to the top of each cup.
• Seal the cups with a lid and chill. The cups can be served immediately or stored in the refrigerator for 2 to 3 days.

Notes

Black forest dessert cups can be made ahead of time and refrigerated for 2 to 3 days. Serve cold. The cups can be left at room temperature for about 30 minutes. 

 

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Courtney is a self-taught home baker and cookbook author of “Girls Just Wanna Bake Cupcakes”. She loves to create new and unique recipes while simultaneously listening to 80s music.

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