Vegan "Snickers"!!

I've been neglectful of this blog lately (sorry!) but have been writing more for our House Party blog. But, I just made an awesome creation I had to share. First of all, let me explain that Snickers has pretty much been my favorite candy bar and once I became vegan a few months ago, I may have cheated once or twice to eat a Snickers (that hungry? why wait? slogan got me!)

The GOOD news is that I just whipped together a super quick "Snickers"-like treat that satisfies the chocolaty/sweet/salty/chewy bliss of a Snickers.

Ingredients:

• 2 medjool dates (3 if you want to be naughty!)
• handful of chopped nuts (I used cashews in this case but peanuts would be closer to an actual Snickers)
• handful of dairy-free semi-sweet chocolate chips (I used Trader Joe's)

Instructions:

1. Slit the dates lengthwise (but don't cut all the way through, just enough to open it up).
2. Remove the pit and the little hard thing at the end.
3. Fill each date with chopped nuts (push them into the walls of the dates if you can) and pinch it closed (it's ok if some nuts are falling out)
4. Melt the chocolate in a ramekin if you have one or any small microwave safe dish or mug (30 sec, stir, then 30 more sec)
5. Dunk the dates in the melted chocolate.
6. Eat OR wrap in saran wrap and pop into the freezer, then let it thaw just a little when you're ready to eat it.

Yummy! This pretty much made my night. :)

Happy Friday! Let me know how you like it. Sorry no original pics right now, but I'll try to update later (for now, it should turn out looking kind of like this pic below, courtesy of imperialgardens.com. It's not that pretty but it sure tastes good! Oh, they're gluten-free too.