Easy Strawberry Mousse

An easy, airy, strawberry mousse recipe that requires just 4 ingredients. The perfect light dessert that can also double as a stabilized strawberry whipped frosting!

We love strawberry mousse. I mean, seriously love it especially when it only takes 4 ingredients and is super easy to make.

This strawberry mousse recipe is a light, airy, creamy dessert that can be made in all different flavors but strawberry is one of our favorites. If you like mousses as much as us, you’ve gotta check out these other recipes:

• EASY 3-INGREDIENT CHOCOLATE MOUSSE – eggless and whips up in less than 5 minutes!
• RASPBERRY MOUSSE – eggless and made with fresh raspberries.
• RASPBERRY CHOCOLATE MOUSSE CAKE – sooooo good!
• MINT MOUSSE – easy, unique and perfect with a chocolate cup.

EASY AS 1-2-3-4!

This easy strawberry mousse recipe is just that… EASY! It only takes 4 ingredients and 4 simple steps to make.

HOW TO MAKE STRAWBERRY MOUSSE:

1. Dissolve jello mix in hot/boiling water. Set aside to cool. Don’t let it get chunky though.
2. Whip heavy cream and powdered sugar together until medium peaks form.
3. Once Jello mixture has cooled and is slightly warm to the touch, slowly pour it into the cream mixture with mixer on low speed. (If jello mixture is to warm and 2-4 ice cubes to it to help cool but make sure it doesn’t cool too much and become jelly. This will cause your mousse to have clumps in it.)
4. Finish whipping mousse mixture until stiff peaks are formed then refrigerate until ready to serve.

CAN I USE THIS MOUSSE AS FROSTING?

YES, this mousse recipe can double as a whipped, light frosting for cakes and cupcakes.

With wonderful characteristics such as sweet but not too sweet, light, airy, beautifully colored, and can be ready for frosting in less than an hour (you’ll want to make sure you allow it to chill and set before frosting a cake or cupcakes) this strawberry mousse recipe is a fantastic choose to use as a frosting.

If you’re a lover of strawberry shortcake, imagine this mousse inside this amazing Strawberry Shortcake recipe from my friend over at Sweet Spicy Kitchen! YUM!!!

EASY STRAWBERRY MOUSSE RECIPE CARD:

I hope you enjoy this light delicious mousse recipe as much as we have! Here’s the full printable recipe.

Rachel Koller

Easy Strawberry Mousse

4.44 from 97 votes

An easy, airy, strawberry mousse recipe that only requires 4 ingredients. The perfect light dessert that can also double as a stabilized strawberry whipped frosting!

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 2 minutes mins

Chill Time 1 hour hr

Total Time 1 hour hr 12 minutes mins

Servings: 9 (half cup) portions

Calories: 358

Ingredients

  

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• 3 cups heavy whipping cream
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 3 oz box of strawberry jello mix just the powder
• 1/2 cup hot/boiling water plus 2-4 ice cubes if desired to cool quicker

Method

 

1. Dissolve jello mix in hot/boiling water. Set aside to cool. Don’t let it get chunky though.
2. Whip heavy cream and powdered sugar together until medium peaks form.
3. Once Jello mixture has cooled but is still runny (not chunky) slowly pour it into the cream mixture with mixer on low speed. (If jello mixture is to warm add 2-4 ice cubes to it to help cool but make sure it doesn’t cool too much and become jelly. This will cause your mousse to have clumps in it.) NOTE: If jello mixture is too warm it will deflate the cream and become very runny).
4. Finish whipping strawberry mousse mixture until stiff peaks are formed then refrigerate until ready to serve.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 half cupCalories: 358kcalCarbohydrates: 24gProtein: 3gFat: 29gSaturated Fat: 18gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 90mgSodium: 66mgPotassium: 76mgSugar: 23gVitamin A: 1166IUVitamin C: 0.5mgCalcium: 53mgIron: 0.1mg

Notes

This recipe can be used as a light airy whipped frosting on cakes or cupcakes. The gelatin in the jello mix offers stability to the cream. If using as a frosting, allow mousse mixture to chill and set in the fridge for at least an hour. This will allow the gelatin to set so you get beautiful pipping tracks when using a pipping tip.

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Originally Published: 07/01/2019 Last Updated: 02/27/2025