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Dates, filled with peanut butter, covered with chocolate, and topped with chopped peanuts, on a white plate.
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Chocolate Covered Dates

Take your Chocolate Covered Dates to the next level! The combination of the natural sweetness of dates, creamy peanut butter, crunchy peanuts, all covered in chocolate, makes for a mouth-watering treat that is hard to resist. This amazing dessert recipe will remind you classic snickers bars, but in a healthy form.
Prep Time20 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Servings: 15 chocolate covered dates
Calories: 157kcal

Ingredients

  • 15 Medjool Dates
  • ¼ cup peanut butter
  • ¼ cup roasted salted peanuts chopped
  • ¾ cup dark chocolate chips or chopped chocolate
  • 1 teaspoon coconut oil

Instructions

  • Cut a slit in each date and remove the pits.
  • Fill each date with peanut butter and sprinkle some chopped peanuts on top of peanut butter.
  • In a mixing bowl, add chocolate chips and coconut oil, then melt until smooth consistency.
  • Working one at a time, dip the filled dates in melted chocolate to fully cover from all the sides, allowing the excess chocolate to drip back into the bowl.
  • Transfer them to a baking sheet with parchment paper and top with some extra chopped peanuts.
  • Refrigerate for about 30 minutes before serving.

Notes

  • Nut butter varieties. If you don’t like peanut butter, you can substitute it with almond, hazelnut, or cashew butter and roasted nuts.
  • Chocolate. Use good quality chocolate bar or chips in this recipe. It makes a BIG difference.
  • Dipping dates into chocolate. To make it easier to dip stuffed dates into chocolate, I like to pierce the dates with a toothpick, then dip into the melted chocolate, and using a teaspoon, pour over more chocolate to fully cover from all the sides.
  • How to store. You can keep them in an air-tight container in the fridge for about a week.

Nutrition

Calories: 157kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 0.1mg | Sodium: 39mg | Potassium: 267mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 37IU | Vitamin C: 0.05mg | Calcium: 47mg | Iron: 0.5mg