Nutella Tartlets

I thought it was such a cute and fun idea of her making Star Wars characters topping for her Star Wars fanatic dad!

Stuck in the house for two consecutive days due to snowstorm...other than painting, my Sweetpea and I have been baking like crazy!  At the same time, hubby is out of town and we always surprise him with a dessert as our "welcome home" gesture, although Sweetpea would always go the extra mile of making him homemade cards and little arts and crafts (she's good at it...I'm not!  And God bless her heart for being so thoughtful) but I'd rather stick to what's in the kitchen.  Brainstorming for the perfect dessert for this guy was a challenge because we can only work with what we have in hand (remember, we're stuck!) and it has to be with chocolate or Nutella (that's a huge deal!).  So after gathering all potential ingredients this Nutella Tartlets came to mind.  We thought they were so adorable that she even made them a "Star Wars" (hubby's fave) theme toppings out of black paper and toothpicks (told ya' this girl is so creative)!  And the best part, they were so good that we both scraped leftovers from the bowl, HA!


6 store-bought frozen mini tart shells, thawed
1cup half and half
1 tbsp cornstarch
1/2 cup Nutella (add more or less to your liking)
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
Chopped roasted hazelnuts or any nuts you have (we use peanuts)
Pinch of salt


Pre-bake your tartlets according to package direction.  Set aside.
In a bowl, whisk cornstarch and 1/2 cup of cream until incorporated.  On a small sauce pan add the rest of the cream, vanilla extract, Nutella and salt.  Then add cornstarch mixture into the pan and put
on stove top  and heat it up, stirring gently until it boils.  Continue stirring until sauce thickens, about
2 minutes.  Turn off heat, pour Nutella sauce on each tart shells all the way up.  Garnish with nuts.  Put in the fridge for an hour or so until firm.  Serve and enjoy!


Yield: 6 mini tartlets