These easy chocolate date bites are made with 3 simple ingredients, are inexpensive to make and are similar to the viral date bark. A no bake healthy snack candy that is dairy free, gluten-free, refined sugar free.
Healthy homemade chocolate date bites are an easy no-bake treat made with just 3 ingredients. Like the viral date bark which is just dates, peanut butter and chocolate, these bite-sized date snacks are high in protein and fiber. They are made with medjool dates, a healthy no glycemic fruit. I used this ice cube tray, but you can use your own.
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Why Date Bites Recipe Works
- This no bake date snack has a sweet caramel flavor, and protein from nut butter.
- Inexpensive. You can control how few bites you make; you don't need to use dozens as you do with the viral date bark.
- No oven needed, made in a few minutes.
- Taste like a mini-sized Snicker's bar.
Tip: Use Medjool dates which are larger and softer and best for this recipe. They are easy to find in packages in the produce section of most supermarkets.
Ingredients Needed
- Chocolate chips. Use a quality dairy-free brand like Enjoylife or chop up your favorite chocolate bar.
- Dates. Use Medjool dates. Soak them for 2 minutes in boiled water, pit and chop in half, and the chop those halves in half.
- Peanut butter. Use a runny healthy kind with only peanuts as ingredients, no added sugar.
See the recipe card at the bottom for full information on ingredients and quantities.
Steps to Make Date Bites
For more detail, visit the complete and printable recipe at the bottom of this post, but here are general steps.
Prep: Melt chocolate chips in the microwave for one minute. Dollop a teaspoon into each ice cube tray square.
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Step 1: Melt the chocolate chips for 1 minute in the microwave. And dollop a teaspoon into the bottom of each ice cube tray well.
Step 2: Soak dates in boiled water for 2 minutes. Then cut them into 4 equal pieces. And insert ½ a date into each ice cube well.
Step 3: Add a teaspoon of peanut butter to each cube, on top of each date half.
Step 4: Add a teaspoon of melted chocolate on top of the peanut butter.
Step 5: Chill the date bites for 30 minutes or as long as it takes to remove them from the ice cube trays.
Storage
Refrigerated. In a sealed container, these date bites last 2 weeks.
Frozen. In a sealed container in the freezer, your healthy date bites will last 6 months.
Recipe Tips
Switch to a nut-free date bites by seed butter instead of nut butter.
Date replacement. Dried figs or deglet dates also work if medjool dates are unavailable.
FAQS
No, these are a no bake candy recipe that needs to be frozen in an ice cube tray.
Yes, the ingredients are only dates, peanut butter, and chocolate.
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📖 Recipe
Chocolate Date Bites (no bake)
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 dates, soaked and pitted
- ¼ cup peanut butter
- ½ cup chocolate chips
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Instructions
Prep
- Melt 1 cup of chocolate chips in the microwave for one minute. Soak the dates in a pot of just boiled water for 2 minutes.½ cup chocolate chips
Add chocolate base
- Dollop a teaspoon of melted chocolate into each well of your ice cube tray.
Add dates
- Drain and pit the dates in half. Insert a half a date into each ice cube tray well on top of the chocolate layer.4 dates, soaked and pitted
Add peanut butter layer
- Spoon a teaspoon of peanut butter on each date half, spread it.¼ cup peanut butter
Add chocolate top
- Add a teaspoon of melted chocolate on top of each ice cube tray well.½ cup chocolate chips
- Freeze filled trays for 30 minutes or until you can remove them from the ice cube trays.
Notes
Frozen. In a sealed container in the freezer, your healthy date bites will last 6 months.
Dee Dine says
This healthy no bake date snack is inexpensive to make and only 3 ingredients.