Bite-sized fall flavors? Yes please! These Mini Blueberry Salted Caramel Tarts are the perfect party treat for the season, with homemade blueberry caramel mousse in a graham cracker crust.
Ingredients
Tart Crust:
- 2 Cups graham cracker crumbs
- 1 Tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar
- 7 Tablespoons melted butter
Salted Caramel Sauce:
- 1 Cup granulated sugar
- 6 Tablespoons butter, divided into 5-6 pieces
- 1/2 Cup heavy cream
- 1 Teaspoon sea salt
Mousse Filling:
- 1 Cup heavy cream
- 1 Envelope plain gelatin
- 1/4 Cup cold water
- 1/4 Cup hot water
- 1/4 Cup caramel sauce
- 1 Cup Wish Farms blueberries
- 1/2 Teaspoon coarse sea salt
Directions
Tart Crust
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
- In a bowl, combine graham cracker crumbs, brown sugar, granulated sugar, and melted butter. Mix until crumbs are fully moist and can be packed down together.
- In a lined mini muffin tin, scoop about 1 tablespoon of crust and pat down.
- Bake crusts for 5-8 minutes.
- Remove from oven and set aside.
Salted Caramel Sauce
- Add sugar to a saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly with a wood spoon to avoid burning sugar. Cook sugar until it is thick and amber-colored.
- Add butter in and carefully stir immediately.
- After butter has been added, slowly pour heavy cream into caramel, stirring constantly. Once cream has been added, let caramel boil for a minute, then remove from heat.
- Stir in salt, then let caramel cool (caramel will thicken as it cools down).
Blueberry Caramel Mousse
- In a bowl, dissolve gelatin in cold water. Let mixture sit for a few minutes to thicken.
- Add hot water to bowl to melt thickened gelatin. Set aside to cool.
- In a bowl, whip cream until stiff, then add gelatin mixture and stir.
- Add in caramel sauce and blueberries, and mix.
Assembling the tarts
- Using a piping bag, pipe caramel on top of tart crust.
- Using a spoon or piping bag, add a dollop of mousse to each tart crust.
- Drizzle with caramel sauce.
- Sprinkle with coarse sea salt and blueberries.