These Easy Blackberry Cream Cheese Tarts Require Only 5 Ingredients
Impress your holiday party guests with these yummy and fancy looking blackberry cream cheese tarts!
Here’s a treat to consider making if you’re in full-on baking mode like me.
These delicious blackberry cream cheese pastries look like they came from a trendy bakery, but they are actually super simple to create at home using store-bought pie crusts and require just five ingredients! There’s not a special pan you need to use and they don’t require a pastry bag or any special equipment. This recipe is easy peasy!
These cream cheese tarts would be a perfect make-ahead Christmas morning snack or breakfast treat. Since they are made with pie dough, the kids would have fun helping you make them as a baking activity! Just fill, pinch the ends together, and bake.
After baking, the results taste similar to warm gooey little bite-sized pieces of blackberry pie with a sweet cream cheese filling wrapped in a buttery pie crust. The flavor and texture combo is so YUM, and these are fun to make!
Helpful hip tips when making these blackberry tarts:
- To prep the tarts ahead of time, arrange all tarts on baking sheets and store them covered in the fridge. When ready to enjoy, just pop them in the oven and they’ll be freshly baked for your guests!
- You can change up the filling to any preserve or spread you’d like! I bet fig spread or cranberry would taste just as amazing for this idea. Maybe even a bit of cherry pie filling would be yummy and look festive for the holidays. It’s up to you!
- Store your pastries in a covered container in the fridge for up to 4-5 days. Truth be told, they taste outstanding even when cold, but they will likely disappear before that time frame! 😂
Blackberry Cream Cheese Tarts
yield: 22 SERVINGS
prep time: 25 MINUTES
cook time: 16 MINUTES
total time: 41 MINUTES
Squares of pie crust with cream cheese and blackberry filling make for a yummy treat or brunch item!
Ingredients
- 8 oz. 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)
- all-purpose flour (for dusting rolling surface)
Directions
1
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Prep a cookie sheet with parchment paper or non-stick spray.
2
In a mixing bowl, cream together powdered sugar, cream cheese, and vanilla extract.
3
Unroll the pie crust on a floured surface. With a pizza cutter or knife, cut crust into 3-inch squares. If you have scraps, just roll out more squares using a rolling pin. I was able to make about 11 squares per pie crust.
4
Place a scant teaspoon of cream cheese in each square on the diagonal, followed by a teaspoon of the jam.
5
Fold sides in and pinch it together a little in the middle so they stay closed.
6
Place on the baking sheet and bake for 16-17 minutes until crust is lightly browned.
7
This recipe makes about 22 tarts in total. Serve warm or at room temperature. Store leftovers in a covered container in the fridge (they are also great served cold!)
Additional Notes
Recipe idea adapted from diethood.com
Now this is what the holidays are all about: Yummy homemade treats!
Blackberry tarts never last long in my home so consider doubling the recipe! I think my teenage son can take down half a batch himself no problem. 😄 They are so GOOD.
Let me know what you think if you try this recipe out for yourself!
Use chocolate chips and croissants to make the most epic bread pudding!
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?
Hi Monica! While we haven’t tried it, Nutella could work! The desired filling options are totally customizable. Enjoy!
Monica, O M G that sounds amazing! I love Nutella. I bet it will work.
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!
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
We haven’t tried using those, but we’re sure it would be yummy! I would follow the directions on the package for bake time. 🙂
Do you think wonton wrappers could be substituted for the pie crust?
Ya that could be great! Let us know 👍
I might try puff pastry sheets or shells instead of the pie crusts.
Nice! Let us know how it turns out!