Chocolate Caramel Pecan Tarte

Chocolate Caramel Pecan Tarte

                                                   



Have you ever found something in your pantry and thought...'Time to see what I can do with this'? Well, this past weekend, that was me. I had those little individually wrapped caramels, 2 bags of them sitting there staring at me. I'm not a fan of them on their own, but had purchased them for some holiday baking that didn't end up occurring.

With the bags of caramels on the counter, it was time to root through the rest of the pantry to see what could be found. On several of the blogs and facebook pages I follow, there have been many tarts about lately. I figured, why not give it a try.

Armed with some items I figured would be really tasty as well as use up some 'extras' I had on hand, it was time to get cooking.

Pantry Items:

Caramels (2 small packages, about 40 pieces, unwrapped)
Oreo crumbs(2 cups)
Pecans(1/4 cup crushed, plus a few whole for decoration)

Other:

Cream (3/4 cup + 2 tbsp)
Butter (1/4cup melted)
Chocolate Chips (1/4cup)

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees, mix together Oreo crumbs and melted butter.  Push into a 9inch tarte pan spreading to cover the base and up the sides of the pan. Pop into the oven and bake for 8 minutes, to set the base of the tart. Let cool.

The caramels can be taken care of 1 of 2 ways, microwave or double boiler,  mixed with 3/4cup of cream. When caramels are completely melted and bubbling, pour into tarte shell, and top with pecans.

Letting the caramel cool, Melt the chocolate chips and remaining cream together. Using a spoon or a ziplock bag with thecorcer cut out, drizzle the chocolate over the tarte.

Refrigerate for 1-2 hours and serve.

Rich and delicious.

Give it a try and let me know what you think!

xo Jenn