No-Bake Date, Peanut Butter & Chocolate Bites

No-Bake Date, Peanut Butter & Chocolate Bites

Good

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Step 1

To make the date mixture: If using whole dates, process them in a food processor until they form a paste. You can process the walnuts and cocoa along with the dates. Mix until you have a smooth, uniform dough-like mixture.

Step 2

If using vacuum-packed date paste, simply knead/mix the cocoa and chopped walnuts into the date paste until evenly distributed.

Step 3

Shape: Divide the mixture into equal balls, approximately 30 g each.

Step 4

Coat with sesame seeds by rolling each ball thoroughly in the toasted sesame seeds.

Step 5

Place ball inside a small round cookie cutter.

Step 6

Create a centre by using the handle of a wooden spoon, for example, and make a deep indentation in the center of each ball.

Step 7

Add peanut butter, filling each indentation with peanut butter, about 2/3 of the way to the top.

Step 8

Top with chocolate.

Step 9

Chop the dark chocolate and melt it either: - in the microwave in short bursts - or over a bain-marie/double boiler.

Step 10

Pour a thin layer of melted chocolate over the peanut butter.

Step 11

Garnish: Sprinkle with chopped pistachios or chopped nuts.

Step 12

Chill and refrigerate until the chocolate has completely set.

Step 13

One culinary note: these could be very good with a tiny amount of flaky sea salt on top of the chocolate. That would cut the sweetness of the dates and make the peanut butter/chocolate flavor pop.