Chocolate Covered Date "Caramels"
Irresistible chocolate-covered date caramels made with simple, wholefood ingredients. A naturally sweet, no-bake treat your whole family will love. Perfect for snacking or dessert.
Equipment
- Blender or Food Processor
- Spatula
- Cake Pan
- Sharp Knife
- Parchment Paper
- Small Pot or Double Boiler
- Cutting Board
Ingredients
- 2 cups medjool dates pitted
- 4 Tbsp almond butter or any other nut butter you have
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1.5 Tbsp coconut oil
- 2 cups choc chips or bar of plain chocolate cut up into small chunks
- 1 tsp sea salt I use Redmond for everything
Instructions
- Place dates in a bowl of hot water to soften for approx. 10 mins and drain
- Add drained dates, nut butter, vanilla, and 1 Tbsp coconut oil to blender and blend until completely smooth
- Cover cake pan with parchment paper
- Spread the smoothed date concoction into a cake pan, as thick as you will want your caramels to be (this step is tricky but hang in there!)
- Place pan in freezer for approx. 2 hours for date mixture to harden
- Closer to when the date mixture is hardened around the 2 hour mark, melt 1/2 Tbsp. coconut oil and all chocolate very slowly in pot or double broiler
- Once date mixture is hardened, pull parchment out of cake pan and place onto cutting board
- Cut date mixture into small squares *the size you want your caramels to be)
- Dip squares in melted chocolate until they are completely covered and sprinkle with sea salt
- Place back in freezer for another 2 hours
Notes
Nutritional Info (per caramel):
Calories: 150 kcal
Protein: 3 g
Fat: 9 g
Carbohydrates: 16 g
Sugar: 13 g (mostly from dates + chocolate)
Fibre: 4 g
Sodium: 60 mg