With these adorable Chocolate Chess Pie Tartlets, you lot tin relish Southern classic chess pie inwards bite-sized form. Perfect for an Easter, Mother's Day, or Christmas dessert buffet, a political party nutrient tray, or fifty-fifty for brunch! Not to mention, a sure piddling 5-year-old thinks they larn absolutely perfectly alongside a spot of tea.
I only adore little-bite desserts. Especially when they're every bit adorable {and tasty} every bit these piddling Chocolate Chess Pie Tartlets. Why create I dear little-bites then much, you lot ask? Because expert things come upwardly inwards small-scale packages! Or, inwards the illustration of these chocolate tartlets, great things come upwardly inwards small-scale packages.
I likewise dear the versatility of little-bite treats ...
This item batch of Chocolate Chess Pie Tartlets only then happened to hold out enjoyed at a tea party. As only about frequent readers of may know, my hubby together with I welcomed a 5-year-old piddling daughter into our trouble solid unit of measurement a few weeks agone {yay!}. We're loving beingness parents, together with loving all the fun that comes along alongside an active, imaginative, empty-headed piddling girl! As most piddling girls do, our Little Miss H. loves to play tea political party ... serving us a spot of imaginary tea most nights subsequently dinner land nosotros air current downwards watching only about TV.
Well, I decided to accept those imaginary tea parties to the side past times side level, together with concluding calendar week hosted a piddling real tea political party for Miss H. It was small-scale ... only us, my Mom, together with a friend of Miss H.'s together with her Mom. But the thrill it gave Little Miss H. was absolutely precious!
And the Chocolate Chess Pie Tartlets were a wonderful chocolaty process that went beautifully alongside our spot of tea. They're Little Miss H. tea-party-approved!
1. Why is it called 'Chess Pie?' ... together with ...
2. Why does the filling include cornmeal?
Because whatever 'good' Southerner volition say you lot that Chess Pie must include cornmeal to genuinely be Chess Pie.
As for the start question, at that spot seems to hold out no truthful consensus on where this classic dessert got it's name. Theories hit from the squall stemming from misunderstanding of the Southern accent ... to the pie often beingness enjoyed land gentlemen gathered to play chess {see Southern Living's fun explanation}.
On the 2nd question, it appears that cornmeal is used to aid thicken the pie's filling, land likewise mayhap lending a mitt inwards creating a flake of crispness inwards how the filling bakes upwardly on the top. Makes sense, I suppose.
Chocolate Chess Pie Tartlets tin hold out enjoyed plain, alongside a tiny dollop of whipped cream, or ... every bit I similar to serve them ... alongside a small-scale piping of Almond Cream Cheese Topping. The Almond Topping compliments the chocolate filling actually nicely.
Whether you lot relish them topped or patently ... for a party, brunch, or other occasion ... or no thing how you lot intend chess pie got it's squall ... ii things are for sure Chocolate Chess Pie Tartlets are sure enough proof that cracking things come upwardly inwards small-scale packages. And empty-headed piddling 5-year-olds intend they larn only fabulously with a spot of tea.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 c. granulated sugar
- 3 T. unsweetened cocoa
- 1 1/2 T. cornmeal
- 1 T. all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp. white vinegar
- 1/2 c. butter, melted
- pinch salt
- 3 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 5 packages frozen mini phyllo shells {total of lx shells}
- whipped cream OR almond cream cheese topping {recipe below} for garnish, optional
- Stir together sugar, cocoa, cornmeal, flour, vinegar, melted butter, together with tabular array salt until good combined. Add eggs, stirring well.
- Spoon close 1 heaping teaspoon of chocolate mixture into each mini phyllo shell together with house on an ungreased baking sheet.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes, or until only set. Cool completely. Store tartlets inwards an airtight container for upwardly to three days.
- {Optional} When laid upwardly to serve, piece of occupation past times alongside a small-scale point of whipped cream or pipage tops alongside a flake of almond cream cheese topping {see recipe below}.
Almond Cream Cheese Topping
Ingredients- 4 oz. cream cheese, softened
- 1 1/2 T. confectioners' saccharide
- 1/4 tsp. almond extract
- 1/3 c. Cool Whip
- Place cream cheese inwards a small-scale mixing bowl; cream alongside a fork. Add confectioners' saccharide together with almond extract; mix until good combined together with smooth. Fold inwards Cool Whip.
- Pipe onto Chocolate Chess Pie Tartlets.
Enjoy!
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