Back in the noughties, it was Nigella Lawson who was single-handedly capable of sending half the nation on a wild supermarket spree for some rogue cooking ingredient. Now, it’s TikTok.
From baked Feta pasta and frozen yoghurt bark, pesto eggs to pasta chips and cloud bread, TikTok is a foodie haven filled with outrageous, yet somehow viral, recipes.
So even if you’re not particularly interested in social media trends, we can bet that your supermarket (or, at least, their marketing team) probably is.
The latest trend to catch our eye? Chocolate date bark.
Made with luscious Medjool dates, velvety peanut butter, almonds and dark chocolate, this viral dessert recipe is just like a Snickers bar – but free from any additives and excess added sugar. We’re *obsessed*!
Healthy date bark
Crunchy, chewy, creamy, sweet and salty – and healthier than a chocolate bar – could this date bark be the perfect snack?
Ingredients
- 20 Medjool dates
- 1/3 cup creamy peanut butter
- 3/4 cup almonds
- 90g dark chocolate (minimum 70% cocoa)
- Flaky salt to garnish
Method
- Break the dark chocolate into a bowl and place on a smaller saucepan with boiling water, making sure the bowl doesn't touch the water (alternatively melt in a microwave).
- If the chocolate is too thick, add 1 teaspoon of coconut oil to loosen it up.
- Wash and dry your dates.
- Pit by splitting each date open and removing the stone.
- Flatten the dates on a baking sheet.
- Repeat until all the dates are all flattened alongside one another.
- Use the bottom of a cup to further flatten the bark (you can grease the bottom of the cup with a little oil to prevent sticking).
- Spread the peanut butter on top of the dates.
- Sprinkle almonds on top of the peanut butter.
- Drizzle the dark chocolate on top.
- Transfer to fridge and chill until set.
- Snap to break the bark apart and sprinkle a little flaky salt on top.
With nearly a decade of journalistic experience – in print, online and social – at national newspapers and lifestyle magazines, it’s fair to say Alice has tried it all when it comes to health and fitness. From packing herself off to an extreme Aveduric retreat in Sri Lanka and sweat-testing every new fitness fad to running the London Marathon and completing a 70.3 IronMan, Alice now looks after WH’s food content. With a ‘food first’ ethos, she is here to help you decipher exactly which foods will support your health, and which macro-counting, pasta-replacing, intermittent-fasting, 13-day cleanse is just, well, a scam. A keen baker and host, her favourite dessert has to be pavlova (with lots of summer berries and whipped cream, of course).
