Chocolate diet snack

These are a great snack if you are on a diet, because they are sweet and nutty and chocolatey BUT you can't eat more than a couple at a time because of the results.

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Step 1: Ingredients

30 dates
150g slivered almonds
100g cooking chocolate

saucepan and bowl for chocolate
frypan for almonds
plate, spoon, knife for dates

Jurassic says: Apr 7, 2011. 5:04 PM

Where can you get the dates?

alialexander (author) in reply to JurassicApr 10, 2011. 7:47 PM

http://www.sweetnutshop.com.au/home.aspx

Jurassic in reply to alialexanderApr 11, 2011. 7:01 PM

thanks!

Madrigorne says: Apr 8, 2011. 2:47 AM

I wonder if this would work with prunes... I can get prunes locally grown, fill them with locally grown sunflower seeds, and then chocolate them up. No local chocolate here - but it's...just...so...good....

Kogitsune says: Apr 4, 2011. 11:41 AM

I love dates, so this is an automatic win. Looks great!

Sparkyrob in reply to KogitsuneApr 7, 2011. 3:49 PM

I agree.

WildHeavenFarm says: Apr 4, 2011. 1:01 PM

What did you mean by "you can't eat more than a couple at a time because of the results"?

Shindou in reply to WildHeavenFarmApr 5, 2011. 1:45 AM

....dates are a natural laxative....eat 1, you are good, 2, you might want to stop, 3 dear god NO!!!!, 4 WHAT WERE YOU THINKING YOU LOON!!!!,5......you must be a glutton for punishment

Sparkyrob in reply to ShindouApr 7, 2011. 3:47 PM

You must have sensitive insides. I usually hit them by the handfull, but any more than that and the laxative will start to take effect. If only my wife liked them too... I guess I have to try this recipie and keep it all for myself.

suckrpnch in reply to ShindouApr 7, 2011. 12:11 PM

Strange. I have never had that be an issue and I have blown through a box of dates in a sitting before.

This sounds like a nice snack, but the chocolate isn't even needed if you want it healthy. I wonder if you could do a yogurt coating? That would taste awesome...

jwinstead in reply to suckrpnchApr 7, 2011. 4:31 PM

No chocolate? Egads!!!

mizdarlin says: Apr 7, 2011. 7:52 AM

Sorry, but these sound yummy-hardly dietetic..diuretic perhaps for some-wish dates had this effect on me, but they don't..to make them a bit healthier, you could sprinkle them with unswweetened fine shredded coconut before the chocolate hardens..

BtheBike in reply to mizdarlinApr 7, 2011. 8:44 AM

Good idea about the coconut . depending on the chocolate used,these can be a bit healthier than other sweets . Dates are loaded with sweetness but also Fiber ,which isn't really a diuretic but a bunking agent =). Coffee is much more a diuretic than dates . Same for the caffeine in real chocolate .

Ripe dates and brown bananas are 2 of the best ways to add sweetness to diet . High in potassium too.

chrwei says: Apr 7, 2011. 6:31 AM

this is a great idea for an ad-hoc double boiler!

mikedice says: Apr 5, 2011. 1:54 AM

Loll, this is an evil combination, if I may say so...:))))

webdesignfx says: Apr 4, 2011. 10:42 AM

Yum Yum!! Looks delicious!!