Chocolate Vanilla Charlottes

These, like most of my latest culinary pieces, were made for friends....therefore, I did not have the opportunity to actually eat any! However, I did get to pick at the leftover chocolate mousse (not as smooth as I wished it to be, but tasty) and vanilla mousse (hehe tastes like rich pudding!).

For those who don't know, charlottes are cold mousse-like desserts...kind of like a cross between jello and pudding. These used an arrangement of ladyfingers as a mold (imagine a cube of jello with cookies around it) and were topped with chantilly cream and shaved chocolate.

I was fairly pleased with these, except for their fragility. They are VERY hard to transport without breaking; I actually broke both of them in a few places (it's not as obvious in the photo; I "glued" the pieces back together with some chantilly cream). But, I don't think that's something that can be helped. Practically everything will get screwed up if you're not careful with it.

I'll definitely be posting these again in the future when I've had a chance to sample them!