Stuffed dates

difficulty: ✦✦✧

preparation time: 1 hour

ingredients

• dates (medjool or regular ones both work)
• smooth peanut butter
• Nut of choice, i recommend using pecans, walnuts or almonds for this.
• dark vegan chocolate
• optional: a pinch of salt
• vegan chocolate chips to taste

preparation

1. start by slicing your dates in half and removing the pits, try to leave them hinged on one side, like you would be slicing open a sandwich. this will make it easier to cover them in chocolate without falling apart later.
2. fill the dates about halfway with peanut butter.
3. add a nut in the middle and close the date like a little sandwich. dont worry if they dont fully close.
4. put the dates on a tray and put them in the freezer until the peanut butter has fully hardened.
5. melt your chocolate in the microwave or au bain marie.
6. take the dates from the freezer. coat them in the melted chocolate and place them on a tray lined with baking paper. you can sprinkle on a tiny bit of course salt to make the flavours pop.
7. put the dates back in the freezer until the chocolate has hardened.
8. store the dates in a container in the fridge. (if you leave them out of the fridge the texture of the chocolate will become a bit dull, which i tend to find unpleasant.)