Vegan Butterfinger-Inspired Dates

If you grew up loving Butterfinger candy bars, you're going to fall hard for these Vegan Butterfinger-Inspired Dates. They’re perfectly crunchy, sweetened with creamy peanut butter, topped with rich chocolate—and made entirely with simple, wholesome ingredients.

Prep Time15

Fridge chill time1

Total Time1 15

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Butterfinger, chocolate peanut butter, cornflakes, dates, healthy butterfinger, no-bake dessert, stuffed dates, vegan dessert

Servings: date halves

Calories: 103kcal

Author: Michelle Kadera at The Happy and Wholesome Mommy

Equipment

1 food processor *to crush the cornflakes
1 medium glass bowl
1 plate, lined with parchment paper
1 double broiler *to melt the chocolate

Ingredients

16 Medjool dates, pitted and soft
2½ cups cornflakes
½ cup runny peanut butter
1 tablespoon pure maple syrup
1¼ cup dairy-free chocolate chips
1 teaspoon coconut oil

Instructions

Remove the pits and cut the dates in half, lengthwise. Open them wide and flatten them just a bit, and then place them on a plate lined with parchment paper.
Add the cornflakes to a food processor and pulse a few times until the cereal becomes crushed but not powder. Add the crushed cornflakes to a medium glass bowl.
Add the peanut butter and maple syrup to the bowl of cornflakes and stir the mixture until everything is fully coated. The mixture should be sticky.
Pack about 1 teaspoon to 1 tablespoon of the cornflake mixture over the top of each date half using a spoon. This is messy, but use your hands to pack and mold the mixture over the top of the dates. Place them back onto the lined plate and then in the freezer for 30 minutes to an hour.
Melt the chocolate chips and coconut oil using a double boiler method (one small saucepan with water at the bottom and a small glass bowl over the top). You can also use the microwave by melting for 20-second increments and then stirring each time. Melt the chocolate until it becomes smooth and remove the bowl from the heat.
Carefully pour the melted chocolate into a Ziplock sandwich bag, seal it, and cut off a tiny piece of the corner. Drizzle all over the dates going in all different directions until either the chocolate is gone or you have the desired amount. Place the dates in the fridge for at least 30 minutes and enjoy!

Notes

Storage

Place the hardened dates into an airtight container and into the fridge for up to 10 days.

You can also store them in the freezer for up to 2 months. Allow the dates to thaw at least 10 minutes at room temperature before enjoying.

Tips + Modifications

Once you take the dates out of the fridge, they will definitely be stuck together. You'll need to break them apart. This is because of the hardened chocolate that we drizzled over the tops.

You can choose to instead stuff an entire date with the peanut butter mixture and then dip the date into chocolate and cover it completely.

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