Delightful Stuffed Dates

Take a small but sharp knife and carefully slice the dates lengthwise (but not all the way!) and remove the pits (it's kinda like how you would slize a hot dog bun).

Prepare the different types of filling. For the peanut butter caramel filling simply mix peanut butter and syrup together in a small bowl. For the marzipan filling just make some small rolls of marzipan. For the nougat-hazelnut filling simply cut the nougat into pieces that fits the dates and cut the hazelnuts in halves.

Take a teaspoon and fill the dates or use your hands depending on the type of filling. The best way to do this is try to push as much of the filling into the side "pockets" that the dates have. Don't overfill the dates.

For the nougat-hazelnut filling first add the nougat to the dates and then gently press a few of the halved hazelnuts into the nougat.

Carefully "close" the dates and set them on a plate.

Set the plate of stuffed dates in the fridge while you melt the chocolate.

Melt the chocolate and lay a piece of parchment paper on the table close to the melted chocolate.

Carefully take the stuffed dates (one at a time) and drop them into the melted chocolate. Using two forks, cover the dates with chocolate. Tranfers the dates to the parchment paper. If you want you can sprinkle the chocolate covered dates. I used chopped roasted hazelnuts, chopped pistachios and freeze dried raspberries as my "sprinkles".

Let the chocolate harden and then tranfer the dates to a plate or container and store them in the fridge.