12 Plant-Based Chocolate Date Desserts

The chocolate and dates combination is vastly underrated. You get the sweet, almost caramel-like taste from the dates and the rich and smooth flavors from the chocolate. Plus, both of these foods have health benefits. So if you’re looking for some unique and delicious dessert recipes to add to the rotation, then this is the list for you!

1. No-Bake Chocolate Date Truffles

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These No-Bake Chocolate Date Truffles by Wholesome LLC are for people who love dates or haven’t had dates but are looking for a great recipe to try them in. They’re great for eliminating or reducing your refined sugar intake, and a good choice if you want a healthier dessert option for you and the family.

2. Walnut-Stuffed Chocolate Dates

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Dates are truly nature’s candy! They’re sticky, caramel-like, and have the perfect amount of sweetness. While these tiny fruits are delicious on their own, there are tons of ways to dress ’em up even more. These Walnut-Stuffed Chocolate Dates by Lenia & Dimitra take the plump date and transform it into a chocolatey vessel for a crunchy walnut. Easy and elegant!

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3. Chocolate Date Sauce

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You may not know exactly what you’ll do with this Chocolate Date Sauce by Michele Elizabeth at first, but believe us, once you make it, you’ll have to stop yourself from drizzling it on everything! It’s smooth, velvety, perfectly sweet, and oh so very chocolatey. Try this delicious sauce on dairy-free ice cream or use it for dipping fruit like apples, bananas, strawberries, or raspberries! Yum.

4. Chocolate-Covered Stuffed Dates

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Chewy dates, stuffed with creamy nut butter, coated in chocolate, and sprinkled with sea salt. Are you drooling yet? These Chocolate-Covered Stuffed Dates by Tara Weir are so freakin yummy. The bonus is, they are super easy to make, free of refined sugar, and suitable for vegan, gluten-free, and paleo diets. Doesn’t get much better than that.

5. Chocolate Pecan Pie Bars With Date Caramel

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Vegan dessert bars are the perfect sweet treat for any time of year! They are fun to make and so tasty! These Chocolate Pecan Pie Bars by Taylor Kiser are the ultimate level of yum in your tum. They’re almost like toffee! Crunchy, maple crust, a chewy date caramel center, and a sweet, sticky topping of pecans and ooey-gooey chocolate. It’s vegan dessert bar bliss. In addition to being vegan, they’re paleo and gluten-free! With these chocolate pecan pie bars, you get to have your cake (or vegan dessert bar that is) and eat it too!

6. High-Protein Chocolate Chip Date Balls

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These High-Protein Chocolate Chip Date Balls by Kimmy Murphy are the perfect snack when you are on the go. They are gluten-free, soy-free, and dairy-free, and sunflower butter could be subbed to make them nut-free.

7. Chocolate Drizzled Stuffed Dates

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Serve these delicious Chocolate Drizzled Stuffed Dates by Heather Thomas as a snack or with coffee after dinner. Almonds, walnuts, and pistachios are grown throughout Greece on the mainland and the islands, and they feature in many sweet and savory recipes from savory sauces and dips, such as skordalia, to traditional honey-soaked pastries and sweetmeats.

8. Healthy Chocolate Coconut Covered Date Candies

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If you’re looking to cut down on artificial sugars, then these Healthy Chocolate Coconut Covered Date Candies by Ciarra Siller are for you. The Medjool dates are sweet enough to taste like candy while providing you with a good amount of fiber and fructose over sucrose. Not only are these date candies healthier than their processed counterparts, but they can also be made in less time than it would take to run to the store.

9. No-Bake Salted Date Caramel Chocolate Pie

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This silky and decadent No-Bake Salted Date Caramel Chocolate Pie by Fabio Gallo is simply delicious. It begins with an almond crust, which is then layered with a creamy salted date caramel filling and eventually topped with a chocolate mousse. Enjoy it firm right out of the freezer, or let it warm up a bit for a deliciously soft pie that melts in your mouth.

10. Chocolate Carrot Cake With Walnut-Date Frosting

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Chocolate cake and carrot cake are amazing, but when combined together, they’re downright awesome. The result is this decadent, gluten-free Chocolate Carrot Cake With Walnut-Date Frosting by Amy Lyons. Dates are used as a natural sweetener in both the cake and the frosting, adding just the right amount of sweetness to offset the flavors of the chocolate. A thick layer of rich, fudgy walnut-date frosting coats the moist, chocolatey cake. This is the cake to make for birthdays and holidays alike.

11. Chocolate-Covered Brazil Nut-Stuffed Medjool Dates With Coconut Whipped Cream

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You don’t need a reason to whip up a simple treat like these Chocolate-Covered Dates by Maya Popovich. Medjool dates, which are rich and caramel-y on their own, are stuffed with Brazil nuts and coated in a rich dark chocolate shell. Homemade coconut whipped cream tops them off creating a decadent bite-sized dessert that’s irresistible.

12. Blackberry and Chocolate Creme Tartlets With a Date-Nut Crust

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These Blackberry and Chocolate Creme Tartlets by Tiffany Kingsley are rich, decadent, and made completely with whole foods! A layer of blackberry creme and a layer of chocolate sit atop a chocolatey date-nut crust. These bite-sized treats can also be made raw by using cacao powder in place of chocolate chips.

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