Reviewed: Oct. 10, 2011

Incredible texture -- light but chewy and moist. I made this without the sauce because we do not like over-the-top sweetness. I used chocolate chips (because that's what I had on hand) instead of shaved dark chocolate. To incorporate the chocolate into the batter, I melted the chips into the date and water mixture after turning off the heat but still hot.

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CHRISTMAS8

Reviewed: Aug. 9, 2011

A great recipe, YUMMMYY! I did few alterations, I replaced dark choco (didn't have any) with coca powder and I have cut back half of the sauce. I HIGHLY recommend it.

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Salha.K

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Reviewed: Mar. 25, 2011

This was a surprise! Cannot taste the dates but makes a lovely moist chocolate muffin which is excellent with the rich sauce. I would make less sauce next time (3/4 recipe) as I thought really too much... but it WAS delicious!!

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meeky

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Stratford, Ontario, Canada

Reviewed: Nov. 22, 2010

This was absolutely amazing!! I made it just to get rid of some dates that I had and was VERY pleasantly surprised. I don't think I would only make half of the sauce, as one reviewer suggested. All of the sauce will be used up. I invited my critical neighbour over to try it and his face lit up with joy when he took the first bite! I'm pretty sure eating this put him in a better mood. I used half and half instead of heavy cream and light margarine instead of butter in the sauce. The taste was great but I'm sure the thicker sauce that would have resulted from using the heavy cream would have been amazing. I will definitely be making this again!

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Kalan L.

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Chapleau, Ontario, Canada

Reviewed: Nov. 11, 2010

I love 'sticky date pudding' but I leave the chocolate out and I also add 1 tbls of dark rum

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MYLOU

Reviewed: Jul. 30, 2010

This was great! everyone simply loved it!! I would reduce the sauce by half next time tho..

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saroona

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Reviewed: Jul. 7, 2010

This was FANTASTIC! I made mini cakes as well as muffins and they turned out soft and fluffy! I haven't tried the sauce. Just made the cakes. I did make a few changes *cut the sugar down, (out of 375g -> 200g) *1/3 of the flour, I used wholemeal flour *used self raising instead of adding baking powder *1/3 of the liquid added to the pot with the dates was orange juice [got that from other recipies] *used margarine instead of butter cause thats what I had [ can't tell the difference ] Note: I found the mixture after cooking, was too thick to be blended successfully but was already so mushy the blending wasn't really needed. In the future I would: completely use only wholemeal flour for a more gritty earthy taste? Maybe add some nuts. Will make again.

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whitewriter

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Reviewed: May 16, 2010

Wow, what a winner. I made this for a group of mates for an after bbq pudding, and went down a treat as it was a really cold night and the guys were frozen. Having individual servings was fantastic and made a double recipe so have frozen the few that were left over. They are very sweet and rich though so cant eat too many (which is probably a good thing!!). Just divine, thank you so much for a fantastic recipe.

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Sonya N.

Reviewed: Apr. 20, 2010

A 5-star recipe for no doubt. My husband, my two friends and I just came back from Australia. We all fell in love with this dessert, which we could find in almost every restaurant. We ordered it from different restaurants but we love our first experience the best. The texture of the pudding from our first trial was very moist and tasted more dates. I gave this recipe 5 stars because it is worth 5. Everybody raved it. However, I'm going to experiment with more dates and try to make a 6-star recipe for myself. We'll see.

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knittingfever

Reviewed: Apr. 14, 2010

Wonderful recipe. Didn't change a thing besides reducing the sauce part by half. Family loves them. All the ladies at ladies night raved. The guys at work couldn't get enough. And me ... I would say this is one of my favorite puddings. If your concerned about it tasting like dates, two of my children don't like dates but loves this. Also don't be concerned if the mixture is a thinner consistency than muffins. Thanks Lian W for sharing.

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