16 Sweet and Savory Tarts for Holidays and Special Occasions
Tarts can bring color, texture, and plenty of flavor to any table. These 16 sweet and savory tarts include fruit-filled desserts, rich chocolate favorites, creamy cheese tarts, and vegetable-packed savory options. They’re perfect for holidays, brunches, dinner parties, or casual gatherings. With elegant full-size tarts and easy individual treats, there’s a recipe here for nearly every occasion.
Authentic Canadian Butter Tarts
Butter Tarts are a quintessential Canadian dessert that vaguely resemble the interior of pecan pie. They are made individually, and can be enjoyed plain or with walnuts, raisins, or chocolate chips. This recipe is a family secret from my Canadian aunt that I am sharing with you!
Mini Chocolate Tarts
Chocolate Tartlets are the ultimate treat for any celebration or even just because you have a hankering for a dessert that’s decadent and delicious.
Meyer Lemon Curd Tart with Toasted Almond Crust
Lemon lovers, rejoice! Stop searching! You have found my most lemony of all my lemon desserts. This Meyer lemon curd tart features a creamy, sweet lemon filling and a crisp, buttery toasted almond crust. It’s one of my favorite desserts to bring to a dinner party or special occasion, as the refreshing citrus notes hit just right after a big meal.
Peach and pistachio tart
This peach and pistachio tart is a delicious summer dessert combining soft, sweet peach, a pistachio frangipane and a crisp base. And yes, it’s as good as it looks.
Strawberry Custard Tart
With a simple buttery shortbread cookie crust and an easy, creamy vanilla pastry cream custard filling, this strawberry custard tart is the perfect dessert for any occasion.
Blueberry Lemon Tart
This summer Blueberry Lemon Tart is sweet, tangy and made with an easy shortbread crust. You’ll love this dessert for the 4th of July, Labor Day and summer BBQs.
Broccoli Tart with Brown Rice Crust
This simple Broccoli Tart is made with an easy brown rice crust for a delicious and healthy gluten free meal. Packed with protein and veggies, it’s a perfect recipe for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
Savory Carrot Tart
Are you craving comfort food? Let’s bake an Argentinean vegan savory carrot tart—one of the easiest and best dinner tart recipes out there!
Savory cranberry and cheese tart
This savory cranberry and cheese tart is a great way to use Thanksgiving leftovers in a delicious new way – sweet and savory, it’s easy and so good.
Hokkaido Cheese Tart
The fantastic Hokkaido Cheese Tart is a rich and creamy baked cheese tart. Combining mascarpone, cream cheese, and Parmesan cheese in the tangy custard filling. These tarts are so delicious and addictive that they sell at a rate of one per second worldwide, according to the Hokkaido website!
Sweet Potato Tart
My incredible, decadent sweet potato tart is a tasty combination of creamy sweet potato filling inside of a sweet shortcrust pastry! Top it all off with a marshmallow meringue topping for a simply stunning holiday dessert!
Pear and Pistachio Cream Tart Recipe
This decadent Pear and Pistachio Cream Tart Recipe features a flaky, sweet Linzer pastry crust topped with a tantalizing pistachio cream filling and topped with colorful braised pears and candied pistachios. Absolutely a to-die-for dessert!
Pumpkin Pecan Tart
This pumpkin pecan tart combines your favorite holiday desserts into one delicious, sweet, and decadent pastry! It is filled with a pumpkin pie filling and then topped with a sweet pecan mixture! Perfect for the holidays, family gatherings, or just because- you’ll love this dessert no matter what the occasion is!
Chocolate Ganache Tarts
These chocolate ganache tarts feature an Oreo cookie shell with a rich decadent filling. The mini tarts are topped with luscious whipped cream, chocolate shavings and dark red cherries. A unique Black Forest dessert!
Apple Cranberry Tart
This Apple Cranberry Tart is the perfect balance of sweet and tart, featuring a crisp oatmeal crust and a filling of fresh apples and whole cranberries with a hint of cinnamon. With its texture similar to a granola bar, it’s versatile enough to enjoy for breakfast or dessert. It’s a wholesome treat that’s both satisfying and delicious.
Blackberry Tart
This blackberry tart is easy-to-make. Loaded with fresh blackberries in a short crust tart shell and topped with toasted coconut & lime zest! The flavors come together to really highlight how delicious the fresh, plump blackberries are! This is one of those desserts that you wait all year for the perfect berries to be in season.
