This healthy vegan Chocolate Date Sauce is a naturally sweet indulgent chocolate sauce, for topping on nice cream, dipping fruit, or anything else! Only 3 ingredients!
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Why you will love this recipe
- Sweet and Indulgent: A healthy chocolate date syrup that tastes so delicious, it’s creamy, sweet, sugary and is smooth allowing you to dip in it (some fresh fruit!), or spread it out (on some toast!) and even better it has a perfect chocolate taste.
- Quick and Easy: Literally, it takes less than 5 minutes, just pop everything into a mini food processor or high speed blender, blend until it looks smooth and creamy, grab a glass container with a top and you’ve got an amazing Chocolate Date Sauce you can enjoy on so many food items.
- Only 3 Ingredients: Yep, only 3 simple ingredients that you probably already have on hand to make this chocolate date syrup.
- Vegan: Yep, this healthy recipe is vegan but it tastes so perfect you would never be able to tell.
For more no bake chocolate vegan recipes check out my 3 Ingredient Brownies, Vegan Peanut Butter Cups, Vegan Fudge Balls and my Vegan Fudge I know you will love them all!
Ingredients
For a full list if ingredients and quantities to make this healthy vegan Chocolate Date Sauce be sure to check the recipe card below.
- Medjool Dates: Make sure they are soft, if they are hard you should soak them in warm water for 15 minutes first and then drain the water.
- Water: The water is used to thin the consistency and make the date syrup.
- Cocoa Powder: Make sure it's pure cocoa powder not sugar sweetened. You can also sub carob powder if you prefer less caffeine, although carob tastes very different from coca.
Variations
- Ways to Use: This Chocolate Date Sauce is a perfect sweet addition to many, many, many fruit items like bananas, strawberries, sliced apples, raspberries and much more. You can even dip pretzels, cookies, vegan marshmallows or pour some over homemade cakes, bars or homemade ice cream and nice cream (banana ice cream).
- Different Dried Fruit: Yep, if you want you could use a different dried fruit such as apricots, cranberries, even prunes. Although that will change the flavor of this Chocolate Date Sauce, if you like that particular dried fruit it will be delicious.
How to make Chocolate Date Sauce
Step 1: Place everything into a mini food processor and blend until creamy and smooth!
Sep 2: Delicious on nice cream or dipping fruit in like apples, bananas, strawberries or raspberries! Makes about 8 oz.
Expert Tips
- Store in the fridge: This date sauce recipe is great stored in the frigid for 3-4 days,.
- Adjust consistency: Yes you can adjust the thickness by adding more or less water/dates, if it's too runny add a couple more dates and if it's too thick add a little more water, adjust to your desire!
- Soaking Dates: If your medjool dates are hard be sure to soak them in hot water for 15 minutes and then drain the water prior to blending them, this will help to soften them up for this healthy chocolate sauce.
Recipe FAQs
Definitely follow what the recipe your making says, but generally in an airtight sealed container in the fridge it’s good for 3-4 days.
For this vegan chocolate date sauce you can add more dates to thicken the sauce.
Yes, it’s said you can eat dates every day and there’s a range from 2-4 dates per day, as long as you have no medical issues. Always consult a professional doctor if you have concerns or questions.
It’s mainly in the texture, chocolate sauce is definitely a lot thinner than fudge, while fudge is thicker and is a cut-able piece for a treat.
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Chocolate Date Sauce
Ingredients
- 6 medjool dates (pitted)
- 1 cup water
- 1 tablespoon cocoa powder (or raw cacao powder or carob powder)
Instructions
- Place everything into a mini food processor or high speed blender and blend until creamy and smooth!
- Delicious on nice cream or dipping fruit in like apples, bananas, strawberries or raspberries!
- Makes about 8 oz. Store in the fridge up to 3-4 days.
Harriet Emily
This sauce is beautiful Michele! I love how healthy and simple it is to make! Yum! I can't wait to try it! <3
tworaspberries
you would totally love it! thanks girl you're the best! 😉
Deryn from Running on Real Food
Wow, yours came out so creamy!! Mine date sauces looks quite that good. It amazing in the ice cream! Thanks for sharing!
tworaspberries
😉 thanks so much! yeah I find that adding enough liquid helps it to come out ore creamy instead of lumpy!