Tahini Dipped Fresh Fig Dessert

You have fresh figs but no idea what to make with them? I got you covered. Here is a ridiculously easy no-bake dessert recipe you can make with them: Tahini Dipped Fig Dessert. These are slightly sweetened with date molasses and make a perfect vegan and gluten-free snack.

Fresh figs are my family’s all time favorite fruit. When they are ripe and jammy enough, we are the happiest. We have them at breakfast, lunch, dinner and between meals. As the fig season does not last long, we try to have them in as many possible ways as we can. One of the most popular fig recipes on Give Recipe is Rosemary and Cinnamon Flavored Oven Roasted Figs. Go check it out if you haven’t tried it yet! 

The idea of dipping fresh figs into tahini came out when we saw several chocolate dipped fig recipes on social media. We decided to make a unique version which is lighter, healthier and easier. You already know how much we LOVE tahini. So why don’t we dip figs into it? 

Ingredients For Healthy Fig Snack Recipe

The ingredients are quite simple and customizable. We need:

• Fresh figs
• Tahini: Use the best quality tahini you can find. The most famous brand in Turkey is Koska Tahini. I guess you can find their products in online shopping websites. 
• Date Molasses: It is a sweet and dark colored syrup made from dates. It is not a must in this recipe. We just use it as a natural sweetener. And in a very little amount. If you can’t find it, use grape molasses, maple syrup or agave syrup. If you are not after a vegan recipe, you can use honey too.
• Crumbled Pistachios: We use them just because we love their flavor. You can use your favorite nuts.
• Roasted Sesame Seeds: They add richness to the tahini flavor on the figs. You can buy them in the spice shelves in markets. If they are not roasted, we highly recommend you roast them in a pan beforehand. You can store any leftover roasted sesame seeds in a jar. 

How To Make Fresh Fig Dessert With Tahini

This recipe is ridiculously easy with only 5 steps:

• Slice the figs lengthwise or widthwise.
• Dip each slice in tahini and place them on a plate in a single layer.
• Leave a drop of date syrup in the middle and gently spread it with the bottom of a small spoon.
• Sprinkle crumbled pistachio and roasted sesame seeds on each.
• Chill them for 15-20 minutes and serve.

How To Serve

You can not only serve these tahini dipped figs as a dessert on their own (or with a dollop of vanilla ice cream on the side) but also use them as a topping in sandwiches, cakes or breakfast bowls.

We love to make a quick lunch with them: Spread cream cheese or yogurt on sourdough bread slices and top with tahini coated figs. If you want to keep it vegan, use vegan cream cheese or mashed avocado or peanut butter as a spread and top it with figs.

What To Make With Figs

You have a large fig tree and you still need more ideas with fresh figs? Check these out!

• Roasted Fig Dessert
• Vegan Banana Fig Bread
• Chocolate Fig Brownies
• Baked Oatmeal With Fresh figs
• Chocolate Covered Fresh Figs

More Recipes With Tahini

• Vegan Tahini Ice Cream
• No Butter Tahini Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Melting In Your Mouth Tahini Cookies Vegan

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