I made these fast, easy, and unbelievably scrumptious lovelies for a dessert potluck last week. Judging by how few were left I think they were a hit!
If you like coconut, you’ll love these simple to make bites.
Ingredients
Mix the pudding with milk and set aside.
Whip the heavy cream, adding in powdered sugar at the end. You want it to form fairly stiff peaks.
Add softened cream cheese to the pudding and blend.
Divide the whipping cream in half and add pudding mixture to one half. Blend carefully.
You can cover and refrigerate the filling overnight or serve immediately.
Fill mini tart shells. These came in a package of 12 – so you’d need four boxes. You can also use a graham cracker pie crust. Either way is tasty! Just fill tarts with filling and top with whipped cream.
If you like, you can toast some coconut to put in the top. I nuked this for 12 seconds and it got a little too crispy, so 8 would probably be sufficient.
Coconut Cream Pie Bites
1 small box Coconut instant pudding
2 cups milk
3-4 ounces cream cheese
2 cups heavy cream
1/2 cup powdered sugar
coconut
48 mini fillo shells (or a 9-inch graham cracker pie crust)
* Note – You can use tart shells or a pie crust, your choice.
Mix the pudding and milk together. Let pudding set.
Use softened cream cheese (if you have a small package, great, if not, use half of a large package) and mix it into the pudding until thoroughly blended in medium speed. (You don’t want to beat the pudding to death). Set aside.
Whip the heavy cream until it forms stiff peaks, add the powdered sugar and stir it in. Add half the cream to the pudding mixture and carefully blend.
My preference is to cover this tightly and refrigerate overnight before serving. If you are in a hurry, you don’t have to wait.
Fill tarts or pie crust. Top with remaining whipped cream.
Sprinkle with coconut. You can toast it or not, whatever floats your boat. You could also add slivered almonds or a drizzle of chocolate. I chose to add dark chocolate curls. That turned out to be a good decision.
Makes 48 mini tarts or one yummy pie.
