This beautiful and easy baklava-inspired dessert has the texture of traditional baklava without the labor-intensive effort and time. Impress your family and friends with this decadent chocolate dessert.

Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time:1 hr
Total Time: 1 hr and 30 mins
Servings: 20

Ingredients:

pkg. of phyllo dough
butter
evaporated milk
walnuts (see note below)
dark chocolate chips

Syrup Ingredients:

sugar
water
cinnamon

dark chocolate chips, evaporated milk, walnuts, butter, cinnamon, and sugar on the counter

Get the full printable instructions with measurements at the bottom of the post in the recipe card.

Step 1: Put butter into a microwave-safe dish and microwave for 45-second sessions until melted. Grease two muffin tins with some of the melted butter using a basting brush or paper towel. Slice the chilled phyllo dough into 1/2-inch thick pieces and place into greased muffin tins. (this recipe makes approx. 20 pieces)

Using a basting brush to grease muffin tins.

1/2 inch thick cut phyllo rolls on wax paper on the counter

Step 2: Preheat the oven to 350º F. Pour approximately 2½ Tbsp of melted butter over each of the phyllo pieces, making sure the butter gets to each of the layers. Otherwise, the phyllo will dry. *You may have to melt extra butter. Bake for 45 minutes or until golden and crispy.

Tablespoon of melted butter poured over each phyllo roll in the muffin tin.

Phyllo rolls covered in melted butter in muffing tins

Step 3: While baking the phyllo, make the syrup by boiling all the syrup ingredients together. Boil in a pot over high heat until the sugar is dissolved. Whisk ingredients together while dissolving. Set aside and let the syrup cool completely.

whisking sugar syrup in a small pot on the stove

Step 4: Once the phyllo is done baking, pour 1 Tbsp of evaporated milk over each of the phyllo pieces while still in the muffin tins. Bake for an additional 6-8 minutes. *Make sure the phyllo is not soggy. If it is, bake for a further 6-8 minutes.

Pouring evaporated milk over the phyllo rolls in a muffin tin

Step 5: Remove the muffin tins from the oven. Pour 1 Tbsp of the syrup over each of the phyllo pieces. Let the phyllo cool slightly before removing it to a clean plate to garnish.

Pouring 1 Tablespoon of syrup over the phyllo pieces in a muffin tin

Step 6: Melt the chocolate chips in a microwave-safe dish for 45 seconds, stirring between sessions. Drizzle the melted chocolate with a spoon over the cooled phyllo pieces. Sprinkle with the crushed walnuts.

*Instructions for crushing walnuts: Place walnuts inside of a Ziploc bag and roll a rolling pin over the bag several times until desired consistency.

Drizzling dark chocolate onto of finished phyllo pieces on a plate

*Caution-muffin tins will be hot when removing from the oven!

Tips:

use pecans instead of walnuts
use milk or semisweet chocolate

Chocolate Walnut Phyllo Dessert

Impress your family and friends with this decadent phyllo dessert.

Tara

Prep Time 30

Cook Time 1

Total Time 1 30

Servings

Ingredients

1 package of phyllo dough (16 oz package)
3 sticks of melted butter
1 can of evaporated milk
½ cup crushed fresh walnuts (more or less)
¼ cup melted dark chocolate chips (more or less)

Syrup Ingredients

1 ⅓ cup sugar
¾ cup water
¼ tsp cinnamon

Instructions

Put butter in a microwave-safe dish and microwave for 45 seconds until melted. Using a basting brush or paper towel, grease two muffin tins with some of the melted butter using a basting brush or paper towel. Slice the chilled phyllo dough into 1/2-inch thick pieces and place them in the greased muffin tins. This recipe makes approximately 24 pieces.
Preheat oven to 350º F. Pour approx. 2½ Tbsp of melted butter over each of the phyllo pieces, making sure the butter gets to each of the layers, or the phyllo will end up dry. *You may have to melt extra butter. Bake for 45-50 minutes or until golden and crispy.
While the phyllo is baking, make the syrup by boiling all of the syrup ingredients together. Boil in a pot over high heat until the sugar is dissolved. Whisk the ingredients together while dissolving. Set aside and let the syrup cool completely.
Once the phyllo is done baking, pour 1 Tbsp of evaporated milk over each of the phyllo pieces while still in the muffin tins. Bake for an additional 6-8 minutes. *Make sure the phyllo is not soggy. If it is, then bake for a further 6-8 minutes.
Remove muffin tins from the oven. Immediately, pour 1 Tbsp of the syrup over each of the phyllo pieces. Let the phyllo cool slightly before removing it from the muffin tin and putting it on a clean plate.
Melt the chocolate chips in a microwave-safe dish for 45 seconds, stirring between sessions. Drizzle the melted chocolate with a spoon over the cooled phyllo pieces. Sprinkle with crushed walnuts.
*Instructions for crushing walnuts: Place walnuts inside of a Ziploc bag and roll a rolling pin over the bag several times until desired consistency.
*Caution: Muffin tins will be hot when removed from the oven!