24/09/2026
No-Bake Date, Peanut Butter/Jem & Chocolate Bites
Ingredients
500 g pitted dates
Whole soft dates may be used, or vacuum-packed date paste
3/4 cup nuts of your choice, chopped
The author used walnuts
1 Tbsp cocoa powder
1 cup toasted sesame seeds
1/2 cup peanut butter
Preferably a thick peanut butter
100 g dark chocolate, about 3.5 oz
Chopped pistachios or other chopped nuts, for garnish
Method
Make the date mixture.
If using whole dates, process them in a food processor until they form a paste. You can process the walnuts and cocoa along with the dates. Mix until you have a smooth, uniform dough-like mixture.
If using vacuum-packed date paste, simply knead/mix the cocoa and chopped walnuts into the date paste until evenly distributed.
Shape.
Divide the mixture into equal balls, approximately 30 g each.
Coat with sesame.
Roll each ball thoroughly in the toasted sesame seeds.
Create the center.
Using the handle of a wooden spoon, make a deep indentation in the center of each ball.
Add peanut butter.
Fill each indentation with peanut butter, filling it about 2/3 of the way to the top.
Top with chocolate.
Chop the dark chocolate and melt it either:
in the microwave in short bursts, or
over a bain-marie/double boiler.
Pour a thin layer of melted chocolate over the peanut butter.
Garnish.
Sprinkle with chopped pistachios or chopped nuts.
Chill.
Refrigerate until the chocolate has completely set.
What the introductory Hebrew says
The creator describes these as something a little more balanced during the holidays when “one meal follows another and one sweet follows another.” They're based on dates, nuts and sesame, require no baking, and hide a peanut-butter-and-chocolate center.
One culinary note: these could be very good with a tiny amount of flaky sea salt on top of the chocolate. That would cut the sweetness of the dates and make the peanut butter/chocolate flavor pop.
