Day 44: Cheesecake Mousse (fail).

Pinterest pin and website link.

I was excited to try this out as an early Valentine's Day treat -- but I'm glad I didn't surprise the kids with this on actual Valentine's Day.  It would not have gone over well, and they would have been disappointed :(

Ingredients:
1 package (8 oz.) cream cheese

1/2 cup powdered sugar

1/4 cup milk or cream

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 small container (8 oz.) Cool Whip, thawed

red food color (I used more for the red color and less to make pink)

candy corn (for garnish)

Directions (from website link above):

Beat cream cheese in the bowl of an electric mixer until fully smooth.  Slowly add powdered sugar, then milk (or cream).  Add vanilla.  Continue mixing.  Beat about 1 minute on medium to medium-high speed.  Fold cool whip into cream cheese mixture, and stir until fully combined.

Scoop about 1/3 of the Cheesecake Mousse into a bowl, and color red.  Color another third of the mixture pink.  Leave the remaining third white.  One color at a time (starting with red), scoop mixture into a piping bag or large Ziploc bag, and squeeze a layer of the Cheesecake Mousse into small dessert dishes of your choice.  Repeat with pink and then white Mousse.

Refrigerate 30 minutes (or up to 1 day) before serving.  Garnish with candy corn if desired.

Verdict?  It was a presentation fail (ours looked nothing like the pinned picture; it was really difficult to squeeze the mousse into the glasses while making it look presentable!), plus the actual mousse taste wasn't a big hit.  My kids love dessert and didn't like it much -- and my husband didn't even want to try it.