Date Recipes from a California Date Farm

Every recipe below starts with the same ingredient: the soft, caramel-sweet Medjool dates we grow on our family date farm in Sky Valley, California. Hand-harvested, no pesticides, shipped direct to your door from the Desert Sun Dates shop.

Looking for a crowd-pleasing appetizer? Try our bacon-wrapped Medjool dates — crispy, sweet, and savory in three ingredients. Prefer something lighter? Our stuffed dates with peanut butter take under five minutes and no oven. Bakers will love our moist Medjool date nut bread, and anyone with a sweet tooth should check out Medjool candy bar bites — chocolate-dipped, peanut butter-stuffed, and ready in 12 minutes.

You can also swap refined sugar for our homemade Medjool date syrup — a natural, unprocessed sweetener that works in coffee, oatmeal, and baking. Use the Appetizers and Dessert Treats filters below to browse, or show all six recipes. Every page includes full ingredients, step-by-step instructions, tested cook times, and notes from our farm kitchen.

From the Desert Sun Dates Blog

Zahidi vs Medjool Dates: A Grower's Honest Comparison

Zahidi vs Medjool Dates: A Grower's Honest Comparison

I grow both of these, on the same farm, in the same soil, about two hundred yards apart. So take this for…

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Medjool Dates Shipped to Irvine, CA

Medjool Dates Shipped to Irvine, CA

🌴 Farm-Direct Medjool Dates to Irvine, CA Desert Sun Dates ships Medjool, Zahidi, and Barhi dates direct to Irvine via USPS Priority…

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Stuffed Dates, Three Ways: A Date Farm's Party Playbook

Stuffed Dates, Three Ways: A Date Farm's Party Playbook

Stuffed dates are the appetizer that disappears first at every party — sweet, salty, and gone before the cheese board gets touched.…

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