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    Home » Holiday Treats and Recipes » Christmas

    Chocolate Christmas Tart

    Modified: Nov 15, '23 · Published: Dec 8, '14 · By: Beth Klosterboer · Commission earned on paid or sponsored links.

    Top a delicious chocolate tart infused with salted caramel tea with a pretty Christmas tree design. This beautiful tart will add a touch of elegance to your Christmas dessert table.

    chocolate Christmas tart topped with a pretty white and gold Christmas tree design.

    One of my best friends is stopping by for lunch this week and I'm going to serve her a festive Chocolate Christmas Tart infused with salted caramel tea.

    She is a huge tea fan. She collects tea cups and teapots and drinks tea every day. So, I thought it would be a fun challenge to come up with a delicious tea-infused dessert.

    One of her favorite tea flavors is salted caramel. I knew it would be perfect in a chocolate tart.

    I love chocolate tarts and it's been a while since I made one. When I made this, I tried a few new things being I wanted my tart to have a real punch of caramel flavor.

    I started by steeping Salted Caramel Tea in the heavy whipping cream I used to make the chocolate filling. While I was making this I wanted to be sure I used the right amount of tea, so I took a sip of the hot cream. I was blown away by the caramel flavor. I could have downed an entire glass of it. It was perfectly flavored with subtle notes of black tea and I knew it would taste great in the chocolate filling.

    Next, I used a brown sugar crust. I actually took my favorite chocolate chip cookie dough recipe, made a few little tweaks including using dark brown sugar, and created my crust out of it. It took a bit of effort to make sure the crust kept its shape, but wow, does it really punch up the caramel flavor of this chocolate tart? It's even chewy, so when you take a bite, the chocolate melts in your mouth and so does the crust. It's really like eating a caramel topped with chocolate.

    It's really amazing. I'm sure my friend will love it as much as I do.

    Chocolate Christmas Tart 
             Infused with Salted Caramel Tea

    Ingredients: 

    Crust-

    6 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened

    ½ cup packed dark brown sugar

    ¼ cup granulated sugar (white sugar)

    1 large egg

    ¾ teaspoons pure vanilla extract

    1 ⅓ cup all purpose flour

    ¼ teaspoon salt

    ¼ teaspoon baking soda
    Filling-

    1 ¼ cups heavy whipping cream
    3 Bigelow Salted Caramel Tea Bags
    6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate
    4 ounces milk chocolate
    2 tablespoons sugar
    ¼ tsp. salt
    2 large eggs

    Star Tree Decoration-
    4 ounces white modeling chocolate
    optional: gold luster dust

    Supplies:
    9-inch tart pan
    silicone baking mat
    fondant rolling pin
    star plunger cutters
    small star cookie cutter

    Instructions:

    Cream butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar. Add egg, and vanilla and beat until fully incorporated. Mix flour, salt, and baking soda together then stir it into the wet ingredients just until incorporated.

    Lightly spray the tart pan with baking spray. Use a paper towel to wipe it out, leaving just a very thin layer of the spray.

    Pat the dough into the bottom of the tart pan. Freeze for 15 minutes.

    Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 degrees.

    Cover cookie crust with some non-stick tin foil and cover with pie weights or beans. I put a layer of tin foil over the cookie and wrapped it around the bottom of the pan.

    Then I added my pie weights which were wrapped in another few layers of tin foil. They are really easy to remove being they are in their own little tin foil pouch. I can easily lift them off the tart crust. I actually store them this way so when I need them they are ready to pop into a pan.

    Bake the crust for 30 minutes.

    Take the cookie crust out of the oven, remove foil and weights, and return to oven for 6-8 more minutes until golden brown.

    Remove the cookie crust from the oven, and turn oven temperature down to 325 degrees. Immediately trim off the top edge of the cookie, by running a sharp knife around the top edge of the tart pan. I did this to make a nicer-looking edge, and so the top wouldn't get too brown.

    Use the bottom of a glass and press down around the bottom of the crust to flatten it, slightly.

    Heat cream in a small saucepan over medium heat just until bubbles form around the edge of the pan. Place 3 Bigelow  Salted Caramel Tea Bags in hot cream. Steep for 10 minutes.

    When the tea has steeped, remove the tea bags and squeeze out liquid into the pan. Reheat the cream just until bubbles form. Turn off or remove from heat.

    Add chopped chocolate, sugar, and salt and stir until melted.

    Whisk the eggs and add a spoonful of the hot chocolate. Then add to the pan and stir to combine.

    Pour filling into the crust. Bake for 20 minutes. Then start watching it. The edges should look set and glossy.

    You want to bake it until about 3 inches in the center still jiggles. I found mine needed another 5 minutes. The surface will crack if you overbake it, so watch it those last 5 minutes. It will continue to cook once removed from the oven.

    Cool completely for about an hour then chill for at least an hour and up to three days in the refrigerator.

    Roll out white modeling chocolate on a silicone baking mat using a fondant roller. This is the best way to roll out modeling chocolate. It won't stick and you don't have to use corn starch which would look messy later when you put it on top of the chocolate tart.

    Cut lots of tiny and small stars using plunger cutters and mini cookie cutters.

    Just before serving, arrange the stars on the tart forming a Christmas tree.

    If you want, you can brush one of the larger stars with gold luster dust to put on top of the tree.

    If you have to refrigerate the decorated tart, just know that you may get some condensation droplets on your modeling chocolate stars. It won't hurt anything, it will just look a bit wet.

    This style of tart could be made using any flavor of tea. Bigelow has some really wonderful flavors for the holiday including Pumpkin Spice, Vanilla Chai, Constant Comment, and Peppermint Tea. Any of these would taste great in this tart. You can change the crust to complement any of the flavors.

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    Be sure to check out all my fun Christmas Recipes!

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    Beth Klosterboer
    Beth Klosterboer
    Hi, I'm Beth Klosterboer, a professional chocolatier & baker, cookbook author, and event planner. I love sharing recipes for happy occasions here on Hungry Happenings. I also create easy fudge recipes to share at HowToMakeEasyFudge.com, rice krispie treat recipes at HowToMakeCerealTreats.com, and easy cookie recipes at HowToMakeEasyCookies.com
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    1. Michelle Nahom says

      December 14, 2014 at 6:16 am

      Your Christmas tart is absolutely gorgeous! I love the star tree on top! Thank you so much for sharing with us at #FoodieFridays!

      Reply
    2. Hannah says

      December 12, 2014 at 9:24 pm

      This looks delicious! and very inventive 🙂

      Reply
    3. Michelle @ Giraffes Can Bake says

      December 12, 2014 at 2:22 am

      Wow, this tart looks so yummy! I love the stars on it too

      Reply
    4. Jayanthi Sindhiya says

      December 11, 2014 at 9:50 am

      Chocolate tart looks fantastic!!! all those stars looks super cute:)

      Reply
    5. Janet Krugel says

      December 10, 2014 at 7:25 pm

      Oh wow, this looks and sounds amazing. My husband's favorite flavor is caramel so I think I'll make it for him sometime. I hope mine comes out at least half as beautiful as yours! #client

      Reply
    6. Melanie @ Carmel Moments says

      December 10, 2014 at 1:38 pm

      This is beautiful Beth! I've never made a chocolate tart but I definitely want to know!
      Stopping by from Buns in My Oven.

      Reply
    7. beth says

      December 09, 2014 at 5:29 pm

      Thanks, Abby. I do hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

      Reply
    8. Trish Shamp says

      December 08, 2014 at 7:39 pm

      Now THIS is up my ally! Beth, this is so pretty. I would love to make this for a tea I am hosting. I am finally going to get the courage to make your modeling chocolate b/c I really want to try to work w/ it is seems like it has so many good uses and looks so nice!

      Reply
      • beth says

        December 09, 2014 at 5:30 pm

        I know how much you love hosting tea parties, and do think this would be a perfect dessert. You could even make mini versions of the tart. Have fun!

        Reply
    9. Brenda @ SweetSimpleStuff says

      December 08, 2014 at 4:23 pm

      I am a tea drinker, but have not used it in baking! You have inspired me ... sounds wonderfully delicious and is gorgeous to look at! Pinned!

      Reply
      • beth says

        December 08, 2014 at 5:23 pm

        I really love tea infused with chocolate. I've been making tea flavored truffles for years. This is the first time I've used it in a baked tart, and was so impressed with the flavor. I'll definitely use it again.

        Reply
    10. Sugartown Sweets says

      December 08, 2014 at 3:09 pm

      What a pretty presentation this tart makes! I've never been much of a tea drinker, but salted caramel does sound yummy, especially when paired with a cookie crust and starry Christmas tree! I'm sure your friend loved it..how could she not! :o)

      Reply
      • beth says

        December 08, 2014 at 3:47 pm

        Thanks. I am not a tea drinker myself, but this tart is amazing. The chocolate filling has the most wonderful caramel flavor with just subtle notes of tea. My husband loved it and wanted to eat more than the slice I cut out for pictures. I know my friend is going to flip over it.

        Reply
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