Snickers Dates are the best guilt-free sweet treat – made with antioxidant-rich dark chocolate and a delicious high-protein peanut butter filling. Naturally sweet and satisfying, they’re the perfect post-meal dessert or wholesome snack to power your day.
Okay, I’ll admit… I was the first person to roll my eyes when I started seeing all these healthy date dessert recipes go viral on social media. I’m the type of person that eats healthy, but when I want a sweet treat, I don’t want something secretly made with chickpeas or whatever is currently trending at the moment. I want something untainted and pure and delicious.
But then I started reading all the health benefits of dates and curiosity got the best of me, and I bought some. I smeared a dollop peanut butter inside, sprinkled some nuts and chocolate chips on top, and tried it…
The verdict: delicious. Granted, anything smothered in peanut butter and chocolate probably is! I’ve tested out several different ways of making these Snickers-inspired dates – piping the peanut butter into whole dates vs. spreading it on halves, drizzling chocolate on top vs. dipping them, even rolling the dates together into a thin sheet and making a Snickers date “bark”… p.s. I didn’t like the bark because it made the dates super tough and chewy.
This is the version that was the least difficult/time consuming/messy and had the best macros – not that that’s the reason we’re eating them. This is meant to be a little treat! But by halving the dates instead of leaving them whole, you’re not eating so much sugar and carbs all at once. And the high-protein peanut butter reminds me of the consistency of the filling in Reese’s! Biggest tip: don’t skimp on the sea salt sprinkled on top. I promise you it balances all the flavors for the perfect salty-sweet bite!
I keep a container of these in my refrigerator at all times now as a little sweet bite after meals or some quick carbs before a workout. I know myself, and if I don’t have something like these Snickers dates on hand, I’m grabbing a handful of Oreos or something sugary and processed out of the pantry. These are something I can feel good about eating! Try them and tell me what you think!
Snickers Dates
Snickers Dates are the best guilt-free sweet treat – made with antioxidant-rich dark chocolate and a delicious high-protein peanut butter filling. Naturally sweet and satisfying, they’re the perfect post-meal dessert or wholesome snack to power your day.
Ingredients
20 medjool dates, sliced in half and pitted
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
40g vanilla protein powder
1/2 cup peanuts, chopped
1 cup dark chocolate chips
1 tsp coconut oil
sea salt
Instructions
Slice the dates in half and remove the pit. In a bowl, add the peanut butter and vanilla protein powder and mix until well combined. Spread the peanut butter mixture into each halved date, and top with chopped peanuts.
In a separate bowl, melt the dark chocolate chips and coconut oil in the microwave in 30 second increments until completely melted. Drizzle the chocolate on each date, coating the top completely, and sprinkle with coarse sea salt while the chocolate is still warm. Store in the refrigerator.
Notes
Per ½ date: Calories: 96 | Carbohydrates: 12.5 g | Protein: 2.3 g | Fat: 4.7 g
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