Healthy Walnut and Greek Yogurt Stuffed Dates Recipe - w/ Honey (2024)

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Walnut and Greek Yogurt Stuffed Dates. Perfect for healthier snacking or dessert-ing! Dates stuffed with light cream cheese, non-fat plain greek yogurt, and honey, and topped with walnuts, dark chocolate, and maldon sea salt!

Today’s post is sponsored by theCalifornia Walnut Board.

If you love these nutritious bites, you might also love: honey walnut granola bar bites, no bake protein brownie bites, and healthy chocolate banana muffins.

January, for many, means trying to make healthier choices:

• Maybe that means exercising more.
• Maybe that means taking more “me” time.
• Maybe that means making healthier food choices.
• Or maybe it’s a combination of all three!

What gets in my way every time?

Snacks!!

I LOVE snacks (and dessert) so much, but I find it REALLY difficult to find nutritious snacks that are:

1. Um, actually made with nutritious ingredients
2. Tasty
3. Quick and easy <– because who has the time for time consuming snacks?

Well, my friends, look no further, because today’s recipe: walnut and greek yogurt stuffed dates covers all of the above.

They’re nutritious, they’re SO tasty, and they’re ridiculously quick and easy.

Who’s ready to conquer the new year?!

Ingredients inwalnut and greek yogurt stuffed dates:

1. Dates
2. California Walnuts– which add good fats, protein, and nutty deliciousness!
   • PSST – did you know 1oz of walnuts has 2.5g monounsaturated fat, 13g polyunsaturated fat – including 2.5g omega-3 ALA, and 4g of protein?!
3. Non fat plain greek yogurt
4. Light cream cheese – juuuuust a touch to make this kinda cheese cake-y
5. Vanilla extract
6. Honey
7. Dark chocolate – optional, but I mean, is it really?
8. Maldon sea salt – for those of you that like a little salty with their sweet

How to make walnut and greek yogurt stuffed dates:

1. Make the filling:
   • Use a hand mixer to beat together room temperature light cream cheese, non-fat plain greek yogurt, vanilla, and honey.
2. Stuff the dates:
   • Use a knife to make a slit into the date (remove the pit if there is one) and gently open the slit.
   • Fill the date with about a teaspoon of the cream cheese filling.
3. Decorate:
   • Top the filled date with a whole walnut.
   • Drizzle with a little melted dark chocolate (optional).
   • Drizzle with a little honey.
   • Sprinkle with maldon sea salt (optional).
4. Enjoy!

I actually really love these stuffed dates once they’ve had a chance to chill in the fridge.

A sweet, chewy date stuffed with a tangy cream cheese filling, topped with a hearty walnut, and drizzled in honey and maybe a little dark chocolate . . .

Bring on the snacks!

– Jennifer

Thanks again to our friends attheCalifornia Walnut Boardfor sponsoring today’s post!