Chocolate-Cherry No-Bake Mini-Tarts
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Course : Tarts
From: HungryMonster.com
Serves: 30
 

Ingredients:

---COCOA TART SHELLS---
2 cups confectioners sugar
1 cup ground almonds
1 cup vanilla wafer crumbs
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/2 cup milk
---FILLING---
3 ounces cream cheese -- softened
2 cups confectioners sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
1/2 cup blanched almonds -- coarsely chopped
1/4 cup candied cherries -- quartered
1/4 cup candied cherries -- halved
 

Preparation:

Cocoa Tart Shells: 1. Combine confectioners' sugar, vanilla wafer crumbs, almonds and cocoa in mixing bowl; sprinkle in milk, mixing until ingredients are moistened and cling together. 2. Shape into walnut-size pieces; place in 30 paper-lined muffin cups (1 3/4 inches in diameter). 3. Press dough against bottom and side of each cup to form shell. Chill. Filling: 1. Beat cream cheese in small mixer bowl; gradually blend in confectioners' sugar, vanilla and almond extract until smooth. 2. Stir in almonds and 1/4 cup candied cherries. 3. Spoon filling into tart shells; garnish with halved candied cherries. 4. Chill until f