Chocolate and Sweets · Los Angeles, California
Date Better Snacks
Handmade medjool date and chocolate treats from an LA pastry chef.
- Founded
- 2022
- Founded by
- Michelle Valdez-Wilton
- Based in
- Los Angeles, California
Making it since
2022
Their story
Date Better Snacks was started by Michelle Valdez-Wilton, a pastry chef who also opened the Eagle Rock restaurants Four Cafe and Penny Oven in Los Angeles. Like many food businesses, it began at home during the pandemic.
She first tried to launch a frozen food line, then switched course after friends kept raving about the date treats she made. Date Better launched in February 2022 and has grown into hundreds of shops and hotels.
The lineup pairs dates with fillings like peanut butter crunch, almond java crunch, cashew lime crisp and hazelnut.
How it's made
The snacks are made in-house by a small team who pit, fill and package medjool dates by hand, then pair them with organic chocolate. The chocolate is made without emulsifiers, soy, palm oil or seed oils.
Ours are handmade. We're literally making everything.
Why we carry them
These taste like a little candy bar but are built on dates, which makes them an easy afternoon treat or lunchbox surprise.
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