I work nights as a nurse and I used to eat chocolate bars to get through the shift. Found these six weeks ago. I make a batch on Sunday. They keep well and the medjool dates give you enough energy without the crash you get from sugar. My colleagues keep stealing them.
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5 Sugar-Free Healthy Candy Recipes with Dates and Nuts
Five no-bake candy recipes built on a date base with mixes of cashews, hazelnuts, walnuts with cranberries, peanuts with orange zest, and almonds with coconut. All sugar-free, flour-free, naturally sweet.
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Ingredients
- 600 gIranian dates
blended with 2 tbsp water, base for all 5 recipes
- 100 gcashews
recipe 1, also toasted in the pre-step
- 100 ghazelnuts
pre-toasted, used in recipes 2 and 3
- 100 gwalnuts
pre-toasted, recipe 3
- 100 gpeanuts
pre-toasted, recipe 4
- 50 galmonds
pre-toasted, recipe 5
- 50 graisins
recipe 1
- 50 gdried cranberries
recipe 3
- orange zest with syrup
1-2 tbsp syrup, recipe 4
- 50 gcoconut flakes
recipe 5
Instructions
Pre-toast all nuts (cashews, hazelnuts, walnuts, peanuts, almonds) at 200 degrees C for .
Blend 600 g dates with 2 tablespoons of water into a smooth paste.
Recipe 1: blend cashews with raisins, combine with 100 g date paste and shape into 10-11 candies.
Recipe 2: blend dried apricots with toasted hazelnuts and 100 g date paste; shape into candies.
Recipe 3: blend walnuts with dried cranberries and 100 g date paste; shape into candies.
Recipe 4: boil orange zest with 1-2 tablespoons of syrup, then blend with toasted peanuts and 100 g date paste; shape into candies.
Recipe 5: blend toasted almonds with coconut flakes and 100 g date paste; shape into candies.
Refrigerate until firm and serve.
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5 reviews
I give these as gifts. People assume I bought them.
My husband was diagnosed type 2 six months ago. These have made the whole thing more manageable for him.
Mi madre no puede tomar azucar. Estas le encantan. Las hago cada semana.
Dates are sweet enough on their own.










