The Best Darn Summer Dessert Ever ...The Moussito

Published July 24, 2012 | By Holly: The Domestic Dork

Do you love a good mojito {or mint julep for you Derby folks}?
What am I saying? Of course you do!
Unless you’re a teetotaler, in which case, go out and try a virgin mojito right now. You can thank me later.
It’s pretty much the ultimate summer-time cocktail. It’s refreshing, minty deliciousness in a glass. So I’ll give you a minute to clean up your drool after I present to you what I call…

…THE MOUSSITO.

Now, before you go giving me all the credit for this little stroke of genius, I have to tell you this was adapted from the wonderfully versatile and super simple dessert recipe, {Easy!} Creamy Fruit Mousse presented by Sara on Our Best Bites. It’s an awesome summer recipe not only because it’s tasty, but because it does not require the use of an oven when it’s eighty degrees and you have no air conditioning! Anyhow, I first tried her recipe out with some orange jello and ended up with an oh-so-yummy “Dreamsicle Mousse.” It was while pontificating on its tastiness with ManDork and UncleDork that the idea to make a mojito version came to me, because, duh, MOJITOS. ARE. AWESOME.
Here’s what you need:

• fresh mint leaves
• 1 pack lime Jell-O {I used the generic brand – would have used sugar-free but didn’t have any on hand}
• 1 can lemon-lime soda {such as Sprite, I used a generic, diet version}
• 1 container Cool-Whip {again, I used the generic, lite version} <–The original recipe calls for about one heaping cup, I use more than that, more like 1 1/2-2 cups.
• 4 oz. cream cheese {about half a rectangle, it’s not rocket science, you can eye-ball it}

Here’s what how to do it {seriously, it differs very little from the original – this will be just as easy to make}:

1. Rinse a very small handful of fresh mint leaves, then shake off the excess water. Remove any hard stems so just the soft, flexible leaves remain. Drop those suckers in your blender.
2. Empty the packet of lime Jell-O on top of the mint.
3. Pour 1 and 1/2 cup of soda into a microwavable measuring cup {the big kind for measuring liquids, not the little cups for dry goods – you don’t want anything boiling over!} and microwave it until boiling, or at least hot enough to dissolve the Jell-O powder.
4. Add it to the blender and blend until the leaves are chopped nice and tiny and the powder has dissolved.
5. Add your cream cheese and blend again until smooth.
6. Now add 1 cup of cold soda and blend to mix.
7. Dump in your Cool-Whip and blend until lump-free.
8. Pour mix into your serving dish{es} and let it set in the fridge.
9. Serve with {optional} dollops of Cool-Whip and a mint leaf as a garnish.
10. Try to resist making it every day {it is a fairly lite option, as desserts go, but definitely not an everyday treat}.

If you’re not making this for the whole family, you can totally add rum. But, as I served this to MiniDork, I skipped the booze.

Thankyou Holly, it really was delicious. The whole family loved it. And I took the credit