Fancy Little Messes: Peanut Butter Cup Caramel Dates

Method

1. Slice each date lengthways and remove the stone. If you wash the dates first, dry them thoroughly, water and melted chocolate are not friends.
2. Fill each date with a generous spoonful of Messyface Fruit & Sesame Spread. It tastes like caramel and behaves even better.
3. Press a mini peanut butter cup into the middle of each date, then gently close the sides around it.
4. Melt the chocolate in short bursts in the microwave, stirring between each one until smooth.
5. Dip each stuffed date into the melted chocolate until fully coated, then place it on a lined tray.
6. Scatter over the chopped chocolate-covered cacao nibs while the chocolate is still wet.
7. Freeze for 10 minutes, or refrigerate until the chocolate has set.
8. Eat one. Immediately reconsider whether eight was enough.