Snickers Date Bark
This peanut butter chocolate date bark tastes like a Snickers bar but with way more protein, fiber, and micronutrients.
This peanut butter chocolate date bark tastes like a Snickers bar but with way more protein, fiber, and micronutrients. If you want a dessert that helps you feel full and satisfied, this date bark is the way to go!
Let's talk about the recipe!
Ingredients
- Medjool dates
- Peanut butter
- Peanuts, roasted and salted
- Vegan chocolate chips
- Flaky sea salt, optional
Open and Arrange the Dates
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and grease. With a butter knife, cut a vertical slit in each date. Remove the pits, and then unroll the dates to be flat. Place them in 3 rows of 3 on the baking paper.
I've seen a lot of date bark recipes that used the bottom of a glass to smash the dates flat. This method is, in my opinion, difficult and insanely inefficient. The dates are going to stick to the glass, and they're never going to get flat. If you're already cutting a slit in the date to remove the pit, then you can just unroll the date once it has a little cut in it, and there you go, it's perfectly flat and not stuck to anything.
Melt and Spread the Peanut Butter
Melt the peanut butter in a microwave-safe bowl for 30 seconds. Pour over the dates and sprinkle the peanuts over.
This part is too easy. Just melt the peanut butter so it's pourable or more spreadable, and pour/spread it on top. If you don't melt it first, the dates are just going to be moving around everywhere and it's going to be a mess.
Melt and Spread the Chocolate
Melt the chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl in 30-second intervals, stirring between each one. When the chocolate is melted, pour over the peanut butter. Sprinkle with flaky sea salt and freeze for 30 minutes.
Why 30-second intervals? This is just going to prevent the chocolate from burning. You could also melt the chocolate over a double boiler (a pot full of boiling water with a separate bowl containing the chocolate placed on top), but that takes a little bit longer and is slightly more of a pain. The microwave is quicker and easier, and you could make it go even faster by adding a little coconut oil.
Peanut Butter Chocolate Date Bark Recipe
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40 minutes
Ingredients:
- 9 Medjool dates
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1/4 cup peanuts, roasted and salted
- 2/3 cup vegan chocolate chips
- Flaky sea salt, optional
Method:
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and grease.
- With a butter knife, cut a vertical slit in each date. Remove the pits, and then unroll the dates to be flat. Place them in 3 rows of 3 on the baking paper.
- Melt the peanut butter in a microwave-safe bowl for 30 seconds. Pour over the dates and sprinkle the peanuts over.
- Melt the chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl in 30-second intervals, stirring between each one. When the chocolate is melted, pour over the peanut butter. Sprinkle with flaky sea salt and freeze for 30 minutes.
| Nutrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Servings: 8 | |
| Amount per serving | |
| Calories | 266 |
| % Daily Value* | |
| Total Fat 14.5g | 19% |
| Saturated Fat 4.9g | 25% |
| Cholesterol 3mg | 1% |
| Sodium 86mg | 4% |
| Total Carbohydrate 30.6g | 11% |
| Dietary Fiber 3.6g | 13% |
| Total Sugars 24.7g | |
| Protein 7.2g | |
| Vitamin D 0mcg | 0% |
| Calcium 31mg | 2% |
| Iron 2mg | 13% |
| Potassium 189mg | 4% |
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About the Author
Hi! I'm Alexandra Massengale, and I've been cooking and baking for over 12 years. My passion is making cheap, convenient, nutrient-dense food that still tastes amazing, and helping to perpetuate healthy eating habits without perpetuating diet culture. I want you to find recipes that make your body and heart happy, without putting any food off limits or making you feel guilty for loving delicious things.
By Alexandra Massengale