Supersweet Dessert Recipes Made With Dates Instead of the White Stuff

Craving a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup? Then make these chocolate chip peanut butter protein balls.

This recipe offers a healthy dose of protein and fiber, but since these cookie-dough-like balls are rolled in chopped chocolate chips and pumpkin seeds, this 77-calorie snack feels more like a treat.

Disguised as chocolate raspberry truffles, these are actually protein balls perfect for after a workout.

If you grew up scooping out spoonfuls of raw cookie dough while baking chocolate chip cookies with Grandma, you're going to fall hard for this cookie dough freezer fudge — shhh, it's made with lentils!

These delicious chocolate morsels are made with sunflower seeds, dates, dairy-free chocolate, and sea salt. Yum!

Craving a chewy, chocolaty brownie, are you? These no-bake treats not only spare you having to turn on the oven during a hot and humid day, but this sugar-, gluten-, and dairy-free recipe is also just 59 calories per fudgy bite.

These no-bake protein balls are sweet, nutty, and soft, and they're cake-like without a drop of flour.

These homemade fruit and nut bars are made with almonds, dates, and raisins.

Vegan and gluten-free, these protein-packed nutty nuggets are the perfect post-workout snack.

While slices of crunchy apple and fresh strawberries are sweet enough on their own, isn't everything better with chocolate? Spruce up your basic snack by pairing it with this smooth and mousse-like protein-packed chocolate dip.

These cookies are not only free of white sugar, brown sugar, maple syrup, honey, or any other processed sweeteners, but they're also flour-free, gluten-free, and vegan.

You only need four ingredients: dates, soy milk, apples, and the topping of your choice to make these adorable mini caramel apples.

Serve this caramel dip with fruit slices, smear it on crackers for a salty-sweet snack, or enjoy it by the spoonful with a handful of chocolate chips.

All you need are five common ingredients and a food processor and boom — you're instantly a (healthy) candy-making genius.

Whip up this healthy, vegan version of Snickers that's made with a handful of ingredients.

These three-layer bars are the perfect treat to make when you're craving something sweet and chocolaty or to be the hero at your next potluck.

These chocolate cups are filled with a sunflower seed and date mixture that — let me tell you — tastes even more decadent than Reese's.

For a light snack or dessert, smear this homemade date and sunflower seed butter on crackers or sliced fruit.

While these sticky, nutty, and decadent bars are certainly an indulgence, their natural sugar comes from raw honey and dates rather than refined sources of the sweet stuff.