Healthy Snickers Dates (Easy Vegan Recipe!)

🧂 Ingredients

• 10 medjool dates

  (pitted)
• 70 g crunchy peanut butter

  (5 tbsp (sub: smooth peanut butter or almond butter))
• 150 g dairy free dark chocolate chips

  (or a dark chocolate bar broken into small pieces)
• 1 tsp coconut oil

  (optional *see note)
• 5 tsp chopped peanuts

  (15g (sub: chopped nuts))
• ⅛ tsp coarse sea salt

  (optional)

Instructions

• 1 Use a sharp knife [https://geni.us/avvchefsknives] to cut into the dates
  lengthways. Cut to approximately half way through so that the date remains in
  one piece but you can get to the centre. Don’t cut the date into two separate
  pieces.
  
  Remove and discard the pit (stone) if you have not already done so.
• 2 Stir your peanut butter well to mix it together, even out the consistency and
  stir in any surface oil. You’ll need the peanut butter to be a thick but
  scoopable consistency.
• 3 Place a baking tray [https://geni.us/avvbakingtray] or large flat plate on the
  kitchen worktop and line it with parchment paper.
• 4 Fill the center of each date with the peanut butter. You’ll need around 1/2-3/4
  tsp per date but it’ll depend on the size of your dates. Place the filled dates
  on the lined tray.
• 5 Place the chocolate chips into a heat proof bowl and set it over a small
  saucepan of gently simmering water (without the bottom of the bowl touching the
  water).
• 6 Allow the chocolate to fully melt and then stir in the coconut oil
  [https://geni.us/avvcoconutoil] until the melted chocolate is glossy.
  
  Note: You can use the microwave [https://geni.us/avvmicrowave] to melt the
  chocolate instead if you prefer. Place the chocolate chips and coconut oil
  [https://geni.us/avvcoconutoil] in a microwave
  [https://geni.us/avvmicrowave]-safe bowl and microwave
  [https://geni.us/avvmicrowave] in 10-15 second increments. Be careful not to
  over-heat otherwise the chocolate can burn and/or split.
• 7 Place one of the filled dates in the bowl of chocolate and use a spoon to pour
  the melted chocolate over the top to fully coat it. Scoop it out of the bowl of
  melted chocolate carefully with a fork (don’t try to spear the date with the
  fork otherwise the filling may squidge out!).
• 8 Let any excess melted chocolate drip off over the bowl and then place the
  chocolate coated date on the lined tray.
• 9 Repeat with the rest of the filled dates.
• 10 Whilst the chocolate is still wet, sprinkle the dates with chopped peanuts and a
  small sprinkle of sea salt.
  
  Note: Go easy on the salt, especially if your peanut butter is salted, just a a
  few grains will be plenty (you can omit the salt altogether if you prefer).
• 11 Once all of the dates are coated in chocolate and decorated, place the tray in
  the fridge for around an hour until the chocolate has set firmly.
• 12 Once fully set, store the dates in an airtight container
  [https://geni.us/avvairtightcontainers] in the fridge and consume within 1 week.
  
  Leftover melted chocolate? Use it to make more snickers dates! Or make
  ‘chocolate bark [https://aveganvisit.com/home/raspberry-triple-chocolate-bark/]’
  by pouring the melted chocolate into a parchment lined dish and sprinkling dried
  fruit and nuts on top. Refrigerate until set and then break into pieces.

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