{"id":14,"date":"2023-12-28T00:39:30","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T00:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/squarespace.joannawhiteart.com\/wp\/2023\/12\/28\/aldi-german-luxury-triple-chocolate-mousse-cake-review\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T13:22:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T18:22:36","slug":"aldi-german-luxury-triple-chocolate-mousse-cake-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snarklesauce.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/28\/aldi-german-luxury-triple-chocolate-mousse-cake-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Aldi Triple Chocolate Mousse Cake (Specially Selected) Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Author\u2019s note: I have no affiliation with <\/em>Aldi<\/em><\/a>, and I was not compensated in any way for this review.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pretty dang amazing.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Previously, I reviewed a couple different frozen cream cakes from Aldi\u2019s Deutsche K\u00fcche <\/a>brand. I did not<\/em> expect to like this Triple Chocolate Mousse Cake from Aldi Specially Selected brand better. But I did.<\/em> I liked it better.<\/strong> This is a pretty dang<\/em> amazing cake. You probably won\u2019t hear me say that again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Well, it\u2019s amazing for being a frozen cake from a discount grocery store, anyway. It\u2019s also amazing for the size: this is a really small cake.<\/strong> Tiny, in fact. Mine was a scant six inches in diameter \u2014 closer to 5.5 inches at the top, due to the domed shape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Looking for an even smaller size? Check out my review of these single-serve Kirkland Chocolate Mousse Desserts from Costco<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I like desserts where there\u2019s variety<\/em> and discovery<\/em>, and that\u2019s what this cake supplies. There are maybe 8 different texture\/taste profiles in the strata of this cake.<\/strong> This includes three different types of mousse: dark chocolate, milk chocolate, and white. Plus, a glossy-but-thin layer of ganache-like glaze on the exterior. Plus the actual cake, plus a pie crust bottom, plus the garnish, plus some weird crunchy balls inside. Yeah, that\u2019s 8. I counted.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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I was impressed by the high-quality texture and flavor of the mousse. The mousse is airy and light, but has a decadent, silky taste from the real cream and egg yolks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dark chocolate mousse has an amazing, dark, tangy chocolate taste. It was, by far, my favorite. The milk chocolate layer was \u201cnice,\u201d but not as sinfully flavored. The white mousse layer almost got lost \u2014 there\u2019s very little of it, compared to the other layers.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Surprisingly, the cake itself is wonderfully moist and fluffy and light. It\u2019s a much \u201cnicer\u201d cake texture than the Deutsche K\u00fcche cream cakes<\/a> \u2014 more tender and flavorful. However, the layers are thin<\/em>, so you experience the cake less than the other dessert layers. The cake definitely plays a subordinate role to the mousse. This is a mousse cake, not a cake-cake.<\/strong> I\u2019m not mad about this \u2014 the mousse is fabulous!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Wondering how this cake compares to Costco’s famous Tuxedo Mousse Cake<\/a>? Read my review here.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The garnish is two different kinds of TEENY-TINY chocolate chips \u2014 milk chocolate and dark chocolate. They\u2019re like sprinkles, but better tasting. I love how they are crunchy, but also melt in my mouth. I\u2019ve never seen chocolate chips this tiny in my life. They\u2019re like Oompa-Loompa chocolate chips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a \u201cpretty\u201d dessert. It\u2019s full of elegant textural contrasts. Plus, it looks even nicer after slicing. The brown and white strata inside are sophisticated without looking too mechanical.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Nestled between the layers are some odd, crunchy, chocolate-coated balls. The label says they are \u201ccrisped rice.\u201d I did not especially<\/em> like these crunchy balls.<\/strong> But I don\u2019t completely hate them. They remind me of styrofoam. But fortunately, they taste better than styrofoam. (Don\u2019t ask me how I know what styrofoam tastes like. This is not something I should know.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The longer this cake sat in my refrigerator, the more the chocolate coating disintegrated from the puffed balls, leaving them mostly bald at the end. These weird, bald balls didn\u2019t provide much to this cake other than a confusing crunchy sensation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Like the other frozen cream cakes I reviewed from Aldi, this one also has the odd pie crust bottom. It\u2019s kinda a dry graham-style crust, but not quite. I don\u2019t mind this crust \u2014 it helps the cake serve neatly \u2014 but it doesn\u2019t taste very exciting, either. I ended up scraping all the other layers off of it and throwing it away. It just wasn\u2019t worth the extra calories.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The cake is frozen and packed in a protective syrofoam collar. Mine emerged from the box in pristine condition<\/strong>, despite being shipped from Germany, tossed around a Florida grocery store, carted home in my car trunk, and then stuffed sideways into a tight crevice in my freezer. Respect.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Thawing Instructions<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I thawed my cake whole<\/em> at room temperature, and it was ready in about 3.5 hours.<\/strong> Previously, I had thawed Aldi\u2019s Deutsche K\u00fcche cream cakes in my refrigerator for a full 24 hours, which worked great and kept the cake from being dry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You do<\/em> have to remove the styrofoam circle from around the cake before thawing, because otherwise it will stick to the sides of the cake as it softens and mess up the aesthetic. I stored my unwrapped cake in the refrigerator on a plate, with a large mixing bowl up-side down to cover it.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ingredients<\/strong> in Aldi Triple Chocolate Mousse Cake<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019ve read my other reviews, you already know that I get excited when I see real \u201ccream\u201d as the first ingredient. So, cream is the first ingredient<\/strong> here. And I\u2019m excited. (And if you haven\u2019t already read my other reviews, well, why haven\u2019t you???)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n