Keto Lemon Cheesecake Mousse

I’m always chasing that perfect sugar free low-carb dessert that takes little effort on my part.

A great recipe to me is the easiest to make and the lowest carbs possible, plus the smoothest in texture like a no bake cheesecake, but with less time to share for a dinner party. 

I also prefer a low carb dessert that doesn’t leave you stuffed after indulging. An easy dessert that doesn’t make you feel the least bit of guilt for eating.

The lemon cheesecake filling is the creamiest of bites each time your spoon enters your mouth. That’s the chase I’m referring to. Curbs your sweet tooth but doesn’t spike your blood sugar. 

This simple recipe is a delicious keto cheesecake fluff with no added sugar and can be adjusted using any low carb sweetener you like to taste. 

Just 5 Simple Ingredients

When you only need 5 ingredients to make this keto lemon mousse recipe and it comes out looking like a million bucks and tastes like it too, well that is priceless to me.

The chase is worth the price in this case.

But the best part? You won’t be needing to chase down any ingredients, in fact you might have them in your low carb keto kitchen all ready!

Mascarpone Cheese or you can you American Cream Cheese but it will need to be softened slightly to incorporate well enought the rest of the ingredients. Mascarpone is Italian cream cheese and soft out of the container so you won’t need to soften it to use it right away.

I realize mascarpone cheese might be much more expensive than cream cheese, but I must tell you it is so worth it! The creaminess is undeniably better than just using regular cream cheese!

Fresh lemon juice is best but if you just have a bottled lemon juice that will work just as well. I feel fresh is better as it is just a fresher lemon flavor you really can’t beat. 

Heavy cream is the same as heavy whipping cream so either is fine to use. The longer you whip the mixture, the thicker it will become. Choose your consistency for a fluffy texture.

Low Carb Sweetener– I prefer to use lemon liquid stevia for this to have even more lemon flavor, but you do have other options if you don’t have it on hand.

Other recommendations would be vanilla liquid stevia or liquid Monk Fruit. 

If you don’t have liquid lemon stevia, use 1/8-1/4 teaspoon of lemon extract and 1 teaspoon clear liquid stevia. I prefer not to use powder or granulated sugar free sweeteners in this as the texture won’t be as smooth.

But you can certainly use whatever sweetener you have on hand that you prefer. Just taste and adjust to your liking.

I do not recommend any granular sweetener as that will leave your keto fluff grainy in texture. If you have a low carb confectioner sweetener like this Monk Fruit Allulose blend or powdered erythritol,  that will work well too. 

Here’s my Ultimate Guide to Low Carb Sweeteners with a Conversion chart to help decide how much to use. 

Carbs in Keto Lemon Mousse

All the nutritional information is on the printable recipe card at the bottom of this page. For one serving there are 1.7 gram of total carbs and no dietary fiber so the net carbs are the same, nothing to subtract.

There are 5 servings at half a cup with 3.7 g protein and about 29 g fat, so if you want to reduce the dietary fat you could make this into 6 servings and have just 1/3 cup instead. 

Lemon Keto Cheesecake Fluff Recipe

My husband is really not even of fan of stevia when I use it in no bake recipes or even in regular cheesecake recipes.

BUT for this one, since he loves lemon like I do, he devoured it and didn’t complain of any aftertaste.

The lemon is the star here! You could even add this keto cream cheese dessert to my low carb coconut flour pie crust for more of a no bake lemon keto cheesecake mousse pie!

Enjoy this easy and non time consuming sugar free dessert any night of the week!!

Enjoy this easy and non time consuming treat any night of the week!!

Some more creamy, luscious keto desserts you might enjoy:

No Bake Raspberry Cheesecake Mousse

No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Mousse

No Bake Mint Chocolate Cheesecake Mousse

No Bake Raspberry Cheesecake Truffles

No Bake Lemon Cheesecake Truffles

No Bake Peanut Butter Cheesecake Mousse Pie

No Bake Lemon Cheesecake Bars

UPDATE: May 2018. I updated the directions from the original as some comments mentioned they couldn’t get a good enough whipped cream texture to the mousse when adding all ingredients at once to the mixer. With the updated directions with should help alleviate that problem. Also added a video for you to see how easy this is! 

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Sugar Free Lemon Cheesecake Mousse

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Total Time 10 minutes minutes

Servings 5 people @ 1/2 cup

Calories 277kcal

Author Brenda Bennett | Sugar-Free Mom

Ingredients

• 8 ounces mascarpone cheese or cream cheese softened
• 1/4 cup lemon juice or 2 lemons
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1/2-1 teaspoon lemon liquid stevia
• 1/8 teaspoon salt

US Customary – Metric

Instructions

• Add mascarpone or softened cream cheese and lemon juice to a stand mixer using the whisk attachment and blend until smooth or add to a large bowl and use an electric hand mixer. Set aside.
• In a separate bowl, with an electric hand mixer, whip the heavy cream until stiff peaks then add the sweetener and salt.

  Add this whipped cream back to the stand mixer or large bowl to combine with cream cheese mixture. Blend on high until well incorporated.
• Taste and adjust sweetener if needed.
• Use a pastry piping bag to add this no bake recipe filling and pipe into serving glasses and sprinkle on lemon zest if desired. I'm not that talented with a pastry bag so I use this Wilton Piping tool to pipe into individual servings.
• Refrigerate one hour or until ready to serve. Top with fresh berries and sugar free whipped cream or sugar-free chocolate chips if desired. Store any leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge.

Video

Notes

Original Recipe Posted First March 2015

Nutrition

Serving: 0.5cup | Calories: 277kcal | Carbohydrates: 1.7g | Protein: 3.7g | Fat: 29.6g | Saturated Fat: 16.7g | Cholesterol: 89mg | Sodium: 138mg | Sugar: 0.3g

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