I think people are divided when it comes to peppermint flavour. Some love it, some would never opt for it and there are others like me who won’t mind when it is paired with chocolate. Tell you a secret" This peppermint and dark chocolate tart is actually a double chocolate tart in disguise with the base being white chocolate and the roses made of chocolate fudge buttercream. So if you are a true chocolate lover (and may not love peppermint) you will love this tart.

The peppermint filling in this tart is just melt, pour and set. The tart base is store bought. You could of course bake your own using this recipe. These tart bases are inexpensive and I usually store a few in my pantry for days when I’m visiting a friend or am invited to an occasion and expected to take dessert (almost always). Then I can skip the baking part and just play around with the fillings. The chocolate buttercream is enough to cover up the entire tart. If you’re going to use it to only pipe a border like me, you could halve the recipe or use the leftover buttercream to frost cupcakes. It is absolutely delicious!

If you’d like to skip the roses, you could go that way too. Instead generous shavings of dark chocolate will work equally well.

Peppermint and Chocolate Tart
Makes a 6 inch round tart

One 6 inch tart base (home made or store bought)
100 ml heavy cream
225 g white chocolate melts
1/4 tsp peppermint extract
1-2 drops mint green foo...