Trader Joe's RECIPE (printable): Chocolate Almond Dates

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Trader Joe's RECIPE: Chocolate Almond Dates

YIELD: 12 filled dates

PREP TIME: 20 minutes

INACTIVE TIME: 60 minutes

12 medjool dates

1/2 cup Trader Joe's Almond Butter

12 Trader Joe's Slightly Coated Dark Chocolate Almonds

1 cup Trader Joe's 72% Cocoa Dark Chocolate Chips

1 teaspoon Trader Joe's Coconut Oil

Pit dates, but do not cut all the way through. Place on a rimmed cookie sheet lined with parchment or waxed paper. 

Fill each date with 2 teaspoons almond butter. Place one almond into each. Freeze for at least 30 minutes. 

Pour chocolate chips and coconut oil into a bowl. Melt in microwave at 50% power for 30-second intervals, stirring between, until melted. 

Dunk filled dates into melted chocolate. Cover each completely in chocolate, then use a fork to lift it back onto cookie sheet. 

Freeze until set, then transfer to refrigerator for storage.