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Looking for a luxurious and seriously impressive chocolate tart recipe? You’ve just hit the jackpot my friend! This intensely rich and decadent caramel chocolate tart is insanely easy to make and looks incredibly impressive. Your guests will never guess how little time you spent making it! Carry on reading for your easy step by step picture recipe plus top tips on how you can get it right every time.
When it comes to a quick and easy chocolate tart recipe, you don’t want to be faffing about with thousands of ingredients and steps. You want to be, in – out, job done!
This gloriously easy chocolate tart recipe leaves out all the fuss, all the complications and just boils down to the necessary nitty gritty. That way you don’t have to slave away all day in the kitchen – you can make it in 30 mins the night before and Bob’s your Uncle. (Bob is actually my Uncle but that’s another story!)
Huge fan of the biscuit/caramel/chocolate combo? Me too! It’s no surprise that the most popular post on Kitchen Mason (by a country mile) is my millionaire’s shortbread recipe. It’s such a wonderful classic flavour. Speaking of classics, you’ve checked out my butterscotch tart recipe too yes? Great stuff!
This easy chocolate tart recipe genuinely is such a wonderful dessert. It’s perfect for when you want to impress at dinner parties, no bake for when it’s too hot to switch on the oven and super speedy to make when you just don’t have the time. So basically ideal for every situation!
No Bake Caramel Chocolate Tart Recipe Tips
- Buy the best caramel you can afford. You could use a tin of Carnation caramel which would work fine – but a higher end ‘salted caramel sauce’ will taste SO much more indulgent. (I used Tesco finest, see link further down in this post.)
- Make the night before so you’ve got less to do on the day of your event. I always sleep really well knowing there’s a dessert waiting for me in the fridge!
- When making the ganache filling, make sure you chop the chocolate as finely as possible to ensure it will all melt evenly.
- Made the ganache filling but it still has lumps of chocolate/butter? No problem! Heat in the microwave in 10 second bursts stirring well after each time. Be very careful not to overheat though – a little at a time!
- Top with a few flakes of sea salt before you put in the fridge to chill for an extra salty kick.
- If you don’t like super rich desserts, try using 50/50 dark and milk chocolate. Don’t substitute all the dark chocolate though as it will likely be too sweet.
Easy No Bake Caramel Chocolate Tart – Step by Step Picture Recipe
Here is what you will need to serve 8.
Ingredients
For the base
- 215g (7.5 oz) Golden Oreos
- 70g (1/3 cup) Unsalted Butter, Melted
For the filling
- 175g (1/2 cup) Salted Caramel Sauce
- 175g (6 oz) Dark Chocolate, Finely Chopped
- 50g (1/4 cup) Unsalted Butter
- 165ml (2/3 cup) Double Cream
To decorate
- Extra Salted Caramel Sauce, to drizzle (optional)
Essential equipment
- Food Processor
- 18cm (7″) Deep Loose Bottom Fluted Tart Tin
Base instructions
No need to grease or line your tin with this recipe! Just crack straight on.
Tip the golden Oreos into the food processor and blitz until they become very fine crumbs. Yes – that includes the fillings as well! Then melt the butter in a bowl in the microwave in 10 second blasts and pour it into the biscuits. Pulse again until it starts to clump together.
Now tip all the biscuit crumbs into the fluted tin and press them firmly into the base and sides.
Pour the caramel sauce into the biscuit base and smooth out as best as you can. Then pop it into the freezer to firm up while we make the filling.
Filling instructions
Finely chop that dark chocolate and place it in a large bowl along with the butter.
In a small saucepan, gently heat the double cream over a low heat. Keep going until it just hits boiling point – but don’t let it boil. Then pour the hot cream all over the chocolate/butter and let it sit for 5 minutes.
When the 5 minutes are up, give it a good stir and it should magically transform into a beautiful silky smooth chocolate ganache.
Pour the ganache over the caramel and smooth out with a spatula. Now all that’s left to do is place it into the fridge to set for a minimum of 1 hour.
When you’re ready to serve, remove the tart from the tin. Then put a tablespoon of caramel sauce in a piping bag or plastic food bag, snip the end and pipe zig zags all over the top. Slice and enjoy! Store any uneaten chocolate tart in the fridge and consume within 3-4 days.
You could really take this chocolate tart up a gear and make your own salted caramel sauce. There’s a great recipe over at Sally’s Baking Addiction here if you want to have a go!
Are you a lover of salted caramel? What’s your favourite salted caramel treat of ALL time? Let me know in the comments section below.
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Easy No Bake Caramel Chocolate Tart - Printable Recipe
Want the easiest, quickest and most impressive dessert EVER without any of the effort? You need this amazing no bake Caramel Chocolate Tart recipe in your life!
Ingredients
For the Biscuit Base
- 215 g Golden Oreos
- 70 g Unsalted Butter, (Melted)
- 175 g Salted Caramel Sauce, (Plus extra for drizzling)
For the Chocolate Ganache Filling
- 175 g Dark Chocolate, (Finely Chopped)
- 50 g Unsalted Butter, (Cubed)
- 165 ml Double Cream
Essential Equipment
- Food Processor
- 8cm (7″) Deep Loose Bottom Fluted Tart Tin
Instructions
To Make the Biscuit Base
- Put the Oreos (including the fillings) in a food processor and pulse until fine crumbs. Pour in the melted butter and pulse again until clumping. Tip the crumbs into the tart tin and press into the base and sides.
- Pour in the caramel sauce and spread evenly over the bottom. Place in the freezer.
To Make the Chocolate Ganache Filling
- Finely chop the dark chocolate and put in a bowl with the butter.
- Heat the cream in a saucepan over a low heat just up to boiling point. Pour over the chocolate and leave for 5 mins.
- Stir the cream/chocolate until thick and shiny. Pour the chocolate ganache over the caramel and smooth out. Chill for 1 hour.
- Before serving, drizzle with more caramel sauce. Store in the fridge and consume within 3-4 days.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 8 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 447Total Fat: 30gSaturated Fat: 16gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 12gCholesterol: 49mgSodium: 138mgCarbohydrates: 44gFiber: 2gSugar: 29gProtein: 3g
Nutritional information on kitchenmason.com should only be used as a general guideline, I am not a certified nutritionist. Please always check labels for allergens where applicable.
About Emma Mason
Emma is a professional blogger. Utilising over 20 years of cooking experience, she’s passionate about making your life easier, one recipe at a time! Drawing on her 12+ year background in recipe research and development, photography, copy writing and marketing, Emma has turned kitchenmason.com into a successful career. Known as ‘the organisation queen’ among friends, she is passionate about creating easy to follow recipes that anyone can follow and enjoy. She lives in Nottingham (UK) with her husband, daughter and 2 naughty cats. In her spare time she can be found reading a good book, training at the dojo preparing for her black belt grading, or dreaming up the next crazy colour combo for her hair!
Arabella
Friday 10th of April 2020
The ingredients list at the bottom of the page is missing a 1 off the cream for the ganache - you've got 65 mls rather than 165. I only just noticed and we've made this already (chilling in the fridge) so hoping that the far smaller amount of cream won't affect the end result too much! The children still licked the bowl with relish so I'm hoping it will be fine.
Miss KitchenMason
Saturday 11th of April 2020
Oh gosh, you're right! Good spot - I've now corrected this. Thank you so much for telling me! I hope it still turned out beautifully?? Emma x
Marge
Sunday 29th of December 2019
Can I sub heavy cream for double cream in the same amount?
Miss KitchenMason
Sunday 29th of December 2019
Hi Marge. As far as I can tell, you can substitute double cream with heavy cream no problem :) Emma x
Julia
Monday 6th of August 2018
I'm a fan of no bake desserts! Your tart looks amazing. Thank you for sharing your recipe with us at Meal Plan Monday :)
Miss KitchenMason
Monday 6th of August 2018
Hi Julia, me too! (Especially in this heatwave we're having here in the UK!) It's no problem at all - thank you for having me and thank you so much for the feature last week. I feel very humbled to have been chosen! Emma x