Elegant Cherry Cups

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (15 ounce) box pillsbury refrigerated pie crusts, softened as directed on box
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/3 cup chopped chocolate baking bar
• 1 (7 ounce) carton creme fraiche (about 1 cup)
• 1 cup cherry pie filling
• 1 tablespoon kirsch or 1 tablespoon maraschino cherry juice
• 3 tablespoons chopped chocolate baking bar

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 450°f
• 2 unroll pie crusts on work surface.
• 3 sprinkle crusts with sugar; press in lightly.
• 4 cut 16 rounds from crusts with 3 3/8- to 3 1/2-inch round cookie cutter.
• 5 press sugared side up in bottoms and up sides of 16 regular-size muffin cups, without going to top edge of cups.
• 6 prick each crust generously with fork.
• 7 bake 6 to 8 minutes or until lightly browned.
• 8 sprinkle 1 teaspoon chopped chocolate in each cup; cool 10 minutes.
• 9 remove tart shells from muffin cups.
• 10 place shells on serving platter.
• 11 to serve, drop about 1 tablespoon creme fraiche into each shell.
• 12 in small bowl, mix pie filling with kirsch; top each with cherry mixture.
• 13 sprinkle about 1/2 teaspoon chopped chocolate on filling of each.