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In these Chocolate Pecan Tassies a flakey, cream cheese crust holds the perfect amount of chocolate pecan pie goodness! 

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These Chocolate Pecan Tassies are like mini pecan pies with a cream cheese crust! Based on my great-grandmother's recipe!

When in doubt add chocolate!

From my first bite of sugar I have loved chocolate! That epic, life-changing moment when my mom put a three tier chocolate cake in front of me at 1 Years Old evolved into an obsession! Not a casual “I have chocolate sometimes” kind of obsession but a “must impose strict chocolate rules” kind of obsession.

These Chocolate Pecan Tassies are like mini pecan pies with a cream cheese crust! Based on my great-grandmother's recipe!
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No chocolate before noon. 2:00 if I’m really good!

No chocolate after 8PM <– this never happens

No eating chocolate straight from the bag.

No chocolate on the couch…umm…oops.

{It should be noted, parenthetically, that I strive to follow one of these rules at all times!}

In the midst of a chocolate frenzy several months ago I wondered what would happen if I added chocolate to my great-grandmother’s pecan tassies. Magic!

Chocolate pecan magic is what happens!

These Chocolate Pecan Tassies are like mini pecan pies with a cream cheese crust! Based on my great-grandmother's recipe!

All the pecan pie flavors you love with a little hint of chocolate!

The cream cheese crust is divine with the hint of chocolate and brown sugar pecan pie filling! You will love these sweet treats all year round! The date on the calendar never stopped my great-grandmother from sending me home with several dozen.

No ma’am. Tassies are a year round thing. Only now I’ll have to choose between the original and CHOCOLATE. Much like during the Holidays I have to decide if I’d rather have a slice of bourbon pecan pie or the best pecan pie!

These Chocolate Pecan Tassies are like mini pecan pies with a cream cheese crust! Based on my great-grandmother's recipe!

Save any leftover pecans you have and make a batch of my Snowball Cookies Recipe. You could even serve them together on a cookie tray, it’d be visually diverse with a sprinkling of pecan throughout! Perfection.

These Chocolate Pecan Tassies are like mini pecan pies with a cream cheese crust! Based on my great-grandmother's recipe!
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Chocolate Pecan Tassies

In these Chocolate Pecan Tassies a flakey, cream cheese crust holds the perfect amount of chocolate pecan pie goodness! Perfect for a Christmas tray or a sweet treat for you!
Prep: 30 minutes
Cook: 25 minutes
Total: 55 minutes
Servings: 24 Cookies

Ingredients 
 

For the Shells:

For the Filing:

Instructions 

Make the Shells:

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F.
  • Sift flour into a medium sized bowl. Cut butter into small cubes and add to flour. Add the cream cheese and cut the butter and cheese into the flour with two knives or a pastry blender. Continue until the dough holds together. Since we aren’t adding any additional liquid, you’ll want to continue to blend way past the stage at which you would normally stop with a pie crust.
  • Gather the crust into a ball and divide into 24 little pieces. I used a kitchen scale and a board scraper to speed up the task. I’ve also done it by eyeballing it. If any piece is too small you can steal from a larger neighbor. The filling will leak out if the dough is too thin in the tins.
  • Press each piece into one cup of a miniature muffin tin to create a little crust.

To make the Filling:

  • Mix egg, vanilla, sugar and butter together until no lumps remain; stir in pecans.

To assemble the Pecan Tassies:

  • Sprinkle a ¼ teaspoon (not rounded) of mini chips in the bottom of each shell. Pour the filling into each cup until the filling is just below the top rim of the shell.
  • Sprinkle a few pecans on the top of each tassie.
  • Bake in preheated oven for 24-25 minutes.
  • Let cool in the pan completely before removing. Twist and lift to remove!

Nutrition

Calories: 122kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 22mg | Sodium: 20mg | Potassium: 40mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 192IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 15mg | Iron: 1mg
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Calories: 122
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These Chocolate Pecan Tassies are like mini pecan pies with a cream cheese crust! Based on my great-grandmother's recipe!

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  1. 5 stars
    These were well received! Thank you for offering the chocolate version of pecan tassies! I used 4 Ghirardelli 60% Cacao Bittersweet Chocolate Chips in the bottom of each tart instead of mini chips. Keeping this recipe for Christmases to come!

  2. I also made these tasty filled treats & I loved every bite! I also used white spelt flour in these!
    They were divine! 🙂 xx

    1. I’m so glad you liked them, Sophie! And good to know that spelt flour will also work! A little bit of healthy never hurts!