No-Bake Rolo Tart!
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A delicious no-bake rolo tart with an oreo base and caramel filling that will be the perfect showstopper for any occasion!
No-bake desserts
SO, I thought it was time for something delicious. After the success of my no-bake caramel rolo cheesecake, I thought it was time for another Rolo recipe as you all seem to LOVE them! Like, I can’t deny it.. I love Rolo recipes! Yum. But anyway… I wanted it to be another no-bake recipe for now as I was craving a delicious dessert, and I find baking with Rolos tricky because of the caramel in them.
It’s not really about looks when it comes to food. Sure, it does help if something looks delicious, and I find that the more delicious a recipe the more of you will look at the recipe, but seriously… when I bake at home for myself, I don’t faff about with it all. It’s ALL about taste to me! However, this just happens to be so incredibly easy to make, AND looks INSANE.
Rolo bakes
Whenever I have made anything with Rolo’s on this bog, it has gone insane. They are always such popular bakes (so popular I actually named my first dog, Rolo), and I just can’t get enough myself. I feel like they are such a retro chocolate and they work so well inside bakes.
My salted caramel drip cake is always so popular amongst you guys, especially for a birthday bake, but one of my personal favourites is my Rolo cookie bars. They are just so thick and gooey throughout and I always want to have another slice. Of course, the Rolo is quite a sweet chocolate and I think it compliments the ingredients of a bake so well.
The biscuit base
I decided to go for an oreo crust on this dessert because I adore the flavour of oreos, and they work remarkably well with all sorts of different fillings. My no-bake oreo chocolate tart is a good example of this! I also love how the crust looks with the contrast of the caramel.. but we all know thats just a bonus. I’m really making excuses for having such an indulgent dessert.
You can also swap the oreos up for something else, but as I have already mentioned I utterly adore them in this recipe. Instead, you could use digestives, golden oreos, or anything! You just need the same amount of biscuits, and roughly the same amount of butter. Also, for the oreos, you don’t have to remove the centres if thats something you’re worrying about. I keep them in and save the effort!
Caramel filling
I decided to use a tinned caramel for my caramel layer as the amount in the tin is perfect for me. You can either use a tin or other caramels, Dulce de Leche etc – a thick caramel sauce is all you need! You can of course, like what I often do, make your own homemade caramel sauce and use that in the recipe instead as it is simply glorious; but I get that it is a lot more work.
If you like things a little salty, you can salt the caramel like in my Salted Caramel Chocolate Tart. It has a relatively good balance of sweet and bitter as the oreo crust and dark chocolate filling is enough bitterness for me, but this is personal taste – it’s so versatile in that respect.
Ganache top
As mentioned above, I use dark chocolate for the filling of this tart because it balances with the sweet of the caramel and Rolos really well, but you can swap it up if you want.
If you want to use milk chocolate, you can! However, it does make it very sweet. You also need to use only 250ml of double cream, and 35g of butter, as the milk chocolate makes it slightly runnier so you need more chocolate in comparison to cream. I wouldn’t recommend white chocolate for this however as that would definitely be too sweet and it won’t set.
Tips & Tricks
- This recipe will last for 3+ days in the fridge
- You can freeze this recipe for 3+ months
- See the blog post notes for switching biscuits/chocolate etc
- If you want to make your own caramel, you can find my homemade caramel sauce here
- I use this tart tin in this recipe
No-Bake Rolo Tart!
Ingredients
Oreo Crust
- 300 g oreos
- 100 g unsalted butter (melted)
Filling
- 250 g dark chocolate
- 300 ml double cream
- 50 g unsalted butter
- 350 g caramel (one tin)
Decoration
- 200-250 g rolos (some halved)
- sprinkles
Instructions
Biscuit base
- Blitz all of the biscuits to a fine crumb, and mix in the melted butter.
- Press this into the sides and base of a 23cm loose bottomed tart tin (mine was 3cm deep).
Filling
- Chop the chocolate up finely and put into a bowl along with the butter in cubes.
- In a small pan, heat the double cream until just before boiling point. You will see it starting to bubble at the sides.
- Once hot, pour over the chocolate and butter and beat with a spatula until smooth.
- Alternatively add all of the ingredients to a bow, and melt in short bursts.
- Once the mixture is smooth, spread the tin of caramel onto the bottom of the biscuit base
- Pour over the chocolate ganache
- Add the rolos and some halved Rolos to the top like you can see in my pictures and sprinkle on your sprinkles.
- Leave to set for 3-4 hours, or overnight.
- Carefully remove from the tin, and enjoy! Serve with a dollop of cream, or on its own – yum!
Notes
- This recipe will last for 3+ days in the fridge
- You can freeze this recipe for 3+ months
- See the blog post notes for switching biscuits/chocolate etc
- If you want to make your own caramel, you can find my homemade caramel sauce here
- I use this tart tin in this recipe
ENJOY!
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Hi,
If I use digestives, do I still use the same amount of butter or more?
Hey! I would use 150g of butter!
Hi there! Thank you for the inspiration!
As I don’t have double cream, I was wondering if I can replace it with whipped cream or cream cheese? (or any other alternative).
Thank you! ✨
Not for the ganache part no – you need double cream!
Made this today and it turned out perfect. Needed setting a little longer but my daughters couldn’t wait to eat it 🤣 so happy I’ve found your website during lockdown. Keeping my family more than happy 😊
Another winner, went down a treat at work. So easy to make. I got handed the clean tart tin when I returned to work the next day
Hey, where can I get a tin this size? I’ve looked online but they’re proper pie dishes and done have the nice edges on them. Thank you for your help x
Lots are sold out at the minute due to everyone baking – but search for a 9″/23cm flan/tart tin with a loose bottom!
Hi we made this but the butter seemed to separate from the chocolate and sat on top of the tart. Do u know y this happened?
It could potentially be that it got too hot – but I’m not 100% sure if all the ingredients were correct as I’ve never experienced this!
How did you get your Rolos to stay at the top?? Mine have just sunk to the bottom and you can’t see them!!
As the tart is quite thin, I found they stayed at the top easily! If you struggle – wait for the tart to set for a bit first.
My ganache was very thin too. My rolos stayed at top but my sprinkles sunk in the filling. Mine made way more ganache then would fit as well…not sure what happens.
Did you definitely use dark chocolate? Some chocolates will make it thinner naturally due to cocoa content differences – and it just means you used a tin that was too small.
interesting. i used part dark chocolate and part milk chocolate. so you think its the cocoa content? Also, it was ALOT more filling. i couldve made 2 tarts. I guess i didnt look at your tin size, i just assumed it was the same as your other ones. I made your terrys orange chocolate tart and toblerone tart with this tart tin and they came out perfect. I will try again!
Yeah, that will make a very large difference. As per the recipe, you need dark chocolate.
Was absolutely amazing but for some
Reason the butter separated from the chocolate and double cream and sat on the top of the tart. Any idea why that would be? It still tasted amazing but it just looked a little funky with a film of fat along the top 🙁
Any recommendation on dark chocolate? I’m going to make this later I can’t wait!
I use supermarket own dark chocolate, the cheapest one – or Callebaut (buy online) if you want to use good quality!
I’m making this tomorrow for a bbq and was thinking I might mix it up and put a thin layer of cheesecake in the bottom before the caramel and chocolate, do think that would work?? 🤔
Hiya! You could do! However you’d need to use a different in, as the mixture fits this size tin perfectly! x
Hi many thanks janespatisserie for your no bake rolo tart made on Sunday 11th June and it was amazing nit too sweet but very enjoyable I have made many of your recipes and all have been a success I cook for all my family on Sundays and I’m always looking for new pudding recipes there are sixteen if us. Many thanks
How big is the tin?
23cm tart tin x
I really want to try this out, I love the idea of an oreo base!
Julia // The Sunday Mode
I have never heard of a tin of caramel. Is there an alternative?
Dulce de leche?
Hiya I don’t know if I can get tinned caramel in any of my local shops! Is there any thing else I could use?
Hi, I don’t like Oreos (sorry!!). What can I use as an alternative for the base, thanks.
Digestives!