Chocolate Cherry Tarts

• 2 tbsp. butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 square baking chocolate, melted
• 1 egg
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla
• 1-1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/8 tsp. baking soda
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 8 oz. cream cheese
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup maraschino cherries, finely chopped
• 24 maraschino cherry halves

1. Cream butter and sugar; blend in melted chocolate.
2. Add egg and vanilla; beat well.
3. Sift dry ingredients together and blend into chocolate mixture.
4. Roll pastry to 1/8-inch thickness on lightly floured pastry cloth.
5. Cut circles with 3-inch cookie cutter and place in buttered tartlet pans or shallow muffin tins.
6. Blend cream cheese, sugar, and egg; fold in chopped cherries.
7. Place 1 tablespoon filling in each tart.
8. Bake at 350F for 10 to 12 minutes.
9. Remove from oven, top with cherry half.
10. Chill.

butter, sugar, chocolate, egg, vanilla, flour, baking soda, salt, cream cheese, sugar, egg, maraschino cherries, maraschino

Taken from www.foodgeeks.com/recipes/1689 (may not work)