For those dates and chocolate cookies, it was first a diet recipe. But at home, when we hear diet recipe, we hear recipe that are easy to digest. We also wanted a recipe that use dates, because dates are healthy. Also because we wanted the dates pits to make coffee with them. So now, here we are with a delicious dates cookies recipe.
As the dates arent blended all the way, there are tiny bits of them in the cookies and thats delicious with the chocolate chips. And the bitter cocoa really help make everything perfect, helping harmonising the flavors togheter.

Ingredients for the dates cookies
- ±20 dried dates
- 1 cup of warm lactose free milk
- 1 tsp of maple syrup
- 2 tbsp of bitter cocoa
- 5 tbsp of oat
- 1 tbsp of corn starch
- 2 tbsp of crushed coconut
- 150 gr of chocolate chips

Steps
Warm up the milk and take out the pits of the dates.
Pour the warmed up milk on the dates then let cool down.
Blend everything. But not all the way to keep tiny bits of dates in the cookies.
Add the coconut, the maple syrup and the cocoa.
Mix.
Then add the oat, the corn starch and the chocolate chips, mix again.
Shape into balls then flatten them.
Put them in the pre-heat oven 180°C (360°F) for 10 min.

Now, you have delicious cookies. You can keep them safely for 3 to 5 days, covered so they dont dry too fast. Those cookies made excellent breakfast or snacks. Healthy and delicious, what more can we want from cookies?
Want another delicious recipe with dates? Try this one : Fondant chocolat sans gluten ultra gourmand