172 date recipes

Moroccan couscous cooked in orange juice with dates, raisins, slivered almonds, and cinnamon. A sweet, fragrant North African side dish ready in 30 minutes.

No-bake strawberry pie with a raw date and nut crust made from walnuts and almonds. Fresh sliced strawberries tossed in maple syrup fill this naturally sweet dessert.

Fruit and nut snack mix with salted Spanish peanuts, seedless raisins, and chopped dates. Three ingredients, zero cooking, and packed with energy for hiking or snacking.

No-bake fruit balls made with cherries, dates, walnuts, and coconut ground together and rolled in sugar. A quick, old-fashioned confection with natural sweetness.

Crispy unsweetened oat cookies sandwiched with a sweet date filling. A Canadian grandma recipe with an icebox dough sliced paper-thin and baked into delicate wafers.

No-bake fruit and nut balls made with cherries, dates, walnuts, almonds, and coconut, bound with a single egg and rolled in sugar. Five-ingredient old-fashioned candy with a chewy, dense bite.

Fluffy couscous cooked in duck stock with sliced dates and dried figs, ready in just 30 minutes. A sweet-savory side dish that pairs beautifully with roasted duck, lamb, or any rich main course.

No-bake peach pie with a raw almond-date crust, fresh sliced peaches tossed in maple syrup and almond extract, topped with shredded coconut. Naturally sweetened and gluten-free.

Hurricane fruit salad with bananas, oranges, strawberries, pineapple, kiwi, cantaloupe, and dates tossed in plain yogurt and topped with shredded coconut. A tropical, diabetic-friendly fruit bowl.

Fresh Bartlett pears cored, stuffed with minced Chinese dates and orange honey, then gently steamed until tender. A traditional Chinese dessert with just three ingredients that's elegant and naturally light.

Buckwheat apple muffins with chopped dates and buttermilk. A wholesome breakfast muffin with earthy buckwheat flavor, tart Granny Smith apples, and natural date sweetness.

Persimmon chocolate chip cookies: ripe Hachiya persimmon pulp folded into a spiced cookie dough with chocolate chips, walnuts, and dates. Soft, cake-like cookies with autumn-spice warmth in every bite.

Kazakh rice combines ground lamb, slivered almonds, and dried apricots, dates, and prunes with garlic and onion in one pilaf-style pot. A Central Asian sweet-savory main or side.

No-bake peanut butter snowballs with chopped dates and walnuts, dipped in icing and rolled in coconut. Christmas cookie tin classic. No oven, kids love them.

Old-fashioned icebox cake with ground marshmallows, dates, graham crackers, and walnuts rolled into a log with cream. A no-bake vintage dessert sliced and served cold.

No-bake paradise peach pie with fresh peach slices layered over a blended pineapple, pecan, and date filling. Vegan, no refined sugar, and ready without ever turning on the oven.