Prep Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 20 mins
Meal Type: Breakfast,Snack
Source: Living Plate Rx
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 3 apples, sliced
- 18 dates, medjool, pitted
- 1/4 cups peanut butter, creamy (or your favorite nut or seed butter)
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 cups chocolate chips, minis
- Optional: 1/4 cups pecans, chopped
Directions
Prep
- Juice lemon and add to a medium bowl with cold water.
- Slice apples and place in lemon water – set aside.
- Soak dates in very hot water for 10 minutes – drain and reserve liquid.
Make
- Place dates in food processor and pulse until it forms a ball. Add peanut butter (or your favorite nut or seed butter) and pulse until combined, adding reserved date fluid [or warm water] until mixture is super creamy. Add enough liquid to create a sauce with your desired consistency.
- Remove apples from lemon water, rinse, and pat dry. Arrange on a platter in a circular pattern.
- Drizzle with caramel sauce and top with chocolate chips and pecans (if using).
Tips from Elisa & Ellen: For an allergen-free snack, swap peanut butter with either sunflower seed butter (delicious!) or canned coconut milk. If using coconut milk, use just enough to create a caramel sauce you can drizzle. Look for Enjoy Life brand chocolate chips in your supermarket. Enjoy Life products are free of gluten and the 14 common allergens. The caramel sauce will keep up to 5 days in the refrigerator. We enjoy the leftover sauce swirled into vanilla yogurt, spread on a sliced banana, or a slice of whole grain toast.
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Source: Nutrition information for recipes is calculated by retrieving and compiling individual food data from the USDA database. Factors such as brand selection, size of produce, and preparation can change nutrition information in any recipe. We offer this information as an estimate only.