Mini Pumpkin Pie Tarts have a crispy phyllo shell and a no-bake pumpkin cream cheese filling perfect for the holiday season.
Mini pumpkin pie tarts are made with mini muffin tins and are adorable individual desserts. Your family will fall in love with these little tarts.
First of all, I want to wish everyone in The USA a Happy Thanksgiving. I hope that you are surrounded by all of your family, friends, and loved ones today.
This recipe is being posted later than what I wanted to, but I didn’t have the time to make them when I wanted to. And what the heck I love eating pumpkin desserts at this time of year. Pumpkin is not just for Thanksgiving Day, right?
Plus the fact that I love mini desserts like this. They’re not only adorable, but they are fun to eat.
This fall I went to my niece’s wedding and instead of a wedding cake she had tiramisu shooters and mini macaroons. They were such a hit everybody was raving about them. It was the first wedding that I had such desserts.
The shell for these tarts are made out of phyllo dough. Each layer of the phyllo dough is brushed with butter and sprinkled with sugar. They are then put into mini muffin tins and baked until they are light brown and crisp.
The pumpkin pie filling is a no-bake filling made with pumpkin puree, cream cheese, whipping cream and spices. When they are served they are topped with a sweetened whipped cream.
I made these for a birthday dinner for our daughter and everyone loved them. I was lucky enough to get one for myself.
Looking for more mini dessert recipes, I hope you will try these mini pumpkin pie tarts.
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Mini Pumpkin Pie Tarts
Ingredients
Phyllo Shells
- 16 sheets phyllo dough
- 1/2 cup melted butter
- 2 1/2 tablespoons sugar
Pumpkin filling
- 4 ounces cream cheese
- 5 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 pinch cloves
- 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
- 1/2 cup whipping cream
Instructions
Phylo Shells
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Thaw one roll of phyllo sheets. Layer 8 sheets of the dough. As you layer the sheets brush each sheet with butter and sprinkle with sugar. Use a pizza cutter to cut into 12 equal squares
- Place them into mini muffin tins. Using your fingers press the sheets down into the tins. Repeat the procedure so that you have 24 cups total.
- Place them in the oven and bake for 11 to 13 minutes or until lightly browned and crispy. Cool the shells in the tins and remove.
Pumpkin Pie Filling
- Bring the cream cheese to room temperature. Beat the cream cheese until somewhat fluffy with an electric mixer. Beat in the sugar, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves. Add the pumpkin puree and beat in.
- In another bowl and clean beaters beat the whipping cream until stiff peak form. Add the whipped cream to the pumpkin mixture and mix until well combined.
- Divide the filling between the cooled shells. Serve with sweetened whipped cream.
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Crunchy filo layers and sweet creamy filling…a perfect combo!
Such a fun idea! I love both the flaky shells and that decadent pumpkin filling. Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! xo
They look and sound delectable! A delicious twist on pumpkin pie – I like these a lot better! Especially mixed with cream cheese. Irresistible.
Filo dough is magic! I also love that the pumpkin filling here comes together so quickly. Glad you got a bite of this one…I can see why they disappeared so quickly! 🙂
I made these for a party and they were a huge hit. Very simple to make and delicious. I made the shells and filling ~6 hours in advance of serving and assembled just before serving. I kept the filling in the fridge and this way the filling was a little more solid. I topped with canned whipped cream and a little walnut.
Hi Jennifer, I am so happy that you like these. The whipped cream and the walnut sound like great addition.