Spooky Stuffed Dates - 3 Ways

Written by Abby | Oct 28, 2024 9:35:44 PM

Spooky stuffed medjool dates in three festive ways: Mummy, Ghost, and Eyeballs. Made with simple ingredients for a sweet yet wholesome Halloween treat. Gluten-Free, Dairy Free and Vegan option.

With spooky season here, we've got TREATS on the brain (that's how the Rihanna song goes right😝)! Okay, who are we kidding, we are we not thinking about sweets! We're all about balance and indulging in some sugary sweets but a little too much indulgence can be, well...spooky for your insides.

So for the times when you're craving some sweetness without the sugary nightmare, we've got just the perfect festive fix for you! Spooky Stuffed Dates 3 Ways: Mummy Dates, Ghost Dates, and Eyeball Dates. These simple sweet bites bring all the Halloween vibes--minus the sugar crash!

It's no secret that medjool dates are a magic ingredient when it comes to creating classic candies into better-for-you versions. From Copycat Reese's Peanut Butter Pumpkins, Almond Joy Stuffed Dates, Healthy Paleo Twix Bars, these spook-tacular treats are nothing short of goodness and flavor with quite the shorter ingredient list!

Ingredients you'll need:

1. Joolies Organic Medjool Dates
  - You can't stuff a date without a date! Whether you're team pitted or whole, both work equally as delicious and still give you all the amazing benefits of dates!
2. Peanut Butter or Nut Butter
  - Grab your favorite nut or seed butter that you have on hand to use as the "stuffing" for our dates. For an allergen friendly options, we adore our friends over at Oat Haus and all their delicious granola butters!
3. Cream Cheese
  - This adds a great creamy texture to the spooky eyes stuffed dates! You can also use goat cheese or a a dairy-free cheese if you so desire. We really love Miyoko's vegan cream cheese as an alternative for the same thickness and flavor.
4. Honey
  - A little drizzle of this brings everything together and balance out the tanginess of the cream cheese.
5. White Chocolate Chips
  - This is really going to bring our ghost and mummy dates to life! Enjoy Life Foods recently came out with mini white chocolate chips free from the top 14 allergens!
6. Mini Dark Chocolate Chips
  - These are going to be the eyes + mouth for the ghost dates. We recommend using a dark chocolate without fillers or artificial sweeteners (it takes longer to melt and isn't great for your body either) like Hu Kitchen, or Enjoy Life Foods. For an extra touch of fun, you can also opt to use candy eyes instead of chocolate chips.
7. Coconut Oil
  - Adding a little bit of this into our melted chocolate helps keep it from drying out and allows it to harden faster when placed in the freezer! Plus coconut oil also contains healthy fatty acids called MCTs which promote brain function.

If you make one or all three of these spooky stuffed dates for spooky season, be sure to tag us on Instagram and Pinterest so we can see all your date-able date recipe recreations! And you can always comment below!

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