The 3 Ingredient Chocolate Cranberry Tart is now one of my all time favorite recipes. With just three ingredients, a food processor and tart pan, an amazingly rich, creamy, decadent dessert masterpiece can be created – no oven required! Who would have thought that apples, chocolate and sweetened dried cranberries could become such fabulousness!
3 Ingredient Chocolate Cranberry Tart
I love easy. I love it when easy looks like you spent hours slaving away to make something that looks and tastes glorious. The 3 Ingredient Chocolate Cranberry Tart is now one of my all time favorite recipes. With just three ingredients, a food processor and a tart pan, an amazingly rich, creamy, decadent dessert masterpiece can be created. Who would have thought that apples, chocolate and sweetened dried cranberries could become such no-bake fabulousness!I added some sugared cranberries and mint to add some festivity to the tart, but it would be just as beautiful with some dried cranberries topping the tart too.
3 Ingredient Chocolate Cranberry Tart is beautiful and delicious decorated with sugared cranberries and fresh mint. It doesn’t hurt that it’s fairly easy to make too!
Coming up with the 3 Ingredient Chocolate Cranberry Tart
There seems to be a TikTok and Instagram trend to make cakes with just a fruit, like banana/apple/avocado etc., and chocolate. Some recipes are better than others. When I saw the recipe that included cooked apples and chocolate I was intrigued.
Processed apples, melted chocolate & sweetened dried cranberries. Done.
I intially tried a recipe by @waytohealthkitchen on Instagram. It looked so delicious I even added it as a Tip of the Day to my @koshereveryday Instagram Story. It seemed like it was going to be this gorgeous torte with thick tall pieces.
It wasn’t. There almost wasn’t enough batter to cover even a 9-inch springform pan.
But…
It was delicious!
Making 3 Ingredient Chocolate Cranberry Tart
I decided to upgrade the initial recipe by using more ingredients in volume and quantity. More apples, more chocolate and some sweetened dried cranberries for color, texture and flavor.
Beautiful. Simply Beautiful.
I made some sugared fresh cranberries and added them on top of the tart with fresh mint (totally optional), for a beautiful garnish. While I’ll include how to make the sugared cranberries they are completely optional. You could garnish with additional dried cranberries and fresh mint as well.
Sugared Cranberries were easy to make they just took a lot of resting time. Make sure to plan for that time if you decide to include them in the recipe.
Using an 11-inch tart pan with a removable bottom
When I made the cake in a springformpan it seemed kind of silly. It was less than an inch high and might have been better in a small square pan cut into bite size squares. For a more dramatic effect, which this recipe totally deserved, there needed to be more height (but not too much) and a better shape.With the increase in volume of the batter, a tart pan with a removable bottom seemed like just the thing and it did work very well. The tart easily came out of the pan, with the removable bottom remaining under the mousselike tart for support.I lined the bottom of the tart pan with a parchment circle, but kind of regretted doing so because it was a little difficult to cut with the parchment lining. I think you could make the tart without lining the bottom and as long as you sprayed the bottom of the pan.
A tart pan with a removable bottom works best. I let mine chill on a cutting board to help keep the tart intact. You could theoretically also make this in a pie pan but the tart pan is best.
Bonus Cranberry Mint Julep Recipe!
While making the sugared fresh cranberries (and sugared mint) I ended up making a cranberry/mint simple syrup. I’m not a cocktail maker at all but I know that one of the things you can do with simple syrup is make mixed drinks. I had Dear Husband look up a recipe for Mint Julep and he found a GQ recipe which I used for this drink.It’s delicious, very strong but very tasty. If you’re experienced with cocktails feel free to modify this recipe as you see fit.
Cranberry Mint Julep made from the cranberry simple syrup created during the sugared cranberry recipe. Since I don’t have Julep cups handy I polished up a little kiddush cup we had in the cabinet.
Here’s the Recipe for 3 Ingredient Chocolate Cranberry Tart
I really liked this recipe using a semi-sweet apple like Fuji or Jonagold. Both of those cooked nicely and processed smoothly. I didn’t get too fancy with the chocolate but used the most excellent Trader Joe’s dairy free chocolate chips. They were perfect.
3 Ingredient Chocolate Cranberry Tart
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Chill Time: 3 hours
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 3 1/2 hours
- Yield: 1 tart 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Food Processor
- Cuisine: Plant Based
- Diet: Kosher
Description
The 3 Ingredient Chocolate Cranberry Tart is now one of my all time favorite recipes. With just three ingredients, a food processor and tart pan, an amazingly rich, creamy, decadent dessert masterpiece can be created – no oven required! Who would have thought that apples, chocolate and sweetened dried cranberries could become such fabulousness!
Ingredients
3 Ingredient Chocolate Cranberry Tart
- 8 medium/large apples, cored, peeled and cut into large chunks (Fuji, Jonagold, Gala)
- 24 ounces chocolate chips, melted and warm
- 1 cup sweetened dried cranberries (Craisins)
- sugared fresh cranberries, dried cranberries, fresh mint for garnish (optional)
Sugared Fresh Cranberries
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup water
- 8 ounces fresh cranberries
- 1/2 cup sugar (for dusting)
Cranberry Mint Julep
- 8 -mint leaves
- 2 1/2 ounces bourbon
- 1/2 ounce cranberry mint simple syrup
- lots of crushed ice
- mint and sugared cranberries for garnish
Instructions
3 Ingredient Chocolate Cranberry Tart
- Grease an 11-inch round tart pan with a removable bottom (I use propellant free avocado spray). Set aside.
- Place the apples in a large stock pot. Cover with water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Thoroughly drain the apples then transfer to the bowl of a food processor.
- Process the apples until they are completely smooth. Add in the warm melted chocolate and process until a very smooth batter is formed.
- Stir in the sweetened dried cranberries.
- Pour the batter into the tart pan and smooth the top. Refrigerate for at least 3 hours and up to 24.
- Remove the tart from the outer ring and garnish with sugared fresh cranberries/sweetened dried cranberries and fresh mint.
Sugared Fresh Cranberries
- Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a medium pot, whisk together the cup of sugar and water. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the sugar is completely dissolved. Cook for an additional 2 minutes, then remove from heat and allow the syrup to cool slightly. This is simple syrup.
- Toss the cranberries in the syrup until completely coated. Allow the cranberries to rest in the syrup for 15 minutes.
- Using a slotted spoon or sieve, remove the cranberries from the syrup shaking off the excess liquid, and place them in a single layer on the prepared baking sheet. The remaining syrup is cranberry simple syrup.
- Allow the cranberries to rest for an hour and a half, they should still be slightly sticky afterwards.
- Roll the cranberries to completely coat with the remaining syrup on the sheet.
- Place 1/2 cup of sugar in a bowl or casserole dish. Roll the coated cranberries in the sugar. Transfer to a clean plate or bowl. Store refrigerated in an airtight container.
- You can also make sugared mint leaves using the same process. Store the remaining cranberry/mint simple syrup in an airtight glass jar in the refrigerator.
Cranberry Mint Julep
Directions found on the GQ YouTube site.
- Take the mint leaves and 1/2 ounce of the cranberry simple syrup and place them in a “julep” cup. Muddle the two together (I had to look up what that meant ;)) to extract the oils in the mint but not to pulverize it.
- Add the bourbon, then crushed ice.
- Stir then garnish with additional ice, sugared cranberries and fresh mint.
Equipment
Wilton Excelle Elite Non-Stick Tart Pan and Quiche Pan with Removable Bottom, 11-Inch
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I placed the tart on a pan/cutting board before placing it in the refrigerator to set. It keeps the pan from separating during the transfer.
It’s important that the apples and the chocolate are both very warm when blending together so that the batter doesn’t separate when the liquid apples are combined with the chocolate.
Making the sugared cranberries takes an hour and a half of resting time and around 10 minutes of active time. You can make them while the tart is chilling – just keep that time in mind if you are planning on making them.
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 388
- Sugar: 53.1 g
- Sodium: 2.7 mg
- Fat: 16.5 g
- Saturated Fat: 10.2 g
- Carbohydrates: 64.1 g
- Fiber: 7.5 g
- Protein: 4.8 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
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