Dubai Stuffed Dates

These Dubai Stuffed Dates are pure perfection! Chewy dates filled with a creamy pistachio and crispy toasted kataifi filling are coated in bittersweet or milk chocolate. The perfect sweet treat for anytime of the day! This recipe yields approximately 15 to 18 stuffed dates.

Dubai chocolate anything is all the rage right now.

I’ve seed Dubai filled pastries, parfaits and Dubai chocolate inspired spreads. So why not make it a perfect sweet treat bite by filling dates with this ridiculously addictive combo? The dates add the perfect caramel like chewy texture which works beautifully with the creamy and crunching filling.  I like to dip them in bittersweet chocolate,  however milk chocolate works too! Then I sprinkle them with finely chopped pistachios and crushed toasted kataifi before popping them into the fridge to set.

The perfect treat when your craving something sweet.

To Make These Dubai Stuffed Dates You Will Need:

• medjool dates – Choose soft, fresh dates either with pits or without.
• pistachio butter or cream – Use homemade or I linked to a pistachio cream in the recipe printable.
• toasted kataifi – A pastry dough that consists of very fine strands that have been toasted. Linked in recipe printable.
• chocolate chips – I like to use dark chocolate but milk chocolate would great too!
• coconut oil – Helps set the chocolate when chilled.
• lightly salted pistachios – For sprinkling over covered filled dates.

Slice 15 to 18 dates along one side and remove the pit.

Repeat with the remaining dates and set off to the side.

Make The Filling:

In a medium mixing bowl, add 1/3 cup pistachio cream (or pistachio butter) and 1/3 cup toasted kataifi.

Use a spatula to gently stir to combine.

Fill The Dates:

Using an offset spatula, fill each of the dates with a little of the pistachio filling. The amount of dates needed really will depend on their size. Larger dates, you will need less because you will use more filling. You will need more dates if they are on the smaller side.

Transfer to a small, lined baking sheet and refrigerate for about 10 minutes.

In a separate medium bowl, measure and add 1 cup bittersweet or milk chocolate chips with 1 teaspoon coconut oil.

Next, set the bowl over a pan of shallow simmering water. Stir until mostly melted, then carefully remove the bowl off of the sauce pan and continue to stir until the chocolate is smooth.

For these, I like to place the filled date onto a fork and dip the underside into the melted chocolate.

Then use a spoon or spatula to drizzle more melted chocolate over top. Gently tap the fork so any excess chocolate drips back into the bowl below.

Scoot the chocolate covered filled date back onto the lined pan and repeat with the remaining dates.

Sprinkle with chopped pistachios and crushed toasted kataifi.

Once you’re done, slide the pan back into the fridge to allow the chocolate to harden.

Once the chocolate has set, serve or keep refrigerated and enjoyed as a sweet treat through the week.

These are incredible and addictive! The chocolate shell coating the chewy date along with the texture of the crunchy Dubai filling is a match made in heaven.

HOW TO STORE Dubai STUFFED DATES:

You can store these in a container and refrigerate for a few weeks or freeze up to 2 months. Not that they will last that long.😏

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