Remember the Salted Chocolate Tart with a Kettle Chip Crust from last holiday season. It was a mega game changer for anyone who made it! And this year we’re stepping it up a notch with this Chocolate Peanut Butter Swirl Tart for my upcoming Friendsgiving party!
I’ve been a mega Kettle Brand  fan since I ventured up to their headquarters a little over a year ago. The Honey Dijon variety is my weapon on choice and it’s stocked 100% of the time in the What’s Gaby Cooking kitchen. And while the Honey Dijon chips wouldn’t really play nice with a chocolate tart… the Sea Salt variety absolutely does!!
Now this is not for the faint of heart. It’s layers of Kettle Chip crust (a salty delicious concoction that you’ll want to eat all on its’ own) and layer of peanut butter, a layer of dark chocolate ganache and a peanut butter swirl on top. Whoa. Epic doesn’t even come close to describing this one! It’s 100% non-traditional, which is exactly why I’ll be serving it up at our Friendsgiving soiree this coming Sunday night. Matt is bringing the wine / hosting and I’m bringing mashed potatoes + dessert. So we’re golden! And since this dessert is best when chilled, you can easily prep this Chocolate Peanut Butter Swirl Tart a day ahead of time so it’s ready to go the next day!!
Chocolate Peanut Butter Swirl Tart with Kettle Chip Crust
Ingredients
For the Kettle Chip Tart
- 1 8.5- ounce bag Kettle Brand Sea Salt flavor
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
- 1/4 cup all purpose flour
For the filling
- 1 cup smooth peanut butter
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 6.5 ounces semisweet chocolate 61 percent, chopped
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
For the Kettle Chip Tart
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a food processor, pulse the Kettle Brand Sea Salt flavor until they are finely ground. Add the melted butter and flour and pulse for 30 seconds to combine.
- Press the crust into the bottom and sides of a long rectangular tart pan.
- Transfer to the pre-heated oven and bake for 12 minutes. Remove from the oven and set aside to cool. Use an offset spatula to press down the center of the crust if it puffed up.
For the filling:
- Heat peanut butter in a microwave until liquidy, about 30 seconds.
- Pour 2/3 cup into the baked crust. Freeze tart until peanut butter is firm, about 10 minutes.
For ganache, bring cream to a boil; pour over chocolate in a small bowl. Add salt; let sit 8 minutes and then whisk until smooth. Pour the ganache over the peanut butter layer. and smooth with an offset spatula
- Fill a disposable pastry bag with remaining liquid peanut butter (if peanut butter has thickened, microwave it 10 seconds), and snip off end.
- Pipe peanut butter in continuous diagonal zigzag lines down length of tart. Use a wooden skewer to give it lots of swirls.
- Refrigerate tart until set, at least 1 hour and up to 8 hours. Cut into wedges, and serve.
Photo by Matt Armendariz / Food Styling by Adam Pearson / Recipe by What’s Gaby Cooking
Cutest pictures ever of you guys!!! This tart is basically my fantasy. Amazing!
Great photos and I LOVE this dessert!
Yeah, I’m pretty much IN LOVE this recipe. So awesome. That Kettle Chip crust – YESSS!!!
So beautiful, and I love the sweet and salty mix!
Chocolate, PB, salty-and-sweet, love it. And you and Matt look like you’re just having a ball – so fun!
Love that salty-sweet combo you’ve got going on!!
Your pie looks interesting…like the chips and peanut butter combination.
What is an offset spatula?
Happy Thanksgiving! Beautiful photos!
Chocolate and PB are mine and my guy’s favorite desert choice. The potato chips really do sound like a game changer! Can’t wait to try!
This looks positively amazing. I hope I can get it to turn out as beautifully as yours!! Love the salty sweet combo.
Gorgeous tart and photos!! Kettle brand potato chips are my fav!
Wow! Looks fantastic. I can’t wait to try!
Oh my goodness this tart!!! Love the photos 🙂 Happy Thanksgiving week!!
Kettle chip crust?! You are a genius.
This is just pure perfection! Besides Kettle being the best chips out there, I can not resist the combination of sweet, salty and peanut butter!
So original! I have to try this recipe and the chocolate tart with the kettle chip crust. Looks amazing!
This tart is GORG! I love that you used Kettle Chips…Sweet and salty goodness! Pinned!
This is just gorgeous, and I LOVE that crust!!
I am in LOVE with this crust!!
This tart could not be any prettier! And your Friendsgiving looks so fun. That’s a tradition I need to get started around here.
Just saw this on facebook and I just love that salty combo. I would have never thought of it! What a load of surprises this Tart must’ve been. YUM!
This looks amazing!! Do you think it could be made in a round tart pan?
yes!!
Gaby, what size was your tart pan? This looks great!
13 3/4″ x 4 1/2″ x 1″ high.
Gaby – just found this recipe & making it for Thanksgiving! 2 questions- 1) do you need to butter the tart pan in order to get it out without issue? And 2) it says refrigerated up to 8 hours so can this not be made the night before? Thank you!!
depends on the pan – most tart pans are non stick so I don’t butter. But feel free to do so if you feel safer!
And yes – I recommend making it the night before so it has plenty of time to set!
Thank you so much! I love your blog & instagram live’s that you do too..Keep up the awesome work 🙂
Hi Gaby! This sounds perfect for Christmas Eve. Question: can I make it in a round tart pan? If yes, what size?! Thank you!
yes – probably an 8 inch would be best!
Where did I go wrong with this recipe. I tried making it and couldn’t get the chips to form a sturdy crust for the life of me.
did you make any alterations or substitutions?
This sounds like a dessert my hubs would love for Valentine’s Day but he had a nightshade allergy and is allergic to potatoes. Do you have any other suggestions for the crust to get that salty/sweet combo?
I would love to make this recipe for passover! The potato chip crust is perfect, but the flour won’t work for passover. Could I use matzo meal? Any other suggestions for a 1/4 cup of flour substitute? Thank you!
haven’t tested it but I would guess it would work