 Today we're making caramel sauce. Way better than what you can get in the store. We're not using any white sugar and we're not using any dairy and there's no artificial anything in this. So we're using dates. We're using coconut milk. It is creamy and delicious. You're going to love it. You can use it on just a gazillion things. I'm Rockin' Robin and I'm going to show you how to do it right after my chef joke. We always have a chef joke. Okay so here we go with chef joke number one. What do citrus fruits use to get dates? Pick up limes. So let's start off with our dates. Okay so you are either going to find them pitted or not pitted. We're using medjool dates and they are full of nutrition, lots of fiber, calcium and potassium. If they're not pitted I have both. You're going to want to take the seeds out. You just pull it open. These are so soft already that they come right out and it's very simple to do. So we're going to do about 240 grams of dates. Or if you don't have a scale you can count out about 16 or 17 dates. I'm going to heat up a pan of water so that it's just about boiling. Just make sure it's pretty hot and then we're going to pour that right over our 16 17 dates and let them soak for just a few minutes. Make sure they're completely submerged and even take a spoon or something and just push them down. Make sure they're all covered. This is just going to ensure that they blend up nice and easy in your blender especially if you don't have a Vitamix. Time's up. Time flies when you're having fun. Okay so I'm going to pour this through a strainer, save the water. Now we want to save the water because we may be needing to use it to add back in and we want the flavor. So we want to just set the water aside. All right so we're going to place the dates into our blender and then I'm going to show you our ingredients. Next we're going to add some coconut cream. I got this at Trader Joe's and we're going to add about a half a cup. Remember you can find the written recipe below the video in the description area. Pour that right in and then we'll move to our vanilla extract. Now we use vanilla extract because it brings out the sweetness in our recipes. And then we need to add a pinch of salt. Now to give this some extra sweetness we're going to be using some maple syrup. Now we're going to blend this on high speed for about a minute or so depending on your blender. Now we want this absolutely nice and creamy. So at this point it's probably going to be too thick to to blend so go ahead and use some of that date water that we saved. And I would say add a scoop or two at a time until you get the right consistency that you want. The Vitamix is pretty loud so I always use air protection when I run it. So for me this looks a little bit thick depending on your use of course if you're using it for a dip that would work. But I want mine a little bit thinner so I'll continue to add liquid until I get a nice consistency something like this. So I'm giving it a little taste here just to see if I need to add a little more maple syrup and I think I do need a little bit more. Okay it must be time for chef joke number two. I used to love donuts but then I got tired of the whole thing. So here's the consistency that I ended up with because I want it to be pourable because I like to eat it over ice cream. That would be chocolate but vanilla also works too. Let me know down in the comments how you would serve this caramel sauce. And don't forget you can always put your caramel sauce in a squeeze bottle and that way it makes serving it so much easier. I can't wait to dig into this. The caramel sauce is plenty sweet and it's got that caramel flavor from the dates and the maple syrup and it is just delicious. Do you know what else this caramel sauce would be great on is my cookies and cream ice cream. Click the link here on the video and it'll take you right to the recipe and you can make this. It is so delicious and creamy. You'll love it. Did you enjoy today's video? Well if you did let me know by smashing the old like button for me and leave me a comment. Let me know what you think. Alright we'll see you back here next week for another rock n' recipe.