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Ingredients

1 ⅓ cups chopped dates 2 ½ (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate ⅔ cup water 1 ⅓ cups white sugar ¼ cup butter 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 ¼ cups packed brown sugar ¾ cup butter 1 ½ cups quick-cooking oats 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour 1 cup chopped walnuts ½ teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon salt

Nutrition Info

221.5 calories carbohydrate: 32.6 g cholesterol: 16.3 mg fat: 10.3 g fiber: 1.9 g protein: 2.3 g saturatedFat: 4.9 g servingSize: - sodium: 107.2 mg sugar: 23 g transFat: : - unsaturatedFat: : -

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8x10-inch baking pan.
Cook and stir dates, chocolate, water, white sugar, and 1/4 cup butter in a heavy saucepan over medium-low heat until melted and thickened, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove from heat, stir in vanilla extract. Set aside to cool.
Beat brown sugar and 3/4 cup butter together in a bowl until creamy. Add oats, flour, walnuts, baking soda, and salt, stir until texture is crumbly.
Press half the oat mixture into bottom of the prepared pan. Evenly spread chocolate-date mixture over oat mixture layer, crumble remaining oat mixture over chocolate-date layer.
Bake in the preheated oven until topping is lightly browned, about 30 minutes. Cut into 30 small squares.

30 small bars

A chocolate date bar. My childhood memories of holidays included these bars from my mother's friend Bernie. Wonderfully rich.