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Peanut Cluster Tarts
Your family will go nutty over these yummy Christmas clusters!
Prep time: 25 min.
Baking time: 30 min.
Decoration time: 10 min.
Difficulty: Easy
What you'll need:
- 1 bag SNICKERS® Brand FUN SIZE®
- 1 15-oz. box pre-rolled refrigerated pie crust (2-pie crust per box)
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup light corn syrup
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 8 pecan halves
- 1 cup whipped topping or whipped cream
- 8 3-3/4-inch tart pans
- Cookie sheet
What to do:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cut each pie crust circle into quarters. Reshape the dough into rounds, and press one piece of dough into each of the eight tart pans. Place on a cookie sheet; set aside.
- Unwrap and chop 8 (approximately 1 cup) SNICKERS® Brand FUN SIZE®
- ; set aside. Whisk together the eggs, sugar, corn syrup and melted butter until smooth. Stir in the chopped pecans and chopped SNICKERS® Brand FUN SIZE®. Divide the mixture equally between the tart pans.
- Bake the tarts for 25-30 minutes, or until bubbly or golden brown.
- Transfer the tarts to a wire rack, and let cool completely before removing from the pans.
- Before serving, cut 2 unwrapped SNICKERS® Brand FUN SIZE® into 4 pieces each. Decorate each tart with a dollop of whipped cream, a pecan half and a SNICKERS® Brand FUN SIZE® piece.
TIP: This recipe also can be made as a 9-inch tart. Just line a tart pan with one pie crust circle, and fill it with the pecan & caramel mixture. Bake in a 350-degree oven for 45 minutes, or until bubbly or golden brown. Cool before decorating with eight dollops of cream, a pecan half and a SNICKERS® Brand FUN SIZE® piece.
Makes 8 tarts.
