My Mom put me up to making dessert for our family lunch on Sunday this week. Not wanting to disappoint, I took to Facebook and Twitter to see if anyone had a show-stopping recipe I just had to try.
The ideas came pouring in and were SO delectable (seriously – drooling in my PJs circa 9am reading all of them!) There were about five that looked so decadent I felt like I HAD to have them this afternoon – but I held out. Instead, I made babies.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Babies!!!
Oh, you thought I meant…oh my, no!
These sweet & chewy bites are basically homemade Larabars, squeezed into cute little baby balls – and they’re only 70 calories a ball!!
I’ve had this recipe, courtesy of Chocolate Covered Katie, in my back pocket for the past couple of weeks and knew they’d be perfect to cure my craving for a sweet treat, at a fraction of the calories. I started by adding dried chopped dates, salted peanuts and vanilla extract to my mini food processor.
Then I processed the heck out of it!
My dried dates were UBER dry, so after 3 minutes of no luck getting the mixture to come together, I added a teaspoon each of peanut butter and water.
Just the ticket!
When the mixture was processed enough to stick together when I squeezed some between my fingers, I transferred it to a bowl and stirred in 1/4 cup chocolate chips.
That’s right!
Finally I pressed and rolled the batter into 9 balls.
These will blow your sweet tooth out of the water, off the beach and clear onto the mainland. THEY ARE SO FREAKING GOOD. Only 70 cals a ball, and you’ll really only want 1 or 2 – they are really decadent. Sweet, chewy, peanut buttery (it’s a word) and those pops of chocolate are mouthwatering.
Check out Katie’s site for this luscious recipe. NOTE: I added one teaspoon each of peanut butter and water to her recipe, but if I had been using softer Medjool dates, I probably could have omitted it. I also stirred in 1/4 cup of milk chocolate chips at the end!
gah!! your food photography and your step by step instructions are amazing girl!!! i’m soo hungry now!!!
I have your PB &Chocolate chip balls in the fridge cooling, and now I want to make these too! Too much goodness!
Those babies looks delicious!! and I love calling them babies :)
I love making babies, lol! I need to buy dates in bulk!
if you soak dates first, it softens them up and adds moisture. that way you could probz omit the other part…not that youd want less peanut butter!!!
Excellent tip! I’ll have to try soaking them. Thanks!
Great idea! I don’t know what I was thinking buying those hard, trail-mix type chopped dates. Next time I’ll for sure buy softer ones!
You can soak the in any liquid too depending on what flavor you want – water, juice, alcohol, etc.
That tofu looks delicious! The orange flavor sounds intriguing!
oooh i love the idea of tofu w/ orange sauce. yum! and thanks for linking me up :) enjoy your night!
Loved the TWSS reference!! bahaha
Your babies are so cute! And they look super delicious. I could just gobble them right up!
Have a great weekend, Kristin!
-Dana
Speaking of desserts, my class had a day of trading today for our economics unit.
One of my kids brought these amazing treats in that I got to take home!
Two big ritz crackers in between a layer of thick peanut butter. Then fully dipped in white chocolate or milk chocolate. I was in LOVE.
My favorite was a GIANT cookie cake with the words: “Are you ready to barter?” written on it though.
I have been wanting to try tofu for awhile now. This looks like a great place to start!
your tofu dishes always look amaaaaazing!
Congratulations … those photos, and your description, have turned me into a drooling zombie. All I can do is stare and think, “Must … make … Chocolate …. Peanut … Butter … Babies!” :p
Oh man, I’m pretty sure my bookmark ratio of sweet to savory recipes is 10:1.