Smashed Date Chocolate Cups (Snickers and Bounty!)
These Smashed Date Chocolate Cups are the best no-bake snack ready in just 10 minutes, and they come with two options: peanutty caramel snickers and coconutty creamy bounty bar style. They are naturally vegan and gluten-free, too.
I love medjool dates with chocolate and recently I have been enjoying them smashed with a delicious filling. these two options are my favourite to date:
- Snickers: with a gooey peanut butter caramel and crunchy peanuts.
- Bounty: with a soft crunchy and smooth coconut cream filling.
The base of the recipe is just medjool dates and chocolate, and they are so easy to make, but taste amazing. Simply de-pit the dates and place in a silicon muffin tray before filling and covering with chocolate for the best and most delicious chocolatey snack that’s perfect in the morning or evening.
Why will I love these dates?
These dates are amazing:
- Chocolatey, crunchy and smooth
- With two flavour options (but the list of fillings is endless)
- Made with real wholefood ingredients
- Naturally plant-based, egg-free and dairy-free
- Gluten-free and grain-free
- Easily nut-free
- Ideal for meal prep
- Will keep for 1 week in the fridge or 1 month in the freezer
- Delicious all year long
- Ideal for snacks or desserts
- Medjool dates are sweet and squidgy
- Naturally refined sugar free
- Melt-in-your-mouth delicious
- Ready in just 10 minutes
- Requires no baking
If you already love the sound of these cups, then skip ahead to the recipe card below. Or, first let’s discuss the recipe in more detail.
What ingredients do I need?
You can see the ingredients in the recipe card below and see my favourite and recommended products in the “shop the recipe” section.
For the base:
- Medjool dates: the squishy ones are the best but if you can only find the dried ones, make sure to press them more firmly into the trays.
- Dark or oat milk chocolate: I love the Raw Halo oat milk buttons are they are so deliciously smooth and chocolatey.
- Coconut oil: to help the chocolatey set more smoothly and it’s less likely to crack with the coconut oil.
To make the snickers filling:
- Peanut butter: make sure it’s 100% nuts where you can and I used smooth but you can use crunchy, too.
- Coconut oil: allows for a lovely caramel texture.
- Maple syrup: for sweetness.
- Peanuts: I use pre-roasted peanuts which adds more flavour but regular peanuts are also great.
- Salt: to make a salted caramel.
And to make the bounty bar ones:
- Coconut yoghurt: the thicker and creamier the better. I use Cocos Organic as the ingredients are so simple.
- Melted coconut oil: to allow the filling to set.
- Desiccated coconut: for a really coconut filling with texture and bite.
Are these gluten-free and nut-free?
These are naturally gluten-free. To make them nut-free, swap the peanut butter for sunflower seed butter or tahini and the peanuts for sunflower seeds, cacao nibs or puffed quinoa for crunch.
How do I make these?
These are ready to enjoy in a few steps:
- De-pit the dates and press into a silicone tray: using 1 or 1 ½ dates per cup.
- Stir together the snickers filling ingredients: until smooth and fold in the peanuts.
- Combine the coconutty filling: until smooth.
- Spoon both fillings into the date cups: and place in the fridge to set.
- Melt the chocolate and coconut oil: until glossy.
- Pour the chocolate over the fillings: and decorate with peanuts or coconut.
- Allow to set in the fridge or freezer: and enjoy.
How long will they last?
These cups will keep for 1 week in the fridge in a sealed container or for 1 month in the freezer.
What other recipes can I try?
For more snacks:
- Banana Strawberry Chocolate Fudge
- PB&J Chocolate Cups
- Salted Caramel Raspberry FroYo Stuffed Dates
- Chocolate Puffed Quinoa Rocky Road
- No Bake Fruit and Nut Brownie Bars
Smashed Date Chocolate Cups (Snickers and Bounty)
These Smashed Date Chocolate Cups are the best no-bake snack ready in just 10 minutes, and they come with two options: peanutty caramel snickers and coconutty creamy bounty bar style. They are naturally vegan and gluten-free, too.
Ingredients
For Both Cups:
- 12-18 medjool dates, pitted
- 160g dark or oat milk chocolate
- 2 tbsp coconut oil
For the Snickers Dates (makes 6):
- 45g smooth peanut butter
- 1 tbsp melted coconut oil
- 1 tbsp maple syrup or vegan honey
- 30g peanuts, crushed, plus extra
- A pinch of salt
For the Bounty Dates (makes 6):
- 60g thick coconut yoghurt
- 1 tbsp melted coconut oil
- 30g desiccated coconut, plus extra
Instructions
- Have a 12-hole silicone muffin tray to hand, or similar.
- Pit the dates and press 1-1 ½ dates into each cup to make the base.
- For the snickers filling, stir together the peanut butter, coconut oil, syrup/honey and salt until smooth. Add in the peanuts and then spoon over 6 of date cups.
- For the bounty filling, stir together the yoghurt, coconut oil and desiccated coconut and spoon into the remaining 6 dates.
- Place the dates in the freezer for 30 minutes, until set.
- Melt the chocolate and coconut oil in a heatproof bowl either over a pan of simmering water or in the microwave.
- Pour the chocolate over the dates to cover the filling.
- Decorate the snickers ones with more peanuts and the bounty ones with more coconut.
- Place back in the freezer for 30 minutes until set.
- Pop out of the trays and then enjoy. Keep leftovers in a sealed container in the fridge for 1 week or in the freezer for 1 month.
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With date love x
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