So I have a question for y’all…

How important is sugar in your life?

And, now, I will put this right here.

I like love sugar.

Potato chips or chocolate? I will always pick chocolate.

But I constantly have to listen to people “sugar shame” me when I fix my coffee.

“OMG you use that much sugar?…sugar is the devil…it’s so bad for you…it will make you sick…blahhh…blah…blah…”

Well, I could write a whole blog post on my thoughts around sugar…but instead of getting all geeky and sciencey on you, I’ll just let you try this recipe that I came up with after I got a jar of chocolate paste in a package I received that had no refined sugar, no dairy and no actual chocolate (as in ‘containing cocoa butter’).

So I immediately thought about my recipe for date paste (which I posted 6 years ago when stuff like this wasn’t trending!). I use it often but it is purely dates and I wanted a bit more substance (in terms of protein) so I turned to tahini (for those of you not in the know, this is a sesame seed paste that is used in most middle eastern countries). I’m sure it would taste fabulous with nut butter but I wanted to keep the allergens out.

So, because I don’t want to get all geeky and sciencey (again) on you guys (and maybe this is an experiment to see if me not being my normal, verbose self is more popular), I will leave it at that!

Make a batch of this.

Leave it in your fridge….give it as a hostess gift…shmear it on your toast…

Just make some and drop me a line.

Will you try to reduce your sugar because you are now thinking “peeeeople, this is so epic that I will swear off sugar forevahhhh”?

Or will you say, “Mmmmm it’s good, but give me that plain ol’ sugar laden chocolate stuff”?

I’d serrrriously love to know!!!

Chocolate Date Spread

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Ingredients

  

• 2 cups dates
• 1 cup brewed coffee, warm
• 1 cup tahini spread
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder

Instructions

 

• In a medium sized bowl, mix dates and coffee together and let sit for about an hour.
• Add mixture to the bowl of a food processor and pulse for 30 seconds (until dates break up a bit); add tahini and cocoa powder and blend until mixture becomes creamy (turn off the machine and scrape the sides down a couple of times to make sure you get all the bits).
• Scrape mixture into a large mason jar and keep in the fridge for up to a month.