{"id":17142,"date":"2021-03-26T09:00:08","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T13:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=17142"},"modified":"2021-03-16T12:21:48","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T16:21:48","slug":"chocolate-coated-peanut-butter-candies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2021\/03\/26\/chocolate-coated-peanut-butter-candies\/","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate-Coated Peanut Butter Candies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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photo by Rissa Miller<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

By Rissa Miller, Vegetarian Journal<\/em> Senior Editor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Makes 20 balls\nor eggs)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 packed cup pitted dates (about 14-15 dates)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 cup smooth peanut butter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2-6 Tablespoons coconut flour<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One 10-ounce bag vegan chocolate chips<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soak dates in water for at least 2 hours and up to overnight. Make\nsure all date stems and pits are removed. Drain dates and add to a food\nprocessor or high-powered blender and let run until the dates are a smooth\npaste with no chunks remaining. Add the peanut butter and combine with dates in\nthe food processor. The resulting candy filling should be somewhat stiff. If it\nis not, add coconut flour by the tablespoon until the filling is the texture of\nnew Play-Doh or like clay from a potter\u2019s wheel. A lot of this step will depend\non how moist the dates and peanut butter are. Sometimes two tablespoons of\ncoconut flour is enough; other times, more is needed. The filling should be\nmoldable when you grab a chunk, and hold its form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     When done mixing, turn\nthe candy filling out onto parchment or wax paper-lined cookie sheet and roll\ninto 20 small balls or egg shapes as desired. Chill for 4 to 8 hours;\novernight is fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     After the candy filling\nhas chilled, melt the chocolate next. Microwave on low heat and cook at 20-30\nsecond intervals, stirring in between to ensure even melting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Dip each egg into\nmelted chocolate and place on the lined cookie sheet. When all eggs are dipped\nin chocolate, place in a cool place for chocolate to harden. It will take about\nan hour, depending on how cool the area is. They are also delicious frozen!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Rissa Miller, Vegetarian Journal Senior Editor (Makes 20 balls or eggs) 1 packed cup pitted dates (about 14-15 dates) 1 cup smooth peanut butter 2-6 Tablespoons coconut flour One 10-ounce bag vegan chocolate chips Soak dates in water for at least 2 hours and up to overnight. Make sure all date stems and pits […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17142"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17144,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17142\/revisions\/17144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}