This was pretty good after a few adjustments. From the beginning I knew I didn't want to make the whole recipe so I bought only one tub of cool whip. Also I didn't want to buy grapefruit juice (who could drink a whole container of grapefruit juice yuck) so I used a combination of lemon lime and orange juices. I ended up using almost one the whole can of condensed milk and waaaay more than 1/2 the juice the original recipe called for. My advice - plan on using 1 container of cool whip one container of condensed milk and add juice to taste. I like it a little tart this is probably why I ended up using so much lime juice. Tastes pretty good! Sort of like key lime pie without the crust. I'm going to serve it to my boyfriend for Valentine's Day with some slices of orange.
I thought this was great!! I used two cans of condensed milk and a cup of key lime juice and called it key lime mousse. I took it to a luncheon and got rave reviews and requests for the recipe.
this was amazing! i didn't have grapefruit juice so i used pineapple juice instead. very yummy! a nice little tart treat!
I loved this sweet (almost too sweet!) yet tangy mousse. I added finely diced pineapple to give it some texture and bring down the sweetness a bit. After I started adding the diced pineapple I started getting requests for the recipe.
Ehhh.... This was just OK for us. I only used the one carton of cool whip as suggested & I did add a bit more of the juice (I used a sweet ruby red grapefruit juice). I also cut back on the sweetened condensed milk (I used fat free) but it was still too sweet. My grandson enjoyed his but hubby & I were ambivalent about our's. Thansk anyway Kate!
I loved this I added more greapfrute juice then it says and I used fresh squeezed fruit juices. I love the texture and flavor it made me feel like I was eating heaven
This is what I expected we have a similar recipe that we've been making for years but it uses whipping cream instead of the cool whip. I've been wondering if there was a way to make it less fattening...so I tried this recipe using fat free sweetened condensed milk and fat free cool whip. I used just lemon juice I used 2 cans sweetened condensed milk as did most other reviewers. It didnt set up as firm as when I use the whipping cream but the taste was there. We serve ours with fresh fruit.
I loved this recipe i made this mousse twice however i changed it a bit both times. The first time i added 1/4 cup extra lemon juice going by another member's review (i replaced the grapefruit with lemon juice) and added about 2 1/2 teaspoons of gelatine as i found it very runny. I suppose this might have been because i used fresh whipped cream (you dont get frozen whipped topping over here. The second time i made it i made a pineapple mousse instead which turned out great! I used a tin of pineapples and used a cup of the juice inside the tin. Then i added 5 teaspoons of gelatine with just enough water to make sure that the gelatine dissolves completely. It was lovely! Also both times i added some orange essence as i found that the mousse smelled very 'cheesy'. It still had a slight hint of a cheesy smell but that gave a 'cheescakey' flavour which everyone actually liked quite a bit.
I'm giving this a five because I after I modified it it was great and all my guests loved it. I suggest 1/4 cup lemon juice and 1 cup orange juice. It kind of tastes like those orange push-up pops. I've served it with fruit and all by itself and people love it both ways. Serve after a hearty Italian meal for a nice palate cleanser.
