Need a dessert for dinner guests who loves dark chocolate? Check out my recipe for Dark Chocolate Tart! It is no bake too. Creamy dark chocolate filling is whipped up in 5 minutes and poured into a pre-chilled dark chocolate graham crust. Super easy no bake dessert full of chocolate flavor. Before serving, garnish tart with Whipped Ganache Swirls. Easy dessert for chocolate lovers.

This dessert is so easy to make you will want to keep a dark chocolate bar, chocolate chips in your pantry at all times. You might also want to keep graham crackers and dark baking cocoa on hand. As these ingredients are used for this quick no bake chocolate tart.  If you don’t like dark chocolate try this White Chocolate Tart that is no bake too. 

Did You Know You Can Make Dark Chocolate Graham Crackers?

You don’t have to use Oreo or other Chocolate Cookies for an easy chocolate crust, instead opt for graham crackers with chocolate cocoa powder. For this 9″ tart I used 1-3/4 cup crushed graham crackers ( made with a food processor). 3 tablespoons dark brown sugar, and 1/2 cup organic unsweet cocoa powder. Melted butter mixed with all those ingredients makes a perfect dark chocolate graham cracker crust that does not have to be baked. 

When all ingredients are mixed together, just press into bottom and sides of a 9″ tart pan. My tart pan has a removable bottom for easy release of tart. 

How To Make This Dark Chocolate No Bake Tart

You will need a good dark chocolate candy bar for this recipe. Do not use chocolate chips as they will not melt nor taste good in this tart. You will also need heavy whipping cream. In addition, softened cream cheese and vanilla makes this filling delicious. Any 72% cocoa candy bar makes the best flavored chocolates if you can’t find the Milk Boy brand in your area.

For the crust, you will need to make a chocolate graham cracker crust or purchase one. I have the recipe below for home made chocolate graham cracker crust made with a food processor. Easy and so good, for this recipe you will need cocoa powder, graham crackers, dark brown sugar and melted butter. Once processed or throughly mixed the crumbs are pressed into a 9″ springform tart pan.  Use the back of a measuring cup to help pack the crumbs evenly into pan’s bottom and sides. Then off to the frig for a good chill. No baking required. If you want to bake your crust, bake at 300 for 5 minutes.

For the filling, heat 1/4 cup heavy cream in microwave safe mixing bowl about 35 seconds. Remove from microwave and add chopped pieces of the dark chocolate candy bar. Allow to sit for about 5 minutes. Stir until melted. In a large mixing bowl beat cream cheese until smooth , add confectioner’s sugar and vanilla. Whip until smooth and creamy, add melted chocolate. Add whipping cream and continue mixing until stiff peaks form. Pour into chilled chocolate crust. Return to refrigerator to chill 3 hours. Right before serving make ganache and pipe on top of chocolate filling. I used a large swirl tip like 1 M.

Chill time for this tart is a total of 4 hours for firm slices and pretty presentation.

Are there Filling and Crust Options?

Yes, this is a very versatile recipe. You can use regular graham crackers instead of chocolate or use shortbread butter cookies for the crust. For the filling, you can use dark chocolate or milk chocolate candy bars just make sure it has a 70% cocoa butter for dark chocolate. White chocolate has to have at least 20% butter fat to melt properly.

“White chocolate isn’t actually chocolate at all. That’s because it doesn’t contain any cocoa solids. Instead, it’s made up of cocoa butter (the yellow fat extracted from the cocoa bean), sugar and milk solids.” That is why you need a good quality chocolate bar for best flavor.

You can also make the filling milk chocolate and add a layer of ganache over the chilled milk chocolate. Use a milk chocolate bar instead of the white chocolate. Get creative and make this recipe your own. Caramel drizzle would be great as well as brickle sprinkled over whipped cream swirls.  I think the ganache swirls are so rich and pretty they don’t need to be garnished. 

Here’s The Recipe for No Bake Dark Chocolate Tart

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