Description
Four ingredients, zero refined sugar, and all the glory of a classic turtle candy, just amped up with peanut butter. These are exactly the kind of treats you make once and then find yourself making every single week!
Ingredients
Scale
- 16 Deglet Noor dates
- 5 Tablespoons defatted peanut butter powder
- 32 Pecan halves
- 3/4 Cup chocolate
- 1/4 Teaspoon salt, more for sprinkling
Instructions
- Soak the dates in boiling water for 7 to 10 minutes until softened. Remove but do not fully drain. Reserve liquid.
- Toast pecans in a dry pan over medium heat for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until fragrant and lightly golden. Set aside to cool completely.
- Add dates, peanut butter powder, and salt to a food processor. Pulse for 30 to 45 seconds, scraping down the sides halfway through, until well blended. If it’s too dry, add a teaspoon of reserved date water at a time and pulse again until it holds together when pressed but is not too sticky or wet.
- Scoop and roll mixture into 8 balls. Place on a parchment lined plate and flatten each into a disc about the size of a half dollar. Keep them slightly thick so the pecans have a place to fit.
- Freeze for 5 minutes to firm up before dunking.
- Melt chocolate chips in the microwave in 30-second increments, stirring between each round, until smooth.
- Dunk the top half of each disc into the melted chocolate and place back on parchment. If desired, you can fully enrobe the entire turtle instead. You may need a little extra chocolate.
- Press 4 pecans into the sides of each disc so they stick out and resemble limbs. Place 2 chocolate chips on top for eyes if desired.
- Freeze for 15 to 20 minutes until fully set.
- Top with a sprinkle of salt before freezing if desired.
- Enjoy this made-over candy!