Pumpkin Mousse

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 medium pie pumpkin (about 2 pounds)
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon, divided
• 1/3 cup vanilla or 1/3 cup chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1/3 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1/3 cup solid-pack pumpkin
• 1 teaspoon grated orange peel
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream, whipped

Recipe

• 1 cut top off pumpkin; scoop out and discard seeds. in small bowl, combine sugar and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon; sprinkle inside of pumpkin. replace pumpkin top. place on a baking sheet. bake at 400° for 25-30 minutes or until crisp-tender. cool on a wire rack.
• 2 meanwhile, microwave vanilla chips with milk at 70% power; stir until smooth. cool to room temperature.
• 3 in a bowl, beat cream cheese and confectioners' sugar until smooth. beat in the pumpkin, orange peel, reserved melted chips and remaining cinnamon. fold in whipped cream. spoon into pie pumpkin.
• 4 refrigerate leftovers.