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Pistachio-Stuffed Dates with Coconut

Whole Living, January/February 2012
  • Yield Makes 16
    Serves 4
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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup shelled pistachios
  • Pinch of coarse salt
  • 16 dates, pitted
  • 1 tablespoon toasted unsweetened shredded coconut

Directions

  1. In a food processor, puree pistachios until a thick paste forms, about 5 minutes. Season with salt. Spoon mixture into dates. Top with coconut.

Recipe Reviews

  • Barmatzit
    26 Sep, 2012

    If you don't feel like pureeing the pistachios, you can just grind them and put one spoonful of water, does the trick and saves the 5 minute pureeing time.

    Those are amazing snacks!

  • mandajean526
    25 Mar, 2012

    I have made these several times and they never disappoint. Absolutely delicious combination of flavors and textures. Dates have become one of my new favorite foods! This is a very hearty snack and won't leave you hungry. Adore the toasted coconut!

  • krissi924
    10 Mar, 2012

    WOW!! These are packed with flavor and so delicious. I will definitely be making these again and again!

  • LittleRedFrog
    9 Mar, 2012

    This is heaven!
    I will so be making these all the time now!

    After week 1 I crack and had some kind of a chocolate orgy... If I had only tried these before, it would probably have been easier to keep on the strict diet.

    Also tried with a puree of blanched almonds. They're nice too, but not just as nice.
    But it's good to have something to vary.
    I used already salted pistachio as I couldn't find any other so I didn't add the pinch of salt of the recipe and it's just perfect!

    Do try them!!

  • skspillman
    3 Feb, 2012

    This was definitely my favorite snack in Week 1, and I will continue to make it from now on! My boyfriend liked them too! Instead of putting the pistachios in the food processor, I stuffed the dates with them whole and then sprinkled the coconut and sea salt on top. Loved the crunchiness of doing it that way rather than making the paste.

  • 802karen
    13 Jan, 2012

    Love the dates but maybe our pistachios were stale. Hated the filling, preferred just the dates - straight up. Also finding unsweetened coconut in these parts is a 45 minute venture so I did without.

  • bibliodiosa
    13 Jan, 2012

    These are dangerous! So delicious and good. They kind of remind me of baklava, without the phyllo of course. I'm making more tonight!

  • Mindy_R
    12 Jan, 2012

    The flavor combination is really wonderful, and these were a crowd pleaser. It didn't take us the full 10 minutes to grind the pistachios into a paste. I'd agree that our paste was a bit dry. I might try adding some fresh orange juice to the pistachio paste next time to thin it out a bit.

  • kbouissey
    6 Jan, 2012

    This is by far one of my favorite snacks! I've never had dates before now, and I am hooked! The flavors just worked really well together...well worth the time taken to grind the pistachios.

  • kprennix
    5 Jan, 2012

    It takes a while to grind the nuts into a paste. Our paste was very dry. The coconut makes all the difference in the world. A nice sweet treat.