Easy Blackberry Cream Cheese Tarts
Impress your holiday party guests with these yummy and fancy looking Blackberry Cream Cheese Tarts! They are actually super simple to make and require just five ingredients! These tarts are also perfect make-ahead Christmas morning snacks or breakfast treats.
Easy Blackberry Cream Cheese Tarts
(Adapted from diethood.com)
Ingredients:
8oz. package of cream cheese, softened
2 pre-made refrigerated pie crust dough (or homemade equivalent)
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
blackberry jam (or your favorite jam)
Directions: Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a bowl, cream together powdered sugar, cream cheese, and vanilla. Roll out pie crust on a floured surface. With a pizza cutter or knife, cut crust into 3 inch squares. Place about 1/2 teaspoon of cream cheese and jam in each square on the diagonal. Fold sides in and pinch it together a little so they stay closed. Place on a well greased baking sheet or a baking sheet lined with non-stick parchment paper. Bake for 8-10 minutes until crust is lightly browned. Makes about 26-30 tarts. Serve warm or at room temperature. Store leftovers in a covered container in the fridge (They are also great served cold).
These never last long in my home so I often double the recipe. I have also prepared them ahead of time, placed the cookie sheets covered in the fridge and then just popped them in the oven when ready to eat. Enjoy!
Written by Lina for Hip2Save. Lina is a proud mom of 2 small kids who loves photography, all holidays, cooking, thrift store makeovers, bargain shopping, and DIY makeovers. Her goal is to create a beautiful life and stylish home on a dime! To see all of Lina’s recipes created just for Hip2Save, click here.
I’m Licking My lips LIna!! Looks amazing 🙂
Nice idea! Im going to make these, thanks for sharing.
The best part about this recipe… I have all the ingredients in my fridge. I know what I’m making tonight. Thanks!
Those look delish!! I was just starting to think about what I needed to bring tomorrow night to a party, and these are perfect! Might try a raspberry jam to try to look a little festive. Thank u!
Don’t like jam, what about Nutella?
Oh, yea! I have an extra pie crust I made for Thanksgiving. Time to use it!
Might be a yummy Christmas morning treat
This looks awesome! Thanks for sharing!
I made something similar with squares of puff pastry recently. I used the cream cheese mixture and lemon pie filling. They were awesome.
Oh yum!
Lina, can you please clarify this for me?
“Place about 1/2 teaspoon of cream cheese and jam in each square on the diagonal. ”
Does this really mean about half of a spoonful, or did you measure just one 1/2 teaspoon and, if so, is that the amount of cream cheese and then the same amount of jam?
The 1/2 teaspoon seems very minimal, but I also don’t want the innards oozing out all over the pan! Maybe it is just my perception of those 3 inch squares based on the photos actually being larger than what 3 inches would be?
Thanks so much! I look forward to trying these.
Yes 1/2 teaspoon each of cheese and 1/2 teaspoon jam! It will ooze. They are pretty small squares. Thanks!
Can you use pilsbury crescent rolls?
Oh. My. Goodness! These look so good! Thanks for sharing! My little girls love to cook, and they will love this recipe!
My Dollar Tree has imported (Egyptian) jams. I think they come in strawberry and orange. Just an idea to keep the cost down because sometimes jam can be expensive.
Y-U-M! I’m 9 months pregnant right now and I would devour these 🙂
Will try this but it doesn’t look appealing lol
Ha! You could maybe use a pastry bag to make the look fancier 🙂
Really? I think it looks scrumptious
these look delicious and EASY.
These look amazing! Can’t wait to try. You always have the best recipes Lina! Egyptian jam sounds fab too… And for a buck?!
I thought I would try these in the mini muffin tin with some cranberry relish instead of jam.
Cool! Yes i have made them using a small star shaped cookie cutter then press each one in a mini muffin pan. They turn out cute.
Can I use bought in shortbread tart shells
Do you think wonton wrappers could be substituted for the pie crust?
Ya that could be great! Let us know 👍