Healthy Salted Caramel Cups, it’s a real thing! All you need are 4 simple ingredients to make this decadent dessert that’s paleo and vegan-friendly!
Last week, Linley and I made our way to Costco to get ingredients for FFF’s b-day party. MAN, can you find some good deals at that place. Side note: we went to Costco at 1PM on a Thursday and I kid you not, there wasn’t a single parking space available. We had to walk about a mile. and a half. What the what. Everyone and their grandma (literally) was at that place. Our finds included lots of BALL ingredients in bulk (obviously): almond, honey, all-natural PB, dried cherries, and DATES.
DID YOU KNOW…
You can make your own homemade HEALTHY caramel with just 1 ingredient? It’s chewy, decadent and ready in less than 5! All you need are juicy dates and a food processor.
Key word.
JUICY.
There’s nothing worse than a dry medjool date. Are you with me?
You guys seem to love all of FFF’s “cup” recipes. I’ve posted my fair share over the years: peanut butter, maple sesame cashew butter, almond butter sea salt.
Well these will not disappoint you. Why? Because their center is a big blog of salted date caramel.
HUBBA HUBS.
Now that I’m single…maybe I’ll marry one of these.
Seriously though these are HEAVEN.
The best part is…you can eat like 14 of them and not feel bad for a second.
Welllllllll. That might not be the best idea, but you get what I’m trying to say 🙂
Healthy Salted Caramel Cups
Ingredients
- 3 cups dark chocolate (or dairy-free)
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- 10 large medjool dates, fresh (the squishier the better!)
- Himalayan sea salt, to taste
Instructions
- First, prep date caramel by placing dates in a high-speed food processor. Process on high for about a 2 minutes, stopping to scrape the sides a few times. If you are having problems getting the dates to form a paste, add water by the 1/4 teaspoon.
- Using a 1/2 teaspoon, scoop out date caramel into your hand and roll into balls. You’ll want to make 24 and will most likely have some leftover date caramel. I like to wet my hands first so that it’s easier to roll into balls. Set aside.
- Next, melt chocolate. You can either do this by microwaving for about a minute to a minute and a half, or by melting over the stove. Once the chocolate has completely melted, add in coconut oil and stir.
- Place 24 cupcake liners on the bottom of a mini cupcake tin. Then, pour in the first layer of melted chocolate. I used a teaspoon of chocolate. Then, put a ball of date caramel on top and cover that with another teaspoon of melted chocolate.
- Sprinkle with Himalayan sea salt and then place in the freezer for at least 30 minutes before serving!
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1/24 Calories: 77 Sugar: 11 Fat: 3 Fiber: 1 Protein: 1Similar recipes:
It looks very delicious!!!!! I have to taste it!
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These look unbelievable! Can’t wait to try these!
Made these this morning and ate one after lunch. All can say is WOW!!
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Oh my too bad I am married or I would marry these!! And coscto is ALWAYS crazy bit where else can you buy enough ingredients for balls.
LOLOLOLOLOL. Seriously you have to 100% be prepared for Costco craziness before you go.
These look delicious. I have to make some healthy candy for my after-lunch sweeth tooth cry, These are perfect. But I have sometimes dificulties finding moist dates, would dry prunes work (obviously there would be a prune flavour, but that I don’t mind)?
I heard that you can soak your dates to make sure they are soft enough. I would suggest getting your dates from the produce section! That’s where the juicy ones are!
Hi Kristina, just put your dried up adtes in warm or even hot water and let them soak for a few hours (I even forgot about them and let them soak for a day or so) and they were incredibly moist and soft, so you can make juicy dtaes from dried up ones really easily 🙂
Hi Stella, thank you so much for the hint! It makes so much sense to soak them, but I never thought about it.
Thanks for the tip, Stella!!! Nothin like a shriveled date.
These look so good! I love how you can just put in a little ball/blob! SO much easier than some recipes!
BALLS.
This recipe, I need it. Every day. That’s it… We’re being sister wives. The hubs will be thrilled.
PERFECT. You make the treats. I eat the treats. Thanks wifey 🙂
These look SO good! You can’t go wrong with salted caramel!
Right?!?! <3
I loved caramel until I learned how unhealthy it is 🙁 So glad to have found a healthy (and still delicious) alternative to it! I can’t wait to amke these cups, they sound awesomely delicious! And I love how easy they are with only 4 ingredients! Woohoo! Thanks Lee for the terrific recipe! 😀
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Kisses to youuu!