Shamrock Tarts - St. Patrick's Day Dessert Recipe
These Shamrock Tarts are an easy St. Patrick's Day green dessert that will take you about 20 minutes to put together. Made with ready made pie shells, whipped cream and white chocolate pudding, they have a delicious white chocolate and mint flavor, with a hint of almond. They can also be made ahead and are the perfect mini dessert for bringing along to a potluck!
Servings 18 tarts
Calories 642kcal
Ingredients
- 2 -9 inch (23 cm round) rolled pie crusts - I use Pillsbury * or simply use frozen tart shells
- 32 g -pkg of instant white chocolate pudding mix
- 1 ¼ cup milk
- 1 ½ cups whipping cream
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon green food coloring * add more or less to achieve the color you want
- ¼ teaspoon almond extract
- ¼ teaspoon peppermint extract
Garnish
- Green sparkling sugar or any green sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F
- Unroll crust and flatten, then cut with cookie cutter * or alternatively use regular tart shells as per package directions
- Spray muffin tin with non-stick spray. Press pie crust into muffin tins and poke with fork a couple of times (on the bottom.)
- Bake for 5-6 mins on 450 degrees F or until lightly browned
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the milk and white chocolate pudding mix and mix for about 2 minutes with an electric mixer. In a separate mixing bowl, whip the whipping cream to soft peaks, then add sugar. Whip to stiff peaks.
- Stir flavorings into the whipped cream, then mix in the white chocolate pudding. Add food coloring.
- Fit pastry bag with 1M tip, fill with filling and fill each tart( or spoon in).
Garnish
- Sprinkle with green sparkling sugar or any green sprinkles
Nutrition
Serving: 1Tart | Calories: 642kcal | Carbohydrates: 63g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 39g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Cholesterol: 28mg | Sodium: 565mg | Potassium: 158mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 324IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 57mg | Iron: 3mg
