Mini Chocolate Cranberry Tarts
This Mini Chocolate Cranberry Tarts recipe is an easy-to-make yet festive dessert for Thanksgiving or Christmas Time. And these mini chocolate tarts are made even more stunning when topped with sugared cranberries.
I don’t want to cause any hard feelings, but can we all agree that some desserts are just more festive than others?
I mean, no one loves an oatmeal raisin cookie more than I do; but if I want to bring a festive dessert, I’ll probably leave the oatmeal raisin cookies at home. Oatmeal raisins just say, “Let’s get our flannel PJs on and stay home and watch Hallmark movies in front of the fire.” And 9.7 nights out of 10, I am firmly on team Oatmeal Raisin Cookie.
Believe me, I LOVE traditional holiday and Thanksgiving desserts and every Christmas cookie recipe imaginable. But every once in a while, you need a little festive action on your holiday table and these little Chocolate Cranberry Curd Tarts…now these little sweeties say ‘festive’ to me. It’s adding extra pizzazz into your Thanksgiving or Christmas dessert menu!
This mini tart recipe says, “I am here to celebrate whatever you are celebrating! I have my sparkly jewelry on and my dancing shoes, and I’m ready for fun and Holiday Season festivities!” and “You will be so surprised how easy I am to make” and “You’ll also be pleased to know that most of my parts can be made ahead of time and assembled at the last minute!”
Well, it would say all that, but you will most likely have popped it in your mouth right after “I am here to celebr…..”
So yes! Not only are these Chocolate Cranberry Tarts festive with the chocolate crust, cranberry filling, and sugared cranberries, but they also ARE easy to make. And you can make several of the parts ahead of time and assemble them at the last minute.
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I made the chocolate tart crust recipe ahead of time, used my tart pan to make the mini tarts and then stored them for a good 5 days. Dried beans make great pie weights so that the dough didn’t puff up.
I also made the Cranberry Curd several days ago and stored it in the refrigerator. On a related note, is there any other word in the English language that we can substitute for ‘curd’? I mean, for something so tasty, it should have a much better name…something like…”sublime cranberry custard’…just saying. I actually considered calling this custard instead of curd, but upon further research realized that custard is less fruity than a curd…so this really is a curd…sadly. All that said, I much prefer Chocolate Tart with Cranberry Filling than….you know what.
I assembled these delightfully festive holiday desserts by dolloping a bit of curd in the mini chocolate tart shells, baking the tarts for 10-15 minutes and then topping them with stabilized whipped cream once the Chocolate tarts were cool. I used my 1A large piping tip for the whipped cream dollop. And as much as I dislike ‘curd’, I do enjoy ‘dollop’!
The stabilized whipped cream can easily be made earlier in the day or the day before and stored in the fridge.
And then…I topped them with the sugared cranberries.
Oh my! Now, these are tasty little treats.
While I made the sugared cranberries to garnish these tarts, I found myself snacking on them just as is. They are the original ‘sweet tart’. Can you say, “Thanksgiving sweet treat!” Prepare these easy-to-make sweeties earlier in the day and store them at room temperature.
A festive fruit tart with a chocolate tart, cranberry curd, whipped cream and sugared cranberries. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.Chocolate Tart with Cranberry Filling and Sugared Cranberries
Ingredients
Chocolate Tart Crust Dough
Cranberry Curd
Sugared Cranberries
Stabilized Whipped Cream
Instructions
Chocolate Tart Crust
Cranberry Curd
Sugared Cranberries
Stabilized Whipped Cream
Construct Tarts
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 30
Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving:
Calories: 261Total Fat: 14gSaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 97mgSodium: 81mgCarbohydrates: 30gFiber: 1gSugar: 19gProtein: 4g
We’re busy planning our holiday desserts and pulling out our Christmas cookie recipes. I’ll be making more of these Cranberry Chocolate Tarts for my upcoming gathering this week. If you’re looking for a festive holiday dessert to brighten your table, this mini Chocolate Tart recipe may be just the thing! Oh yes, and the cranberry thing….these tarts would be gorgeous creations for your Thanksgiving dessert menu as well!
And if you are looking for more festive Cranberry recipes, look no further. These Spiced, Pickled Cranberries became an instant family favorite and are so very versatile. From cocktail garnishes to an ingredient on your charcuterie board to an accompaniment to your Thanksgiving turkey, they do it all! And for a sweeter alternative, this Winter Cranberry Conserve is a spoonful of all the flavors that we love during the winter and holidays.
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Hi Lynn,
These reminded me of some beautiful and delicious mini fruit tarts my mother used to make. I was thinking of making them for the holidays, but haven’t got around it them yet. Now that I see these (total chocoholic here) I definitely have to try them. Thank you for the wonderful inspiration.
Oh Patti, I do hope you enjoy them as much as we did. They are so easy to make and taste so very yummy.
Thanks for stopping by to visit my friend.
Hugs, Lynn
Lynn these are beautiful and I could take a plate of these and watch Christmas Hallmark movies any day… Awesome inspiration for stepping out and making something beautiful that I bet taste fantastic… I may have to venture out and try this.
Carole, no one said we couldn’t eat both Oatmeal Raisin cookies AND Chocolate Cranberry Tarts while watching Hallmark movies! Right? Tell me what time to come over!
Lynn, love your instructions! These tarts look so delicious! I’d love to make them this year. I just love cranberries and they look so pretty too!
Thanks Carolann…I am getting ready to whip up another batch for a party tomorrow night.
Scrumptious looking! Is there anything you can’t do? I’m a big fan. 🙂
Coalescence was suggested as a synonym for curd – cranberry coalescence?
coalesce [koh-uh-les]
verb (used without object), co·a·lesced, co·a·lesc·ing.
to grow together or into one body: (The two lakes coalesced into one.)
to unite so as to form one mass, community, etc.: (The various groups coalesced into a crowd.)
to blend or come together:
Hmmm…I’m not sure about Coaslescence! Like you said, Cranberry Coalesce just doesn’t’ have the ring! What do you think? Should I stick with curd? As ‘curdly’ as it sounds?
i am looking forward to making these – thank you for the recipe and inspiration! i make lemon curd regularly… have some in my fridge right now. when i use lemon curd in a tart, i don’t bake the tart and curd combo – just put the curd in the baked tart shell, top with whip cream would it be necessary to bake these once the curd is in a baked shell? curious!
Hi Chris,
I think that would probably be fine! I like to bake it just to set the curd and warm it, but it surely doesn’t need it.
Happy Baking!
Lynn