31 Perfect Petit Fours Recipes To Make

Perfect petit fours recipes to serve after dinner when the evening is winding down or with an elegant afternoon tea. Common types of French petit fours include mini cakes, cookies, chocolate truffles, macarons, and meringues. This list of petit fours recipes has some of each, and you'll have a hard time finding anything prettier!

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• 🌟 Best Petit Fours Recipes 🌟
• 1. Chocolate Mendiants
• 2. Ferrero Rocher Macarons
• 3. White Chocolate Chambord Truffles
• 4. Hazelnut Meringue Cookies
• 5. Chocolate and Sea Salt Truffles
• 6. Fig and Cardamom Macarons
• 7. Boozy Truffles
• 8. Hazelnut Coffee Macarons
• 9. White Chocolate Cheesecake Balls
• 10. Vanilla Petit Fours
• 11. Homemade After Eight Mint Chocolate Bark
• 12. Brownie Petit Fours
• 13. Mini Olive Oil Carrot Cakes
• 13. Mini Chocolate Chip Cookie Bites
• 14. Coconut Lemon Curd Petit Fours
• 15. Strawberry Chocolate Petit Fours
• 16. Lemon Berry Petit Fours
• 17. Chocolate Petit Fours
• 18. Easy Mini Cheesecake Bites
• 19. Espresso Petits Fours
• 20. Mini Naked Cakes with Sweet Orange Marmalade
• 21. Mint Chocolate Chip Meringue Cookies
• 22. Biscotti Bites
• 23. Dark Chocolate Coffee Truffles
• 24. Chocolate Caramel Cheesecake Tartlets
• 25. Passionfruit Truffles
• 26. Florentine Cookies
• 27. Chocolate Dipped Lime Viennese Finger Biscuits
• 28. Blueberry Muffin Petit Fours
• 29. Homemade Pocky
• 30. Dark Chocolate Almond Clusters
• 31. Tart Cherry Fondant Creams
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1. Chocolate Mendiants

Try making these elegant chocolate mendiants to serve as easy petit fours after dinner. You can customize them to your liking with toppings including chopped nuts, freeze-dried fruit, sea salt or citrus zest and they look as good as they taste.

2. Ferrero Rocher Macarons

We all love Ferrero Rocher, but if you want to put a twist on a classic, try this macaron version! Homemade macarons scream elegance and style, and the hazelnut flavor with the rich chocolate ganache is simply divine. Whilst macarons are quite labor intensive, they are well worth the efrort.

3. White Chocolate Chambord Truffles

Infuse white chocolate ganache with Chambord for a fruity, boozy twist. These easy truffles are sprinkled with freeze-dried raspberries for an extra burst of berry flavor.

4. Hazelnut Meringue Cookies

Have you ever made meringue with ground nuts? It has the most amazing rich and biscuity flavor and works really well with coffee. Try serving these easy meringue kisses as petit fours for a crunchy treat.

5. Chocolate and Sea Salt Truffles

Flaky sea salt perfectly brings out the rich chocolate taste and balances the sweetness of these truffles, too.

6. Fig and Cardamom Macarons

Chewy macarons flavored with aromatic cardamom and filled with fig puree are such an elegant petit fours recipe to make. And they have an unusual, different flavor that is sweet but also fragrant. Whilst macarons can be tricky to master (especially mixing the merginue withthe almond paste), you can make so many varieties and flavor combinations once you do .

7. Boozy Truffles

Soft and buttery truffles are super simple yet super tasty. The truffle mix is so easy to make and then all you have to do is roll them and coat in cocoa powder. Put a bowl of these out with coffee and they will vanish immediately.

8. Hazelnut Coffee Macarons

The perfect blend of sweet and bitter, soft and chewy. This is my favorite macaron recipe to serve as petit fours with all the aroma and taste of coffee against a creamy filling and chewy hazelnut meringue shells.

9. White Chocolate Cheesecake Balls

If you like Amaretti cookies, you have to try these easy cheesecake truffles made with rich cream cheese and white chocolate. They take minutes to put together, anyone can make them!

10. Vanilla Petit Fours

How beautiful are these little petit fours cakes flavored with delicate vanilla extract? The piped flower decoration makes them perfect for afternoon tea. Or perhaps a bridal shower or baby shower party.

11. Homemade After Eight Mint Chocolate Bark

If you remember being served After Eights when you were younger, this petit fours recipe is for you! Creamy and refreshing mint cream encased within dark chocolate, ready to be snapped up and served.

12. Brownie Petit Fours

It's the perfect mix between a cake and a brownie, delicately presented as dainty petit fours. Use cookie cutters to get that perfectly round shape from the brownie chocolate cake and then stack the cake layers to get the effect. Surely these get your vote as the best chocolate petit fours around.

13. Mini Olive Oil Carrot Cakes

Here's another cute petit fours recipe for afternoon tea or to serve after a luncheon or brunch. Carrot cake and cream cheese frosting are such an elegant flavor combination, and I love these delicate little cakes.

13. Mini Chocolate Chip Cookie Bites

Surely, everyone loves chocolate chip cookies, but after dinner, a mini version is best. Grab a handful and enjoy.

14. Coconut Lemon Curd Petit Fours

Lemon gives the best flavor to petit fours, and this recipe would work really well at bridal showers or baby showers. The thin layer of frosting on the layered cakes gives just enough moisture without it being too sticky for your fingers.

15. Strawberry Chocolate Petit Fours

The glossy ganache on these mini cakes petit fours is insane. They might just become your favorite recipe to serve on a special occasion. I love the small squares, they are so dainty.

16. Lemon Berry Petit Fours

Here's a really easy petit fours recipe for anyone to try. Each very thin layer of cake has lemon juice in the cake batter, and the most decadent frosting and raspberry jam to give a sweet and jammy taste. You bake the whole cake and then cut out the dainty pieces to stack in layers. Perfect for tea parties!

17. Chocolate Petit Fours

Whilst these sweet chocolate mini cakes might look complicated and fancy, they are much easier to make than you might think! An easy sponge is filled with Nutella and coated in melted chocolate and a dusting of sprinkles.

18. Easy Mini Cheesecake Bites

Rich and tangy cheesecake bites always go down a storm, trust me. Add different fruits and toppings to add some visual variety, and everyone can pick their favorite.

19. Espresso Petits Fours

Everyone needs a coffee kick sometimes, and these pretty little bites have just the right amount of it. The cake batter has coffee powder, and the filling spread in an even layer between the sponge is infused with coffee-flavored liqueur for an added punch. Chocolate coated espresso beans on top of the cake is the perfect garnish.

20. Mini Naked Cakes with Sweet Orange Marmalade

Naked cakes are such a craze and it isn't hard to see why. Try this mini version as a petit fours recipe made from buttery cake, delicious orange marmalade filling and royal icing.

21. Mint Chocolate Chip Meringue Cookies

Mint and chocolate chip are a classic after-dinner flavor combination. And serving something crunchy will always be popular! I love this as an usual petit fours idea.

22. Biscotti Bites

Extra crunchy, and extra delicious! Cranberry and pistachio biscotti are super tasty together and a bit more unusual, too. What's more, these Italian treats are designed to be enjoyed with coffee.

23. Dark Chocolate Coffee Truffles

Rich and chocolatey with a hint of coffee, these petit fours will be a surefire hit. Homemade truffles will always go own well on the dinner table, and you can also wrap them up as gifts for guests to take home.

24. Chocolate Caramel Cheesecake Tartlets

I love the design of these pretty petit fours. Gorgeous little chocolate flower tartlets with a rich cheesecake filling that is the perfect bite of taste and texture.

25. Passionfruit Truffles

You won't believe how easy these passion fruit petit fours are to make. They require just 3 simple ingredients, that's it. Simply dust with confectioners' sugar and serve!

26. Florentine Cookies

Easy Florentines are such a great Italian sweet treat and work so well as elegant petit fours. Crunchy, sticky, and chocolatey all in one, what's not to love?

27. Chocolate Dipped Lime Viennese Finger Biscuits

You'll have a lot of fun making these elegant finger biscuits. Particularly the dipping in melted chocolate part! But they look so elegant, too, so it's a win win.

28. Blueberry Muffin Petit Fours

This petit fours recipe has all the taste and texture of blueberry muffins but in a much more elegant presentation. Topped with a dainty dollop of frosting and some whole blueberries, they are certainly pretty enough for me.

29. Homemade Pocky

I have bought Pocky so many times, so I was so glad to find this delicious recipe for a homemade version. I love serving anything that can be put in tall glasses rather than on a plate and look a bit more interesting, and they fit the bill.

30. Dark Chocolate Almond Clusters

This is such an easy petit fours recipe, but it has taste, texture, and a sweet yet salty flavor profile. You could also swap out the almonds for Brazil nuts, peanuts or anything else you fancy.

31. Tart Cherry Fondant Creams

Whilst these fondants might look complicated they are actually much easier to make than you might think! The pink and fudgy inside lends itself particularly well to girly gatherings, but you can serve them on any occasion.

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