Snickers Stuffed Dates (Paleo, Vegan)

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These Vegan and Paleo Snickers Stuffed Dates are the most delicious no-cook healthy dessert recipe of all time! They’re made with just four ingredients: Dates filled with almond butter, topped with a chocolate drizzle and a sprinkle of flakey sea salt. It doesn’t get any easier (or more delectable) than that!

Snickers Stuffed Dates!

I don’t mean to hype these Snickers Stuffed Dates too much, but I’m 100% serious… they’re that good!

The other day I made these for my sister for the first time, and this was how her first experience with this dessert went: She took her first bite in the middle of telling us a story, then suddenly stopped mid-sentence to say, “Oh my goodness, these dates are rocking!”

It’s official! They’re everybody’s new favorite no-bake dessert! They’re an absolute must-try if you’re like me and just totally love that classic chocolate and peanut/almond butter combo.

Recipe Ingredients

• Noor or Medjool Dates: I prefer noor because they’re a little smaller and usually less expensive, but either will work great!
• Almond Butter: If you want to get the full snickers effect (which I highly recommend), there needs to be a little crunch in the nut butter. Choose a crunchy peanut butter, or if you prefer to keep it Paleo by using almond butter, chop up a few almonds and stir them in. That little bit of texture really takes it to the next level!
• Coconut Oil
• Cocoa Powder
• Maple Syrup
• Flakey Sea Salt: Use flakey sea salt, or leave it off completely. I use Jacobsen salt, but any fleur de sel or Maldon salt will work beautifully. Table salt or any other kind of fine salt just doesn’t give you the same burst of crunchy saltiness these rich chocolate babies cry out for!

By the way, if you like this Paleo desserts, try my Paleo Chocolate Pumpkin Protein Balls . You’ll love them!

The Chocolate Drizzle

The chocolate drizzle on these is what really makes these feel like a Paleo snickers! Oh my.

• Because it’s made with coconut oil, which is solid at room temp, you need to heat first the coconut oil. Melt it completely before stirring in the cocoa powder and maple syrup.

• Melt the coconut oil by simply putting it in a small bowl in the microwave for about 30 seconds. You can do it by gently warming the coconut oil on the stovetop, too! Then all you need to do is mix in the maple syrup and cocoa powder.

It hardens up nicely once it’s back to room temp or below.

And don’t worry if the chocolate hardens a bit too much to drizzle before you’re ready to use it, just gently warm it up again. Easy peasy!

• This last time I made these, I used a chocolate superfoods powder in place of the of the cocoa powder + maple syrup. Since it’s already sweetened with a bit of stevia, it was absolutely fabulous.

It’s almost like a Paleo version of the chocolate magic shell stuff you’ve seen at the store– so you can drizzle it over ice cream for the same effect (you’re welcome for that tip, wink).

But there are lots of other awesome things about them!

But even though they’re super simple, there are a few pro-tips you need to follow to make your Snickers Stuffed Dates come together juuuuuust right.

Recipe Tips:

1. Buy pitted dates. They’ve already been sliced in half when the pit was removed, which makes your job of stuffing them with almond butter 1000 times easier.
2. Chill the dates before you drizzle them with the chocolate. Put them in the fridge for a little while. The chocolate drizzle will harden rather quickly when it comes in contact with the cold dates, so it really gives them a nice drizzle effect.
3. Speaking of how quickly it’ll harden up, it makes sense to drizzle the dates with chocolate one at a time, then sprinkle the flakey sea salt on top individually. Don’t do it assembly-line style. If you wait too long to sprinkle the salt, the chocolate will already be hardened and the salt won’t stay put as well.
4. You can prepare them in advance to enjoy whenever you want! Just keep them in an airtight container in the fridge and pop them out when you’re ready to eat (they freeze beautifully, too!)

• Oh, and try eating the dates right out of the freezer — so yum! I used to freeze my snickers bars too! If that sounds like a workout for your jaw, though, just serve them slightly chilled.

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