Chocolate Covered Dates with Peanut Butter (Homemade Snickers!)- Earthly Provisions

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These Chocolate Covered Dates are stuffed with peanut butter and taste like a snickers bar! They only require 6 ingredients and are the perfect, easy little treat. No one will ever believe they are vegan, and gluten-free!

A chocolate covered date stuffed with peanut butter cut in half and stacked on top of each other on a wooden board.

I love a no-bake treat! Sometimes I want a dessert that I don't have to wait for. I love to whip up a batch of my Edible Snickerdoodle Cookie Dough or make a batch of Vegan Cookie Dough Balls to keep in the refrigerator.

So, I thought I'd make another easy no-bake dessert: Chocolate Covered Dates with Peanut Butter. Dates naturally taste like caramel, so when they are stuffed with peanut butter and dipped in chocolate, they end up tasting just like a snickers bar!

Why You'll Love This Recipe

Here are the top 5 reasons why you are going to love this recipe:

You only need 6 ingredients.
The dates seriously taste like a snickers bar!
You can use any nut butter you have on hand.
This recipe is beginner friendly! Its very simple to make.
They are the perfect sweet and salty treat.

Ingredient Notes

Overhead photo of ingredients needed to make this recipe.

Medjool Dates: I only recommend medjool dates for this recipe. They are the most widely available and my favorite! They are large and soft and taste like caramel. See this article for even more about date varieties!

Peanut Butter: I like Teddie Peanut Butter, but use whatever you have on hand.

Chocolate Chips: Use any type of chocolate chips to cover the dates. From milk chocolate to dark chocolate, any variety will work.

Coconut Oil: A little bit of coconut oil goes in with the chocolate chips to thin the chocolate out. This will make it better for dipping.

Flakey Sea Salt: A little sea salt is added to the top of the chocolate covered dates for that sweet and salty combo.

Variations and Substitutions

Instead of peanut butter use any nut butter you like! This recipe would be delicious with almond butter, cashew butter or even sunflower butter if you are nut-free.

Similarly, instead of peanuts, use any nut. Pistachios, almonds, or hazelnuts would be great!

Step-by-Step Instructions

Dates cut in half with the pits removed on a parchment lined plate.

Step 1. Use a paring knife to slice the date lengthwise down to the pit. Gently open the date and remove the pit.

Peanut butter stuffed in the middle of the dates on a parchment lined plate.

Step 2. Fill the middle of each date with peanut butter, or nut butter of choice.

Peanut butter stuffed dates topped with peanuts on a parchment lined plate.

Step 3. Top each date with a peanuts or nut of choice. Then, place them in the freezer for 1 hour or until the peanut butter is frozen.

Chocolate chips and coconut oil in a small white bowl.

Step 4. Combine chocolate chips and coconut oil in a small bowl.

Melted chocolate in a small white bowl with a gold spoon in it.

Step 5. Melt the chocolate in the microwave.

Date being covered in the melted chocolate.

Step 6. Cover each peanut butter stuffed date with chocolate and before the chocolate hardens, top with flakey salt.

Recipe FAQs

How should I store the Chocolate Covered Dates with Peanut Butter?

Store the dates in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.

Can I use another date variety for this recipe?

You can use any date variety, but in my opinion, medjool are the best. They are large and soft and caramely. Deglet Noor dates are the other most common variety and this recipe will still be delicious if you use them!

Expert Tips and Tricks

Don't skip the freezing time! Its important for the peanut butter to be frozen, or it will be nearly impossible to dip the dates in chocolate.

The best way to cover the dates in chocolate is to drop the cut side down into the melted chocolate, then use a fork to turn them over and lift them out.

Chocolate covered dates topped with flakey salt on a wooden board with peanuts in the scene.

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