This is the ultimate after diner treat for those who live by the credo that there’s no such thing as too sweet.
I love Donna Hay, I love her recipes and I especially love her dessert and baked recipes. They are doable and punch way above their weight in terms of effort versus result.
At my Easter brunch this year, when I catered for several thousand rather than my actual guest list of family, I made this tart as the token chocolate dish. I always expect people to be ‘chocolated out’ at Easter events and I am always proved wrong. In my experience chocolate anything is always the first to vanish from a dessert smorgasbord.
This is a super easy, do ahead number that doesn’t even require you to make pastry. Winner! Naturally home-made pastry will look and taste better than the shop-bought stuff but I didn’t hear a single complaint…
Cut this tart into elegantly thin slivers as it is rich. And sweet. And you will want all your friends and family to try it.
Gather:
380g can sweetened condensed milk
200g dark chocolate, chopped
1 sheet store-bought shortcrust pastry, thawed
2 tablespoons golden syrup
60g butter
2 tablespoons pouring cream
Let’s get to it:
Preheat oven to 200°C and spray a 20cm fluted loose-bottomed round tart tin with non-stick spray.
Place pastry in tin, gently prick with fork, line with non-stick baking paper, fill with baking weights and blind bake for 13 minutes. Remove the baking paper and weights and bake for another 10 minutes or until light golden. Set aside to cool. (You can do up to here a day or so in advance – keep the shell in an airtight container in a cool, dark place.
Put condensed milk, golden syrup and butter in a saucepan and cook over a low heat, stirring continuously, for a few minutes or until thickened slightly. Don’t take your eyes off it as you don’t want a gooey, sticky mess burnt on the saucepan.
Pour into the pastry case and refrigerate until set – I allowed a few hours.
Place the chocolate and cream in a saucepan over low heat and cook, stirring, until melted and glossy. Spread the chocolate mixture over the caramel and refrigerate until set – I left mine over night.
the hungry mum 
I love donna hay too, you’re spot on with the effort versus result thing!! This looks lovely!
Donna for PM! She’d get this country going again 🙂
so good!
And so sweet 😉
Looks so delicious, i also love the easiness and the result of Donna Hay’s amazing recipes 🙂
You can’t beat a Donna recipe for simplicity & wow factor 🙂
So true, trying my hand on her easy brownies ☺
Yummy and looking delicious! 🙂
Cheers! It is a delish dessert 🙂
🙂
This looks beautiful. The recipe is right up my alley, I don’t bother with sweets unless I get to fall into a sugar-induced coma afterwards 😉 I’m totally trying this recipe.
Sugar coma is right! This is packed full of the stuff but if you like sweet you’ll LOVE this.
Oh this is like millionaire shortbread in tart form! Love it!
Yes, you’re right 🙂 A good combo of flavours, I reckon.
Chocolate defiantly is the best for desserts! This looks delicious 🙂
Indeed – you’ll get no argument there 🙂
Looks delicious and chocolatey 🙂
If chocolate is your thing you NEED this tart in your life 🙂
Very delicious indeed!
It has all the god things: choc. Caramel. Sugar. #swoon
It looks so tasty!
It was but a sliver was plenty #SoRich
Haha I can imagine that 🙂
wonderful tart!!!
Cheers! Is good for a party as a little bit goes a long way.
OMG! Looks extremely tasty!
Thanks! It was pretty yum x
I too love Donna Hay! Gorgeous tart!
I reckon she deserves to be knighted! Arise, Dame Donna 🙂
Oh dear. You’re going to be tempting me to make this again! Everyone I know is doing the I Quit Sugar book and here I am considering chocolate tart!
I’ll tell you what Sophie, you & I can be the only ones *not* quitting sugar & we’ll be the happiest people in the Shire 🙂
it looks delicious , thanks for your sharing!
Thanks for the kind words 🙂
Wow that looks amazing!! I love something so simple yet so effective.
Visiting from Fabulous Foodie Fridays.
Thanks 🙂 It certainly is a sweet treat 🙂
tha’t a wow–looks a bit like something I know of as “crack pie.” I Quit Sugar sounds like a very sad book, lol. Love what you’ve done here 🙂
Crack pie! Love it! I will NEVER quit sugar 🙂
Love this, love Donna and I’m loving your blog! Thanks for linking up with us, hope to see you again next week x
awww, ta! Right back atcha! How great is the blogging community?
Oh I can’t wait to try this… Donna Hay is just the best!!!
Thanks! Isn’t she wonderful?
gnam!!! 🙂
ta 🙂
Donna Hay is my muse! I have all her cookbooks!!! Her recipes are the best! Looks delish!
isn’t she amazing? Just love her!
This is definitely something I could bring out for pudding at the end of dinner – and it’d disappear lickety-split! 😀
Yep – don’t turn your back on this tart for a sec or you’ll miss out 🙂
This caramel choc tart looks so addictive, really want to try it 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Cheers CCU – is rich & gooey & so uber-sweet [and easy!].
I love chocolate caramel tarts! They are insanely sweet but oh so good!
Me too 🙂 A teeny sliver goes a long way!
me too! such a fab combo, isn’t it?
Wow…several thousand? How many of these did you make? Chocolate is always so popular everywhere- whenever I bring food to a party or something, I always make sure to make it chocolate because then it’s almost certain to be a hit! 😀 This chocolate caramel tart looks amazing!
I tend to go OTT when it comes to catering for events 🙂 I believe the more food the better!
It really is so simple and looks delicious
Simple + delish = 🙂
I always say you can’t go wrong with CHOCOLATE anything!
snap! #everybodyLovesChocolate