Peanut Butter Cheesecake Stuffed Dates
These peanut butter cheesecake stuffed dates will quickly become your new favorite healthy treat! These no bake goodies are incredible, while being made with a handful of nourishing ingredients. Creamy yogurt cheesecake-like filling is stuffed into Medjool dates and then covered in chocolate. When frozen, the dates become caramel-like and are absolute heaven! Think, natures Snickers Bar!
Ingredients
- 12 Medjool dates, pitted
- 1/4 cup coconut yogurt or greek yogurt *make sure it's THICK
- 2 1/2 tbsp peanut butter *can sub other nut/seed butter
- 2-3 tbsp vanilla protein powder (or your favorite flavor) *optional!
- handful chopped peanuts *I used dry roasted, unsalted
- 1/2 - 1 tbsp maple syrup or honey *optional. See notes!
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract *you can omit if your yogurt is vanilla
- good pinch of sea salt
- cup chocolate chips or chopped chocolate bars
Instructions
- At one side of the date, rip it open and remove the pit (you can also buy already pitted dates). Gently open up the center of the date, without ripping it in half. Place on a parchment lined baking sheet or plate.
- In a small bowl, combine the filling ingredients until smooth. You can taste it and decide if you want to add more sweetener/if at all. Add a little to the center of each date. Press a few nuts into the yogurt to hold them in place.
- Place the baking sheet or plate in the freezer for an hour or two until the filling is completely firm.
- In a small bowl, melt the chocolate until smooth. You can either drizzle the chocolate over top or working quickly, dip each date into the chocolate mixture, removing it with a fork, allowing the excess chocolate to drip off. Then place them back on the baking sheet.
- Top with sea salt. Return to the freezer for 2-3 hours (the longer they're in the freezer, the more caramel-like the dates become. They get super gooey!). Store in an air-tight container in the freezer.
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Notes
*For coconut yogurt, I love the brands CocoJune & Culina. Make sure your yogurt is thick (nonfat yogurts don't work great as the end result will be too liquidy).
*The maple syrup/honey is optional! I used unsweetened yogurt so I like to add just a splash of maple syrup. However, you don't have to! The sweetness of the dates and chocolate are enough for some!