If you love the marriage of peanut butter and chocolate, and are looking for an easy to make, sweet treat that you can store for later and enjoy throughout the week, you need to check out these peanut bites with chocolate filling.
These bites have the perfect balance of creaminess and luxury. It is soft, chewy and crunchy all at the same time. And wait- it gets better- it is actually super healthy too.
Scroll down and read on to discover everything you need to know about making them the right way.
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Ingredients For the Recipe
You’ll need just 5 simple ingredients to make these delicious peanut bites with chocolate filling.
- Peanuts: ½ cup
- Dates: ½ cup
- Sesame seeds: 4 tbsp
- Melted white chocolate: As required
- Melted dark chocolate: As required
How to Make the Peanut Bites With Chocolate Filling
Once you have all your ingredients ready, here’s what you need to do to put the bites together.
In a pan, dry roast the peanuts. Next, blitz them in a food processor.
Remove the seeds from the dates and soak them in water for 15 minutes.
Add the soaked dates in the food processor along with the blitzed peanuts and blend them.
Transfer the mixture into a mixing bowl.
Add the sesame seeds and mix well. Knead it to a soft dough.
Roll the dough into small elongated cylinders.
Roll it over sesame seeds to make a coating.
Make a depression in the middle and fill it with melted white chocolate.
Next, drizzle melted dark chocolate on top of the white chocolate.
Use a toothpick to make a pattern. (optional)
Chill for 5-10 minutes.
Cut into bite sized pieces and serve.
Frequently Asked Questions
These classic peanut bites require just a few ingredients to put together, but if you really want to go a step further, you can throw in some more add-ons of your choice too.
Pick other toasted seeds in addition to the sesame seeds- sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, hemp seeds are good choices. You can ground them up or roughly crush them and add them to the mix.
To make the bites have an even more pronounced peanut flavor, you can add some peanut butter into the date mixture. 
Peanuts work perfectly with the richness of the chocolate and the sweetness of the dates. That said, you can also experiment and try making versions of these bites with other nuts like almonds, cashews, pistachios, pecans and even walnuts.
In fact, you can also use a combination of two or more of these bites.
Sesame seeds have a nice mild flavor and a bit of crunch, which works perfectly with all the other ingredients. You can also substitute with almost any other seeds of your choice- sunflower seeds, flaxseeds, chia seeds, hemp seeds and even poppy seeds. 
If the mixture for the bites isn’t coming together and seems too dry, you can add a bit of coconut oil into it to make it smoother and pliable. In contrast, if the mixture seems too soft, you can add more of the chopped nuts or some almond flour into it to balance things out.
Yes, you totally can! These little bites are actually freezer friendly too, so you can easily make them in a big batch and store them for months.
Your leftover peanut bites can be transferred to an airtight container layered with some parchment paper and stored for up to 2 weeks in the refrigerator. Remember to get them out and allow them to rest for a bit before you serve them to enjoy the right texture. 
Tips & Tricks to Make the Peanut Bites With Chocolate Filling
Ready to give this easy recipe a shot? You might want to have these little tips and tricks handy to make sure you get the flavors and textures spot on.
- To bulk up the peanut bites with chocolate filling, you can add rolled oats and peanut butter into the mixture.
- If you don’t have rolled oats or just don’t fancy the texture, you can use almond flour or coconut flour instead.
- To enhance the sweetness of the bites, you can add a bit of honey or maple syrup to the mixture.
- A light drizzle of some vanilla extract can also lend an extra layer of flavor and deliciousness to these bites.
- To make these bites healthier, add a little protein powder into the mix.
- And if you love chocolate, throw in some mini dark chocolate chips into the mixture.
- Looking for these bites to have a bit of fruity goodness? Add some dried cranberries into the mixture.
- If the mixture seems to stick to surfaces while you’re rolling it out, grease the surfaces with a bit of coconut oil to make things easier.
Serving Ideas & Suggestions
These healthy and delicious peanut bites with chocolate filling can be served on their own as a midday snack or a healthy sweet treat whenever you’re hit by a craving- no extra effort needed to serve them.
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📖 Recipe
Peanut Bites With Chocolate Filling
Ingredients
- ½ cup Peanuts
- ½ cup Dates
- 4 tablespoon Sesame Seeds
- 2 tablespoon Melted White Chocolate
- 2 tablespoon Melted Dark Chocolate
Instructions
- In a pan, dry roast the peanuts. Next, blitz them in a food processor.
- Remove the seeds from the dates and soak them in water for 15 minutes.
- Add the soaked dates in the food processor along with the blitzed peanuts and blend them.
- Transfer the mixture into a mixing bowl.
- Add the sesame seeds and mix well. Knead it to a soft dough.
- Roll the dough into small elongated cylinders.
- Roll it over sesame seeds to make a coating.
- Make a depression in the middle and fill it with melted white chocolate.
- Next, drizzle melted dark chocolate on top of the white chocolate.
- Use a toothpick to make a pattern. (optional)
- Chill for 5-10 minutes.
- Cut into bite sized pieces and serve.
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