Mini Cream Cheese Tarts

Submitted by: Ruth Cekola
These make a fantastic presentation.  You will get a rave review for a simple dessert.
Mini Cream Cheese Tarts

Ingredients

• Phyllo shells - found in freezer section by pie shells
• Semi-sweet baking chocolate - enough to dip shells
• 8 oz. cream cheese - softened
• 1/2 c. sugar
• 1 t. vanilla

Instructions

• Melt chocolate in microwave (stir after every 20 seconds.  (Be careful not to burn, once it curdles it is ruined beyond repair.)
• Dip shells in chocolate and allow to harden. 
• Beat cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla until well blended.  Place mixture in a gallon Ziploc bag (snip the corner) and squeeze cream cheese mixture into the shells.
• Top with fruit such as raspberries, strawberries, kiwi slice, chocolate kiss, or whatever you would like.
• Yield 30 tarts