Name: Chocolate-Covered Dates
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 1 servings
Ingredients: 12 pitted Medjool dates; 3 tablespoons creamy peanut butter; 4 ounces dark chocolate baking bar (60% cacao), chopped; Sea salt, optional

If you love sweets but try to eat healthy(ish), chocolate-covered dates are the perfect dessert—and they couldn't be easier to make.

Ingredients

12 pitted Medjool dates

3 tablespoons creamy peanut butter

4 ounces dark chocolate baking bar (60% cacao), chopped

Sea salt, optional

Instructions

1 Fill the dates

2 Cut a lengthwise slit down the center of each date. Fill the dates with peanut butter using a small spoon.

3 Dip the dates in chocolate

4 Melt the chocolate in a microwave. Use a toothpick to skewer a stuffed date, then dip it into the chocolate, allowing any excess to drip off. Place the chocolate-covered date on a wax paper-lined baking sheet and remove the toothpick. Repeat with all the dates.

5 Add sea salt

6 Optionally, you can sprinkle the chocolate-covered stuffed dates with sea salt.

7 Refrigerate and serve

8 Refrigerate for 5 to 10 minutes or until set. Store any dates you don't eat right away in an airtight container.