Maple Caramel Pumpkin Spice Dates
Ingredients
Pumpkin Spice Filling
- ⅓ cup pure pumpkin purée
- approx ½ tsp pumpkin spice
- ½ tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp cashew butter
- 1 tbsp maple syrup taste test, add more if desired
Maple Cashew Drizzle
- 2 tbsp cashew butter
- 3 tbsp maple syrup
- sprinkle of sea salt
- ¼ tsp maple extract optional
- 1-2 tsp plant based milk, if needed
Other
- 10 medjool dates
- toasted pecans
Instructions
- Add all of the pumpkin filling ingredients in a mixing bowl and mix together by hand or with electric mixer, or if you have a small blender jug attachment then you can mix them in your blender. I used my small Vitamix attachment. Mix until whipped and creamy. Adjust the flavour by adding more spice or syrup if you wish.
- Then add the maple caramel ingredients to a mixer or bowl and mix until it forms a caramel texture. Add the milk after if the texture is still too thick.
- Make a lengthwise slit in the medjool dates and remove the pits from the dates. Fill the dates with the pumpkin filling.
- Drizzle the maple caramel over the stuffed dates.
- Chop the toasted pecans in small pieces. Sprinkle the pecans over the dates.
- Either enjoy the dates immediately or freeze the dates first for 20-30 minutes so they firm up a bit.
- Store the dates in the freezer so they stay fresh longer, and you'll have a tasty and healthy snack ready for whenever you get a craving! Enjoy!!