Carrabba's Chocolate Dream Copycat Dessert Recipe
Make a restaurant-quality dessert in your own home with this decadent Carrabba's Italian Grill copycat dessert recipe. Take some shortcuts and use boxed brownie mix and mousse mix and have an impressive dessert together in minutes.
Notes
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Ingredients
- 2 (1 pound 5.2 ounce) boxes fudge brownie mix (each using 2 eggs and milk instead of water)
- 1/2 cup Kahlua
- 4 cups chocolate mousse (your own or 2 - 4.2 ounce packages)
- 4 cups whipped cream
- 2 ounces semisweet chocolate shavings
Instructions
- Mix brownies according to instructions on box, using the two-egg recipe and substituting milk for the water.
- Line two 13 x 9 x 2 1/2-inch glass or metal pans with either parchment paper or wax paper (the paper lining makes it much easier to remove the brownies from the pan.) Grease bottoms with oil or spray with Pam.
- Pour batter into pans, and bake - either in a convection oven at 325 degrees F for 20 minutes, or in a standard oven for about 24-26 minutes. (The convection oven is preferred - it makes a chewier brownie). Bake until a wooden pick inserted in the middle of the brownie comes out clean.
- Do not overcook. Remove from oven and allow to cool completely.
- Loosen the sides with a knife, then remove the brownies in one piece from one of the pans. Turn the brownies upside down and return to the pan. Peel off paper, then brush the brownie with half of the Kahlua, starting from the outer edges and working toward the center. Spread 2 cups of the chocolate mousse evenly over the brownie, then spread 2 cups whipped cream over the mousse.
- Use a vegetable peeler to shave chocolate, then sprinkle top evenly with chocolate shavings. Remove second brownie from the other pan, brush with remaining Kahlua, and place on top. Repeat layers, first spreading the remaining chocolate mousse, then the remaining whipped cream. (There are no chocolate shavings on top). Refrigerate to store.
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royalrdh 5507020
Nov 20, 2011
Plan on making this, this weekend. As someone found it to be to big to layer both brownie, back in the pan, I thought I might try cutting it to fit my truffle bowl then layer accordingly or just make individual servings and store them in the refrigerator till ready to serve. Hope the tower of brownies hold up ontop the mousse! Anyone have any other suggestions? Wonder if anyone just tried assembling it individually and served it right away.
Della16
Jun 20, 2010
Can something else be substituted for the Kahlua? I don't like coffee or liquer. Della potato2couch@gmail.com
cpalmer
Apr 05, 2010
This makes so much that I could not get in all back in the pan when I had to do the layers! So I resolved to make 2 pans. I took one to my dinner party and the extra to work....Everyone loved it. It was not to sweet because there was no additional suger added to the whipped cream. If you would use a Cool Whip product it might be sweeter!
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