This 5 ingredient no-bake chocolate tart is easy to make for dessert any week night and impressive enough to serve company!
I have an easy no-bake dessert for you for Valentine’s Day: A Chocolate Strawberry Ganache Tart with a Chocolate Cookie Crust!
If you’re not familiar with ganache, it’s a rich, decadent mixture of melted chocolate and cream. The ratio of chocolate to cream varies in ganache, depending on how you use it~ for truffles, fillings, glazes, or whipped as frosting. Because it’s just two ingredients, you want to use good quality chocolate and full fat, heavy cream, no substituting with light cream or half and half.The higher the fat content of the cream, the richer and more stable the finished ganache will be.
This no-bake chocolate ganache tart requires only 4 ingredients~ 5, if you add berries on top, and is easy to make! It’s impressive enough to serve company, can be made ahead and a splurge-worthy dessert! You only need a small sliver (not the size of the slice as pictured :) to satisfy your inner chocoholic!
No-Bake Strawberry Chocolate Ganache Tart with Chocolate Cookie Crust
Makes an 11″ tart
Chocolate Cookie Crust:
I package Oreos (or similar chocolate sandwich cookies, about 36)
1 /2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted
To make crust: Add Oreos to bowl of a food processor and pulse until fine crumbs. Transfer crumbs to a medium bowl, add melted butter and mix until well combined. Press the mixture onto the bottom and up the sides of an 11-inch tart pan. Tip: Use the sides and bottom of a measuring cup to help press crumbs evenly into sides and bottom of tart pan. Place crust in the refrigerator to chill and firm for 1 hour before adding filling.
Ganache Filling:
(3) 4 oz bars Premium Chocolate Baking Bars, Semi-Sweet or Bittersweet, (I used Ghirardelli and a combination of both semi-sweet and bittersweet)
1 1/2 Cups Heavy Cream
To Make Ganache filling:
Coarsely chop chocolate bars and place in a heat proof bowl. In a small saucepan, bring cream just to a boil over medium-high heat. Pour heavy cream over chocolate and let stand for 2-3 minutes, until chocolate has softened. Slowly whisk the mixture until smooth and chocolate is melted. Pour filling into prepared cookie crust. Place in fridge until set, about 4 – 6 hours or overnight.
When ganache is set, you can top your chocolate tart with strawberries, raspberries, chocolate shavings, or flaky sea salt. I added some sliced strawberries and drizzled with some additional melted chocolate.
No-Bake Strawberry Chocolate Ganache Tart with Chocolate Cookie Crust
Equipment
- food processor
- 11 inch tart pan with removeable bottom
Ingredients
Chocolate Cookie Crust:
- I package Oreos or similar chocolate sandwich cookies, about 36
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted
Ganache Filling:
- (3) 4 oz. Ghirardelli Premium Baking Bars, Semi-Sweet and/or Bittersweet, (use the combination to suit to your taste)
- 1 1/2 Cups Heavy Cream
Ganache Topping
- 1 pint sliced strawberries
- additional melted chocolate for drizzle if desired
Instructions
To Make Crust: Add Oreos (including the cream filling) to bowl of a food processor and pulse until fine crumbs.
- Transfer crumbs to a medium bowl, add melted butter and mix until well combined.
- Press the mixture onto the bottom and up the sides of an 11 -inch tart pan.
- Tip: Use the sides and bottom of a measuring cup to press crumbs evenly into sides and along bottom of tart pan.
- Place crust in the refrigerator to firm for 1 hour before adding filling.
To Make Ganache filling:
- Coarsely chop chocolate bars and place in a heat proof bowl. In a small saucepan, bring cream just to a boil over medium-high heat.
- Pour heavy cream over chocolate and let stand for 2-3 minutes, until chocolate has softened.
- Slowly whisk the mixture until smooth and chocolate is melted and shiny.
- Pour filling into prepared cookie crust. Place in fridge until set, about 4 - 6 hours or overnight.
- When ganache is set, top chocolate tart with strawberries, raspberries, chocolate shavings, salted caramel or flaky sea salt if desired.
Notes
- Add sliced strawberries just prior to serving as cut strawberries will weep onto surface of ganache filling.
- Because ganache is just two ingredients, you want to use good quality chocolate and full fat heavy cream. The higher the fat content of the cream, the richer and more stable the finished ganache will be. This is a rich and decadent chocolate tart, but you only need a small sliver to satisfy your inner chocoholic.
- Drizzle additional melted chocolate over strawberries and surface of tart if desired.
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Flatware / Vintage
Wilton 11 inch tart pan / Amazon
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Yum.m.m.m….just in time for breakfast! Delicious!!!
Can’t wait to try this tart recipe – Yum! Happy Valentine’s Day!
OOOO-LA-LA!!!!!!!!!!!! Looks wonderful!💗
Looks divine. Can’t wait to try it! 😊
Oh yum, Mary! Your tart looks so beautiful and easy, too. I’m so sorry, I know a little slice would satisfy my sweet tooth, but I could eat the slice that’s pictured!
No calories right? Very swoon worthy Mary!
Mary, This looks easy and delicious and so pretty ~~ the perfect dessert ~~ and the strawberries add the healthy finishing touch! :) Linda
Looks SO delish, now I’ll have to buy a tart pan! Strawberries are my husbands favorite fruit and we both LOVE chocolate so this is a winner for sure! Thanks Mary. (Really love the vintage forks also.)
Somebody is lobbying for something….hmmmm…..franki
I will definitely make this tart. Again, I love the rose petal ice cubes.
Looks beautiful and delicious! Now I know what dessert I will be taking to the Valentine’s dinner party we just got invited to! (…and I love that this can be made the day before too!) Thank you for sharing a fabulous recipe once again!
Mary, the tart looks delicious. My hubby loves Oreos, so this would definitely be a hit with him.
Thanks again for a simple and delicious recipe, my mouth is watering.
Wow! You are making us so hungry!
Mouth watering! Gosh that looks good!
Oh yea, I’d have a slice (or two) of that:@) It looks great Mary!
Beautiful! Will try!
~Mary~
Oh my goodness, I think I gained 5pounds just looking at the pictures !! I will definitely be making this tart !!
Paula
IN
You had me at 4 or 5 ingredients and no bake!! What a great Valentine dessert. Love this!!! Thanks as always Mary.
Oh NUM, thats looks the best—will have to do it for a dinner we are having in March. Grins and thanks, Sandi
YUMMY!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Beautiful and decadent. I’ll be making this. Thanks, Mary.
That looks amazing! I’m so going to make this for Valentines’s Day!
Love the china!
Nancy
Such a beautiful tart! Chocolate is always a good idea! Thanks for joining Home Sweet Home!
This looks awesome – especially because it’s no bake. I assume the whole cookie is used – not just the top and bottom with the filling discarded? I wondered because the crust looks so nice and dark – without a trace of the creamy white cookie insides.
This looks so professional… and the Oreo crust 👌🏼
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Will this be good if i bake it 2 nights ahead of the time i want to serve it? Should i cover it in the fridge?
Hi, Yes you can make it ahead and cover. Wait and add the strawberries and additional chocolate drizzle prior to serving. Enjoy!
One of the best desserts I’ve had in a long time, thanks Mary!
I’ve made this before and it’s amazing. Strawberries or your favorite berried on top. Just delish. Thank you
Is it possible to freeze it without the strawberries just the ganache and tart
Do you mean actual Oreo cookies with the white cream filling? Got a bit confused and want to make it tonite. Thanks
Yes, 1 package Oreos (or similar chocolate sandwich cookies, about 36).
I made this for Valentine’s Day & it was a winner for me & my family! Thanks for sharing this with us!
Thanks for letting me know Betty! Glad it was a hit❣️
Question: I wasn’t able to find the semi-sweet Ghirardelli bars, but I did find 12 ounces of baking chips. Will these work ok?
Hi Sue, Chocolate chip morsels have added stabilizers to help them hold their shape when baked into cookies. You can use any semi-sweet or bittersweet bar, like Lindt if you can’t find Ghirardelli. You might find them with the chocolate candy in the grocery store if you can’t find them on the baking aisle. My Target as well as Walmart sells Ghirardelli.
Can I put strawberries on bottom before chocolate?