Sticking to your diet can be pretty hard at times. Finding the right recipes that are healthy and delicious at the same time can be quite a task. If you have a sweet tooth, these healthy chocolate covered date bars are the best of 10 minute recipes that you need to try out.
Dates are a healthy alternative to sugar, rich in carbs and fiber providing a fix to your sweet cravings. It could be handy to have these date bars in your refrigerator. So that when you are running late for your gym or yoga classes, you can grab a bar or two on your way. If you are a work or a gym girly, these 10 minute recipes are definitely for you!
Deliciously rich in taste, this date bars recipe is the simplest to make. So let’s dig in and learn how to make these date bars together.
Chocolate Covered Healthy Date Bars
Ingredients
- 250 gm dates soaked
- 215 gm almonds roasted
- 1/2 cup dark chocolate
- 1/2 cup milk chocolate
- 2 tbsp melted butter
- 1 tsp oil unflavored
Instructions
- Take a bowl and soak 250 gm dates in water for 15 minutes after rinsing.
- De-seed the dates after soaking them chop them coarsely and throw them in a chopper.
- Chop them finely, and transfer to a bowl.
- Roast your 215 gm almonds in a non-stick pan for 2-3 minutes.
- Let them cool for a bit, and then transfer to the chopper.
- Chop finely and then sift and set aside 2-3 tbsp almonds for garnishing your date bars.
- Take the rest of your chopped almonds and add to the dates, mixing thoroughly. Make them into ball or bar shapes depending on your preferance.
- Take a double boiler and add in your 1/2 cup dark chocolate, 1/2 cup milk chocolate and 2 tbsp melted butter and melt them together.
- Add 1 tsp oil in the end to give a runny consistency to your chocolate sauce.
- Dip your bars in the chocolate and coat them properly. Let them set in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours.
- Once set, take them out and dip each side again slightly in remaining chocolate sauce and then the almonds to garnish its ends.
- Serve them in a plate and enjoy your healthy date bars.
Notes:
- Try to take softer dates for this date bars recipe, as the hard dates might be difficullt to chop.
- Make sure to properly refrigerate your date bars, otherwise they might break and the chocolate also won’t set properly.
- Make sure to use unsalted butter and unflavoured oil in every dessert recipe you try as that could seriously affect the taste.
- If you want your date bars to be even more rich in taste, you can add other nuts too, like walnuts or hazelnuts.
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Delicious Recipe!
Great recipe, I will try it out.
I love this recipe. Will try it soon.
I recreated this recipe and it was incredibly delicious.