Fall Tea Party Ideas ~ Pumpkin Spice Tea Sandwiches and Spooky Pumpkin Tassies (2024)

Happy Tea Party Tuesday!

The links last week were amazing.

I enjoy so much what everyone brings to the

Tea Party and try to visit each and every one of you.

As I stated last week, I have been obsessed

interested in the endless possibilities

of using the mini fillo tart shells!

Last week I offered a great recipe for

I was thrilled to see how popular it was!

This week my inspiration came from

picking pumpkins and decorating for fall.

The simple, yet elegant, snacks this week

are sure to please anyone you plan to host

for a Fall Tea Party.

First in the line up is

Pumpkin Spice Tea Sandwich

I found this sitting on the shelves at Target and just

knew I had to make something with it!!

Pumpkin Spice Cream Cheese!!!

What you need:

*Brown Sugar Cinnamon Bread (Pepperidge Farm)

*Pumpkin Cookie Cutter (Wilton)

*Pumpkin Pie Spice Cream Cheese (Philadelphia)

*Pumpkin Pie Spice (optional)

*Regular Cream Cheese

*Green Food Coloring

*Toasted Pecans

*Piping bags (optional)

*Wilton piping tip 10 and 3 (optional)

**I am sure you could make your own version of the pumpkin spice cream cheese using regular cream cheese and adding 1 tsp of pumpkin pie spice and a touch of orange food coloring!!

The How-to ~~This is EASY:

*Cut out pumpkin shapes from bread

*Place pumpkin pie spice cream cheese in bowl and add additional 1/4 tsp of pumpkin pie spice (if desired) and 1/4 cup toasted pecans and whip together.

*Place regular cream cheese in small bowl and add a touch of green food coloring and whip together

*If desired, place pumpkin pie spice cream cheese mixture into piping bag with wilton #10 piping tip and pipe small amount onto pumpkin shaped bread - or just spread on with knife

*Using piping bag with wilton #3 tip, if desired, pipe green cream cheese onto top of pumpkin in shape of stem or spread on with knife

The next easy and fun tasty tea time treat is

Spooky Pumpkin Tassies

What you need:

*mini fillo tart shells

*1 can premade pumpkin pie filling (or make your own)

*4 oz cream cheese, softened

*whipped cream

*baking chocolate or chocolate candy wafers for melting

*piping bag with wilton #1 or #2 tip or plastic squeeze bottle

The How-to:

*preheat oven to 350 degrees

*thaw mini fillo tart shells

*mix can of pumpkin pie filling and 4 oz softened cream cheese

* spoon 1 tsp of filling into tart shells

*bake at 350 degrees for 16-18 min, times may vary

*to make the spider webs, melt chocolate and pipe little mini webs onto wax paper and let harden

*to assemble - pipe a dollop of whip cream onto top of tassie and place chocolate spider web on top!

VIOLA!

I stumbled upon the original idea for these on the Athens Site

awhile ago but for the life of me could

NOT find the direct link again!!

Simple, yet elegant cream teapot I got from Kirklands!!

I am enjoying these treats with the

creamy and smooth

from my favorite Minnesota Tea Room, Aprille Showers!

What are YOU bringing for Tea this week??

I am having tea with:

TEA, INSPIRATION & TABLESCAPES:

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