Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Chocolate Date Spread or Sauce


Vegan Chocolate Date Sauce or Spread - www.welcomingkitchen.com (gluten-free, food-allergy friendly)


I love homemade gifts for the holidays. I make a variety of craft gifts (jewelry, belts and soap) and food gifts, too. I like to give tins of cookies and candies to friends and neighbors. A gift that I'm giving this year is homemade Chocolate Date Spread. It's delicious, different and a little healthier than most goodies from this time of year. 

Coffee really takes chocolate flavor up a notch, so I soak the dates in coffee instead of water to soften them in this recipe. I have a high-speed blender, and it really makes a smooth paste, but a food processor or standard blender will also work.

Vegan Chocolate Date Sauce or Spread - www.welcomingkitchen.com (gluten-free, food-allergy friendly)

You can spread this Chocolate Date Spread on cookies, graham crackers, or toast. If you heat it, it becomes a luscious chocolate sauce to dip fruit or pour over ice cream.

Pack the sauce into clean jars and refrigerate it until gifting. Make sure your recipients know that it needs to stay refrigerated upon receipt. It will stay good in the refrigerator for up to two weeks.

Vegan Chocolate Date Sauce or Spread - www.welcomingkitchen.com (gluten-free, food-allergy friendly)

Chocolate Date Spread or Sauce (vegan, gluten-free, sugar-free, nondairy)
Makes approximately 3/4 cup of sauce

Ingredients:



Preparation:
  1. Soak dates for one hour in coffee.
  2. Puree all ingredients together in food processor or blender

2 comments:

  1. So clever how you use coffee! That must make the flavor so rich and deep.

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