Description
White Chocolate Cranberry Tiramisu Cups are a creamy, festive, easy dessert that feels perfect for holiday gatherings, dinner ideas, party food ideas, and sweet treat cravings. With buttery cookie crumbs, fluffy white chocolate mascarpone filling, and a bright cranberry layer, this easy recipe doubles as a make-ahead dessert, a beautiful holiday snack, and one of my favorite elegant dessert ideas for busy days.
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups vanilla cookie crumbs
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
8 ounces mascarpone cheese, softened
6 ounces white chocolate, melted and slightly cooled
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup cranberry sauce or cranberry compote
1/4 cup fresh cranberries, for garnish
2 tablespoons white chocolate shavings, for garnish
Instructions
1. Stir the vanilla cookie crumbs with the melted butter until the mixture looks like wet sand. Divide it between 6 small dessert cups and press it down lightly.
2. Melt the white chocolate until smooth, then let it cool slightly.
3. In a chilled bowl, whip the heavy cream to soft peaks and set it aside.
4. In another bowl, beat the cream cheese, mascarpone, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract until smooth and fluffy.
5. Mix the melted white chocolate into the cream cheese mixture until fully combined.
6. Gently fold in the whipped cream until the filling is light and creamy.
7. Spoon a layer of filling over the cookie base in each cup.
8. Add a spoonful of cranberry sauce over the filling.
9. Top with another swirl of the white chocolate mixture.
10. Garnish with fresh cranberries and white chocolate shavings.
11. Chill for 3 to 4 hours before serving.
Notes
Make sure the melted white chocolate has cooled slightly before mixing it into the filling, or it can seize and leave the texture grainy instead of smooth.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No-Bake
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 465
- Sugar: 28g
- Sodium: 210mg
- Fat: 35g
- Saturated Fat: 21g
- Unsaturated Fat: 11g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 33g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 92mg
Keywords: white chocolate cranberry tiramisu cups, holiday dessert, easy dessert, make-ahead dessert, cranberry dessert, white chocolate dessert, no-bake dessert, party dessert