Description
Mini Chocolate Tarts are rich, elegant chocolate tartlets with a buttery cocoa crust and a silky chocolate ganache filling. Top them with caramel drizzle, festive sprinkles, and a pinch of fleur de sel for a bakery-style dessert perfect for parties, holidays, or a special treat.
Ingredients
For the Cocoa Tart Crust
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup dark cocoa powder
3 tbsp granulated sugar
1/2 cup cold butter, cubed
1 large egg
For the Chocolate Ganache Filling
8 oz semi-sweet chocolate, chopped
1 cup heavy cream
Optional Toppings
Caramel sauce (for drizzling)
Festive sprinkles
Fleur de sel (or flaky sea salt)
Instructions
1. Make the dough: Whisk flour, cocoa powder, and sugar. Cut in cold butter until crumbly. Add egg and mix just until a dough forms.
2. Chill: Shape dough into a disc, wrap, and chill for 30 minutes.
3. Preheat & shape: Heat oven to 350°F (175°C). Roll dough and press into mini tart pans or a muffin tin (lightly greased).
4. Bake: Prick bottoms with a fork and bake 12–15 minutes until set. Cool completely.
5. Make ganache: Put chopped chocolate in a heatproof bowl. Heat cream until steaming (not boiling) and pour over chocolate. Rest 2 minutes, then stir smooth.
6. Fill: Spoon ganache into cooled shells and gently tap to level.
7. Chill to set: Refrigerate 1 hour (or until firm).
8. Decorate: Drizzle with caramel, add sprinkles, and finish with a pinch of fleur de sel before serving.
Notes
Chocolate swap: Use dark chocolate for a deeper flavor or milk chocolate for a sweeter tart.
Dairy-free option: Use plant-based butter for the crust and full-fat coconut cream for the ganache.
Make-ahead: Bake the shells a day ahead and store airtight. Fill with ganache the day of serving.
Storage: Refrigerate in an airtight container up to 4 days. Let sit 10 minutes at room temp before serving for best texture.
- Prep Time: 25
- Cook Time: 15
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 mini tart
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 16
- Sodium: 95
- Fat: 22
- Saturated Fat: 13
- Unsaturated Fat: 8
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 28
- Fiber: 3
- Protein: 4
- Cholesterol: 55