Do-it-yourself tasty and healthy date sweets

date candies Dates are the fruits of the date palm. They are called "berries of life" for a reason, they are not only very tasty, but also healthy. Date sweets are a great alternative to the usual sweets: pastries, cream desserts, chocolates. Incomparable taste and rich chemical composition have made these fruits popular and in demand not only in cooking, but also in folk medicine.

Fruits contain vitamins A, E, C, group B, potassium, zinc, iron, amino acids and antioxidants. They go well with other fruits and nuts. Dates stimulate the activity of the brain, improve the functioning of the digestive tract, heart, liver, kidneys, and help strengthen the immune system. Be sure to include date sweets in your diet, besides, they are very simple to prepare.

Nutritious Date Sweets

date candies in chocolate

Chocolate-covered dates with almonds and oatmeal are a delicious, nutritious snack that can energize your body after a grueling workout or a hard day.

To prepare 20 pieces, you will need the following ingredients:

dates - 20 pcs.;
almond nuts - 20 pcs.;
oat flakes - 400 g;
butter - 120 g;
cocoa powder - 4 tbsp. l .;
sugar - 120 g;
chocolate - 200 g

Cooking method:

First, grind the oatmeal in a meat grinder. Pour the resulting mixture on a baking sheet, send it to the oven for 10 minutes. The flakes will dry out and acquire a pleasant golden hue.
Fill the seedless dates with warm (not hot) water, leave for 15 minutes. We drain the excess liquid, put the fruits on a napkin. After they dry well, grind with a blender so that large pieces remain
Mix the butter and sugar, put in a water bath. When a homogeneous mixture is formed, add cocoa powder, mix thoroughly so that no lumps remain. Pour the oatmeal here, which has already dried, keep it for another 5 minutes, remove it from the water bath.
Until the mass has cooled down, add chopped dates, mix, leave to cool for a few minutes.
We form candies from a still warm mass. We make balls the size of "Rafaello", put almonds in the middle.
We drown chocolate. We dip each candy in it, put it on a dish, put it in the refrigerator until it solidifies.

If you're eating a healthy diet and trying to eliminate sugar from your diet, use honey instead for making sweets.

Add orange zest and a pinch of cinnamon to add an interesting spice to the candy.

Assorted Date Sweets

If you are having tea with friends or you are preparing sweets for the holiday table, do not ignore this recipe. The sweets themselves with dates and coconut flakes, with poppy seeds, cinnamon will be prepared according to the same scheme, only different products are used for rolling.

So, for cooking you will need:

dates - 30 pcs.;
dried apricots - 30 pcs.;
prunes - 30 pcs.;
nuts (what you like) - 30 pcs.;
for rolling: dark chocolate bar, coconut, poppy seeds, cinnamon.

Cooking method:

Remove the seeds from the dried fruit. Pour prunes and dried apricots with water for 15 minutes.
Grind dried fruits with a meat grinder.
From the resulting mass we make balls, in the middle - a nut.
We drown chocolate in a microwave oven or in a water bath.
Dip the sweets in chocolate, sprinkle evenly with coconut on all sides - 10 pieces, 10 poppy seeds, 10 cinnamon. Put it in the refrigerator for a couple of hours to freeze the chocolate. Done! Can be served at the table.

So that the icing evenly envelops the candy and does not smear, put the prepared balls on a toothpick and stick the cabbage or watermelon into the head of cabbage.

Healthy Date Banana Nut Candies

You don't have to spend a lot of time and effort to make delicious candies from dates and nuts with your own hands. If you want to pamper your family with healthy treats, use the following recipe.

Ingredients:

dates - 10 pcs.;
pumpkin seeds - 100 g;
raisins - 50 g;
walnut - 50 g;
dried bananas - 100 g;
lemon zest - 1 tsp;
sesame seeds - 50 g;
a pinch of cinnamon;
honey - 1 tbsp. l.

Cooking method:

Pumpkin seeds and walnuts are pounded in a mortar. If no mortar is available, a rocking chair can be used.
We clean the washed dried fruits from seeds, grind them (blender or meat grinder).
Place the mixture of dried fruits and crushed nuts in one container, add the rest of the ingredients except sesame seeds, mix.
From the resulting mass we form small balls, roll in sesame seeds, put on a dish.

Date sweets are a great addition to a dinner or holiday table. Your family will be pleasantly surprised, and guests will definitely ask for a recipe. Moreover, these sweets are not only amazingly tasty, but also healthy. Enjoy your meal!

Date and seed sweets - recipe video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRYhlBGvaTg