This No Bake Passion Fruit Tart is the perfect balance of sweet, tangy, and creamy—all wrapped up in a buttery biscuit base.
It’s an effortless dessert that looks impressive, tastes even better and brings a burst of tropical flavour to every bite.
More of our favourite passionfruit recipes include: Passion Fruit and Banana Loaf Cake, Passionfruit Shortbread Sandwiches and Passionfruit Cake With Coconut Icing.
Quick look at No Bake Passion Fruit Tart
- ⏲️ Ready in 10 minutes.
- 🛒 Ingredients: 8 (& one is water!)
- 🍽️ Makes: About 12 slices (depending how big you like them).
- 🧑🍳 Difficulty: Easy - kid-friendly recipe & no oven required.
- 🗃️ Make ahead: Make up to 2 days in advance.
Why make this No Bake Passion Fruit Tart?
- No oven needed – With no baking required, it's perfect for warm days or when you want a delicious dessert without heating up the kitchen or you're just short on time.
- Flavour – The passion fruit gives it a bright, tangy taste that's sweet and refreshing but not too rich (yes that does make it a little hard to stop at once slice).
- Quick and easy to prepare – Simple ingredients and minimal steps make this recipe ideal for busy days or last-minute entertaining (you'll just need time for it to chill).
- Great make-ahead dessert – It sets beautifully in the fridge, so you can prep it ahead and have it ready to go with no prep after a dinner party. I like to make it a day ahead of time.
- Showstopper look, simply – It looks elegant and impressive when you take it from the tin, but it's actually super easy to make.
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Recipe Ingredients
- Arnott's Butternut Snap cookies - alternatively, something like Anzac biscuits would work. I you would like to make this recipe gluten free you can use gluten free biscuits instead. Most supermarkets (grocery stores) will stock some sort of sweet packet biscuit that will work). You may need to use a little extra melted butter if it's too dry.
- Butter - The real stuff that comes wrapped in foil not in a tub.
- Lemon juice - fresh or from a bottle is fine.
- Gelatine - we use powdered gelatine for this recipe. It's also the key ingredient in our favourite Homemade Healthy Gummy Lollies.
- Fresh passion fruit pulp - alternatively you can use tinned passionfruit pulp (about 2 tablespoons is the equivalent of a passionfruit. You can also buy frozen passionfruit pulp.
- Cream - You could make this recipe with coconut cream but it would obviously alter the flavour. Low fat cream can be used instead of regular cream but here we're a fan of full-fat.
Not a fan of passionfruit? You can also make this with citrus juice and zest. Lemon and or lime is just as delicious.
If you didn't want to use the biscuit base, you could also use a shortcrust pastry (like the one we use for classic pumpkin pie or or a pre-bought tart base or for a special treat, you could use ANZAC biscuits.
See recipe card for quantities.
How to Make No Bake Passion Fruit Tart
Step 1 - Use a Thermomix or food processor to blitz up the biscuits and melted butter to a damp sand consistency.
When you squeeze some mixture together it should hold. If not, add a little more melted butter and blitz again.
It's much easier to use a food processor or Thermomix to blitz the biscuits for the base but if you don't have either, you can put them in a ziplock bag, wrap it in a tea towel and whack with a rolling pin (a French rolling pin is our favourite) into a fine crumb.
Step 2 - Tip the crumble into a greased loose bottom tart tin. We highly recommend using a loose bottom tart tin for this recipe or it will be rather tricky to remove the tart from the tin to serve.
Step 3 - Press it firmly into the tin. You can use the back of a spoon but I find it easier to use hands (you can spot finger marks in the picture).
Transfer to the fridge (or freezer if you're in a rush) to chill for half an hour).
Step 4 - In the bowl of an electric mixer, whip together the condensed milk, cream, passionfruit pulp & lemon juice until combined.
Dissolve the gelatine in the hot water then whip through the whipped cream mixture to thicken. Alternatively this can be done by hand with a whisk.
An electric mixer makes it easier to make the base but you can also just use a mixing bowl and whisk.
Step 5 - Tip the filling mixture into the tart base and chill for at least an hour to set. If you're making it in advance, cover with plastic wrap after an hour (it's a bit tricky to cover it until it has set).
Step 6 - Once set, cut into slices to serve. We like to serve it topped with fresh raspberries & extra passionfruit.
If you need to store it, once the tart has set, cover with plastic wrap or aluminium foil and store in the fridge for up to 3 days.
We haven't tried freezing it yet but my mother assures me it does very well frozen. She cuts it into portions and wraps each one in plastic wrap to freeze.
To serve from frozen, leave it out on the bench (wrapped) until it's soft enough you won't break your teeth eating it frozen.
Recipe FAQs
In theory, yes you could use a pie dish but it will be a little tricky to get out of the pan & doesn't look quite as pretty to serve.
Recipe
Passionfruit tart (no bake)
Ingredients
- 2 packets Arnott's Butternut Snap cookies - alternatively something like Anzac biscuits would work.
- 4 tablespoon Butter
- 400 g tin Condensed milk
- 250 ml Cream
- ⅓ cup Lemon juice about 2 lemons
- 2 teaspoon Gelatine powder
- 4 Fresh passionfruit
- 2 tablespoon hot water
Instructions
- Grease a 22cm loose bottom flan tin with butter.
- Grease a 22cm loose bottom flan tin with butter.
- Using a food processor, process the biscuits into a fine crumb then add the melted butter & combine until the texture of slightly wet sand.
- Tip the mixture into the tin and press firmly using your fingers or the back of a spoon.
- Refrigerate for half an hour.
- Dissolve the gelatine in the hot water in a cup.
- Using a stand mixer, whisk the condensed milk, cream, lemon juice and passionfruit pulp.
- Whisk in the gelatine mixture until it starts to thicken.
- Spread into the chilled base.
- Refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving.
Claire says
A family favourite in our house for Christmas Day dessert.