If you think it’s easy to go through an entire jar of nut butter with a spoon, just try it with a pack of dates. Sweet chewy fruit make creamy salty nut butter go down very easy. But peanut butter isn’t the only thing that’s good inside a date. Dates can be the perfect caramel-flavored container for fruity fillings too. And because I love the color that blueberries bring, I created Vanilla Blueberry Stuffed Dates!
Then center is just a simple blend of blueberries, dates, and some oat flour to thicken. Squeeze that purple mixture into the center of a split date and top with a few fresh berries and sprinkle of hemp seeds. If you can’t tell already, I’m a little obsessed with hemp seeds right now. I’ve been sprinkling them all over my Instagram feed.
I much prefer the dates to be chilled before making these, because the less gooey more chewy outside is a better contrast to the purple-sweet center.
The topping options are endless here: nuts, seeds, fruits, coconut, chocolate chips, granola, all the usual sprinkle-able suspects. (And these blueberries were kind of on their way out, so excuse the wrinkly-ness. No fruit wasted just because it’s not at it’s prime anymore!)
And since the dates are really the star of the show here, make sure you choose high quality Medjools or something even fancier but still fresh. Dried out dates will just ruin the finger-food fun.
This is one of those snacks that requires lots of finger licking. There’s no way around it, dates are sticky, so this snack is going to be a deliciously messy experience. I usually try to bite them in half to avoid mouth overload, realize that’s just going to make a bigger mess, and end up shoving the whole date in my mouth for a big bite of fruity flavor fusion.
Incredibly easy snack in the making…
Of course there are other flavor directions this could go, and you better believe I already have some ideas in my head just waiting to be made!
PrintBlueberry Vanilla Stuffed Dates
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 15 1x
Ingredients
- Filling
- 1 1/2 cup frozen blueberries
- 3/4 cup oat flour
- 1/4 tsp vanilla bean powder (or 1 tsp vanilla extract)
- 8 pitted Medjool dates (I used Natural Delights brand)
- 1 tbsps water if needed to blend
- To assemble
- 15 Medjool dates (preferably chilled)
- Hemp seeds
- Fresh blueberries
Instructions
- Filling: Defrost the frozen blueberries (I microwaved them for about 1.5 minutes on high).
- Blend all the filing ingredients.
- Transfer to a piping bag or a ziplock.
- To assemble: Slice your dates open on one long side and remove the pit. Try to keep the opening fairly small so the filling will stay in.
- Cut off one corner of your plastic bag. Insert the tip into the date and squeeze to fill. Repeat with all of the dates.
- Top with fresh blueberries and sprinkle with hemp seeds.
- Enjoy!
Oh, these look amazing! My kid is obsessed with dates and blueberries, so it’s absolutely perfect for him!
Well I think he and I would be good snack buddies then 🙂
The filling even has oaty oats!!! It’s like an entire meal in a date! A sweet meal (breakfast) to keep you going all day on fruity goodness! I gotta say, after your insta post last night I thought there would be a smoothie happening, but these are better 😉 No let downs!
A meal in a date! Not a smoothie at all and I even added oats, so perhaps these could persuade you to buy dates?? Maybe? I know how you love eating purple too! Bite sized purple snacking!
These are about the prettiest stuffed dates I’ve seen! Another great option for those post dinner snack urges too. Yum!
Yep totally perfect for the 8-9 pm sweet snacking hour 🙂 I eat the majority of my desserts around then, it’s just the time for something a little indulgent!
What a great twist on stuffed dates! I’ve seen a lot of peanut butter and such, but not much fruit. So inventive!
Always making things more fruity, that’s what I do haha! Thanks Sophia!
Love dates! These are very fancy looking and very creative! What a great snack!
Thanks Jenn! The decorating and photographing was really fun with these, I love vibrant foods for that 🙂
This is one of the best stuffed date recipes I’ve ever seen. I love that you filled them with blueberries and hemp seeds. This is such a pretty and delicious treat, I’d eat this to get energy before a workout.
They would be perfect for that, definitely not lacking on calories here haha! But good calories, right?! 🙂 Thanks Linda!
I agree with everybody else, super pretty and different from all the other stuffed dates I’ve seen around! They are bright and colorful and would look so pretty at a party. They would be an excellent snack for guests. Sadly, I don’t like dates, as you know, but I know sooo many people would be allll over these little beauties! You do such great things with fruit! Fruit queen!
Thanks Brandi! I’m imagining a rainbow tray at a party–some with raspberry pink fillings, some with orange, maybe some with matcha green! Yes I do love turning all things fruity, although perhaps that’s my part of my problem. I just can’t help it!
I’ve never heard of a combination like this! I love every one of the ingedients; I’m sure I’ll love the combination.
My thoughts exactly–throw a bunch of wonderful ingredients together in a little bite and create something new and delicious! I hope you try them 🙂
What a wonderful treat! The ingredients make it sound a little like blueberry crisp.
It does have lots of similar ingredients, just in a different form! I need to make a blueberry crisp, that sounds really good! Thanks Alisa 🙂
I’m just about to make a date stuffed recipe…can’t go wrong with those sweet jewels! Looks amazing and love the photography!
Ooh fun, I can’t wait to see yours too! Dates are always good <3 Thanks Faith!
Oh, stuffed dates are so delicious, and yours look magical! I sometimes stuff mine with coconut butter. Your vanilla filling sounds lovely!
Mmmmm that sounds really good too! Or coconut whipped cream maybe, I need to try something coconutty in there too! Thanks Cadry 🙂
Yes! Purple all the way 🙂 I need to find some of those giant Medjool dates for this so I can put in extra purple stuffing 🙂 The hemp seed topping sounds amazing too, a little extra crunch factor will make all the creaminess all the better <3
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I already knew you would be a fan of the color going on here 😀 I picked out all the biggest dates from the pack with the exact same thought: more filling! And yes a little crunch is always good. Leah suggested granola which I think sounds pretty spectacular too!
Leave it to you to come up with a purple fruity filling! These look wonderful! I love stuffed dates and these are such a different, fun way to change up my usual almond butter-cacao nib method. YUM! <3
Almond butter and cacao nib sounds like the dessert counterpart to this fruity version. Mmm might have to try that tonight 🙂
Ohhh!! I love these, Natalie! I never had the date + blueberry-combo but I bet it’s so yummy! What a great idea <3.
It’s a great combo! Date + blueberry smoothies are delish too 🙂 Thanks Bianca!
I always stuff my dates with nut butter but have never tried this – beautiful idea!
Me too, they are so good with almond or PB! But of course I like to make things even fruitier 🙂 Thanks Lucie!
This is such a great idea, Natalie! I absolutely LOVE dates and blueberries! 🙂 I got everything except the vanilla bean powder, but as soon as I do I’ll just have to make these!!
Thanks Sina! I was so excited when I discovered this little snack creation, had to share even though its super simple 🙂 And you can just use vanilla extract instead!
Mmm… I like the fruity approach. Would never have thought of that one. And those wrinkly blueberries actually have a veiny beauty of their own strangely 🙂
Those blueberries were…well aged shall we say hahaha! They were the end of the punnet and really getting a little too old but they were the only ones in the house and I hate having to run out to the store mid video shoot. So I’m glad you can see their beauty 🙂 Wrinkly like little old men lol 😀
Gorgeous! I have a similar recipe with orange cream stuffed inside and chocolate of course! I love them, and know I’ll love these as well! Need to try them next with all the dates in my freezer! Again, beautiful photographs!
I remember your orange ones, with the chocolate on top mmmm <3 Yours are a bit more elegant than mine as usual haha! Now that you mention it, I wouldn't say no to a chocolate drizzle on top of these either 🙂
Such a cool idea. I actually love the flavours of vanilla and date and blueberry together – I regularly do a vanilla blueberry smoothie, but I might have to pop that mixture into dates next time. Thanks for the inspiration!
Vanilla blueberry smoothies are one of my favorite things too, and I’ve thrown dates in there before too and it is amazing! Super sweet! I like that combo in almost every form 🙂 Thanks Laura!
This idea is brilliant! Will be trying this out for sure! Thanks Natalie.
Oooh yes please do, I love these little fruity bites! Enjoy Ashley 🙂