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    Home » Desserts » Cookies, Pies & Tarts » Healthy Chocolate Tart

    Healthy Chocolate Tart

    Jul 21, 2021 · Updated: Jan 23, 2023 by Dee Dine · Affliate links disclosure.

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    A healthy chocolate tart with a light chocolate mousse made of two ingredients, a flaky crust and takes only minutes to make!
    Avocado Chocolate Tart

    This easy chocolate tart recipe is made without cream, with the filling being only chocolate and avocado. This creates a melt-in-your-mouth chocolate ganache that is easy to pipe, creamy and so nutritious.

    I used tart pans with removable bottoms for this recipe. I made this recipe in two 10-inch tart pans, but you can probably use a single 14-inch rectangular tart pan or even a round one.

    Table of Contents
    • How Healthy Is This Chocolate Tart?
    • Ingredients You'll Need
    • Steps to Make
    • Q&A
    • A Tip To Remove Tarts Successfully from Pans
    • Other Dairy-Free Pies and Tarts You'll Love
    • Healthy Chocolate Tart

    This recipe is so easy to make but in this post further down, I share one crucial tip on how to remove the crust unbroken from the pan. Because tarts, unlike pies, are served outside of their baking pan.

    How Healthy Is This Chocolate Tart?

    Just about every ingredient in this tart is nutritionally sound, as well as dairy-free, gluten-free and vegan.

    Did you know that the avocado is of value to just about every body process? [source] Quality chocolate is also nutritious, rich in fiber and magnesium. And dates provide iron. There are other nutritious ingredients in this recipe as well. I'll list them all for you below.

    Avocado Chocolate Tart

    Ingredients You'll Need

    For the crust, you need:

    oat and almond flour: You can use all oat flour if you want to keep it nut-free, or all almond flour although reduce by ½ cup if you do.

    dairy-free milk: Use your favorite

    vegan butter: I use Earth Balance brand

    maple syrup: Don't skip this, it's the binder

    vanilla: Yum.

    chocolate avocado tart steps

    For the avocado chocolate filling, you need:

    avocados: Ripe and soft are best.

    chocolate chips: I used Enjoylife semis-sweet mini chips brand

    date paste: Make it yourself by blending Medjool dates with water. I normally make a cup; use ½ for the recipe and refrigerate the remaining ½ cup for a week for another recipe.

    Also add fun ingredients like vanilla and salt.

    chocolate avocado tart steps

    Steps to Make

    Here is a run-down of my chocolate tart recipe however, you can find a detailed recipe card with more instructions at the end of this post!

    Step 1: Preheat oven to 350°F. Prepare pans by rubbing butter on the bottom and sides of two 10-inch tart pans, and dust with flour. A 14-inch rectangular tart pan would also work.

    Step 2: Make date paste. You'll need ½ cup but that's too little to blend, so make 1 cup by blending up 12 dates with ⅔ cup of water. To prepare the dates for blending, boil them for 3 minutes prior to pitting and blending.

    Step 3: Make The Crust. Use a blender or food processor to combine the crust ingredients. Stop as soon as the mixture is crumbly. If it's too dry, add more milk; too wet, add more flour. Aim for the texture in my images.

    Step 4: Press the crust into the coated pans, pushing up the sides with your fingers. (Video coming soon!) Bake the crust for 18 minutes.

    Step 5: Make the chocolate avocado filling. Peel and pit the avocados. Melt the chocolate chips in a pyrex measuring cup in the microwave at 1 minute. Stir and microwave again for 10 seconds if unmelted chips remain. Stir in the date paste, vanilla extract and salt until combined. Add the avocados, and put mixture in a blender. Process until creamy.

    Step 6: Pipe the chocolate mixture into the baked yet cooled crust. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours, or until firm. Serve chilled. The tart can be frozen fully-assembled for about 3 weeks as long as it is wrapped in an air-tight way. Or refrigerate it uncovered for 3 days.

    Avocado Chocolate Tart

    Q&A

    What is the difference between pie and tart?
    Pie crusts are thin, and formed, baked and served in a pie pan. A tart crust is more cookie-like and tarts are often made in a tart pan, removed from it and served on a dish.

    Why did my chocolate tart not set?
    The beauty of an avocado chocolate tart is that avocado will always help your tart filling set. Unlike dairy fillings which may or may not have issues solidifying.

    Can you freeze chocolate tarts?
    An avocado chocolate tart can be frozen if wrapped in a sealed container for about 3 weeks before it begins to dry.

    Are Tarts French?
    The word "tarte" is of French origin and describes a pie-like dessert that has no cover, according to Wikipedia.

    A Tip To Remove Tarts Successfully from Pans

    If you have ever have trouble with removing a tart shell from a tart pan, I have a tip for you.

    PRO-tip: Grease and flour the tart pan even if it has a removable bottom. And be sure to remove the crust before you fill it. It's harder to remove it with the filling in it.

    And here is how:

    1. Rub the inside of the tart pan with butter, using your finger to be sure the flutes get greased.

    2. Then, add to the pan a few tablespoons of flour - it can be the same flour you baked with. Tip the pan to and fro to get that dusting everywhere!

    3. Finally tip it over the sink - but don't let the removable bottom fall off! - and give it a tap to release any loose clumps of flour. Now proceed with the recipe. I guarantee you that crust will lift right out.

    Avocado Chocolate Tart

    Other Dairy-Free Pies and Tarts You'll Love

    Easy Chocolate Cream Pie
    Chocolate Tart Recipe
    Chocolate Ganache Tart
    Chocolate Mousse Tart
    Vegan Chocolate Pie
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    Avocado Chocolate Tart

    Healthy Chocolate Tart

    Created by Dee Dine
    A healthy chocolate tart with a light chocolate mousse made of two ingredients, a flaky crust and takes only minutes to make!
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Cook Time 18 mins
    Total Time 28 mins
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American
    Servings 16
    Calories 342 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 2 cups almond flour
    • 1 ¾ cup oat flour or more almond flour
    • 2 tablespoon dairy free milk
    • ⅔ cup butter (I used vegan Earthbalance)
    • 2 tablespoon maple syrup
    • ½ teaspoon vanilla

    Chocolate Filling Ingredients:

    • 3 medium avocados
    • 2 cups chocolate chips
    • ½ cup date paste Make easily by blending dates and water; I provide homemade recipe below
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • pinch salt

    Equipment

    • 2 10-inch rectangular tart pans
    • 1 open star piping tip
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    Instructions
     

    Prep

    • Preheat oven to 350°F.
    • Prepare pans by rubbing butter on the bottom and sides of two 10-inch tart pans, and dust with flour. A 14-inch rectangular tart pan would also work.
      Avocado Chocolate Tart
    • Make date paste. You'll need ½ cup but that's too little to blend, so make 1 cup by blending up 12 dates with ⅔ cup of water. To prepare the dates for blending, boil them for 3 minutes prior to pitting and blending.
      Avocado Chocolate Tart

    Make The Crust

    • Use a blender or food processor to combine the crust ingredients. Stop as soon as the mixture is crumbly. If it's too dry, add more milk; too wet, add more flour. Aim for texture in my images.
      2 cups almond flour, 1 ¾ cup oat flour or more almond flour, 2 tablespoon dairy free milk, ⅔ cup butter, 2 tablespoon maple syrup, ½ teaspoon vanilla
      Avocado Chocolate Tart
    • Press the crust into the coated pans, pushing up the sides. Poke the bottoms with a fork so the crust doesn't bubble up as it bakes.
      Avocado Chocolate Tart
    • Bake the crust for 18 minutes.
      Avocado Chocolate Tart
    • When it's ready, remove from oven and sit the pan on a wire rack to cool to room temperature - about 30 minutes. You can refrigerate the pan if you want to speed the cooling process up.
      Do not remove the tart from the pan yet or it will break. If the bottom has bubbled up at all, gentle press flat while it is still warm with the bottom of silver measuring cup or other flat bottle.
    • After the crust cools, remove the shells from their pans, set on parchment-lined cookie sheets or serving trays. Refrigerate the shells while you make the filling.

    Make The Chocolate Ganache Filling

    • Peel and core the avocados.
      3 medium avocados
    • Melt the chocolate chips in a pyrex measuring cup in the microwave at 1 minute. Stir and microwave again for 10 seconds if unmelted chips remain.
      2 cups chocolate chips
    • Stir in the date paste, vanilla extract and salt until combined.
      ½ cup date paste, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, pinch salt
    • Add the avocados, and put mixture in a blender. Process until creamy. Taste-test here. Depending on the brand of chips you use, you may need to sweeten it more at this point. To sweeten, add a tablespoon of date paste at at time, process and taste again until you are happy with the flavor.
      3 medium avocados
      Avocado Chocolate Tart

    Remove & Fill Tart Crust

    • When the chocolate filling is ready, it is time to fill the tart.
    • If you haven't yet, remove the tart crust by pressing upward on the center (removable) panel, and gently transfer it to a cookie sheet.
    • Add filling to a piping bag with tip. I used a large open star tip. Here is the brand I used.
      Avocado Chocolate Tart
    • Pipe the chocolate mixture into the baked yet cooled crust. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours, or until firm.
      Avocado Chocolate Tart
    • Serve chilled.

    Store

    • The tart can be frozen fully-assembled for about 3 weeks as long as it is wrapped in an air-tight way. Or refrigerate it uncovered for 3 days.

    Video

     

    Notes

    Tips to remove from tart pan successfully:
    1. Rub the inside of the tart pan with butter, using your finger to be sure the flutes get greased.
    2. Then, add to the pan a few tablespoons of flour - it can be the same flour you baked with. Tip the pan to and fro to get that dusting everywhere!
    3. Finally tip it over the sink - but don't let the removable bottom fall off! - and give it a tap to release any loose clumps of flour. Add your crust ant bake.
    4. Be sure to remove the crust before you fill it. It's harder to remove it with the filling in it.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 342kcalCarbohydrates: 25gProtein: 5gFat: 28gSaturated Fat: 11gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 20mgSodium: 71mgPotassium: 224mgFiber: 6gSugar: 16gVitamin A: 299IUVitamin C: 4mgCalcium: 73mgIron: 2mg
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