Last year in Martha Stewart Living magazine I saw a recipe for pumpkin mousse and always wanted to try it out but never got around to it. Recently, I got a request from a YouTube viewer to do a pumpkin recipe for fall and thought it would be the perfect time to test out the pumpkin mousse. I didn’t end up using Martha’s recipe because it called for gelatin and I didnt want to use that, but I found a recipe just as good and made some minor changes. You can definitely make this recipe in a bowl but thought it would be fun to put in small mason jars. They can act as favors and/or place cards at your next dinner party. You all know I’m a huge fan of double duty items when it comes to entertaining.

Materials:

• Mason Jars
• Twine
• Tags

Ingredients:

• 1 can pumpkin puree (15 oz)
• ½ can condensed milk (14 oz)
• 2 ½ cups heavy cream
• 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ¼ teaspoon ground clove
• Cool Whip
• Cinnamon Candied Pecans
• Gluten Free Graham Cracker Crumbs

Directions:

1. Place the pumpkin puree, condensed milk, ½ cup of heavy cream, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove into a medium saucepan and stir over medium heat.
2. Simmer for 5 minutes.
3. Transfer the mixture to a mixing bowl and allow the mixture to cool completely and cover with plastic wrap.
4. Place in the refrigerator for 2 to 4 hours. You could make this part of the mixture the night before and let it chill.
5. Smash cinnamon candied pecans in plastic bag with rolling pin. Set aside.
6. Place the chilled pumpkin mixture and remaining 2 cups of cream into a stand mixer and whip until it thickens..
7. Fill pastry bag with mousse and squeeze into mason jar. You can also just spoon it in, but you will get cleaner sides with the pastry bag.
8. Add layer of graham cracker crumbs.
9. Add layer of Cool Whip.
10. Top off with layer of the crushed cinnamon candied pecans.

Pumpkin Mousse Recipe adapted from Spoon Fork Bacon.