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Salted Caramel & Chocolate Pecan Tarts
- 45 minutes
- 15 ingredients
- Pecans
- Moderate
- muffins
Ingredients
- Tarts
- 3/4 cup Diamond of California® chopped pecans
- 1 cup almond flour
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon gluten-free baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 4 tablespoons coconut oil or cold butter
- 3 tablespoons 100% pure maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon flax meal
- 3 tablespoons water or 1 egg
- Caramel Sauce
- 3 tablespoons coconut sugar
- 2 tablespoons coconut cream
- 1/8 teaspoon sea salt
- Chocolate Sauce
- 2 tablespoons coconut cream
- 3 tablespoons semi-sweet chocolate chips
The Steps
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray mini muffin tin with organic cooking spray.
- Place the pecans in a food processor and process until you have coarse flour. Add the almond flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, coconut oil, maple syrup, flax egg or egg, and vanilla and pulse until a ball of dough forms.
- Press the dough into the mini muffin tin. Press down to make sure it was in an even layer. Bake for 12-15 minutes until middle is set.
- While these are baking, prepare caramel sauce. Place coconut sugar and coconut cream in a small saucepan.
- Continue to stir until melted and completely smooth and bubbly.
- Remove from heat and add salt. Stir again. Set aside.
- Prepare chocolate sauce by placing coconut cream in small saucepan.
- Continue to stir until melted. Add chocolate chips and stir until completely smooth and bubbly. Remove from heat.
- Once tarts are finished baking, take a spoon and press down the center to form an indent.
- Gently spoon caramel sauce into center of each tart, then spoon chocolate sauce ontop of caramel sauce.
- Top with a tiny bit of extra sea salt and finely chopped pecans.
- Place in the refrigerator for at least an hour until set.
RECIPE CONTRIBUTED BY LAUREN KELLY NUTRITION