These Brie-Stuffed Dates With Hot Honey and Pistachios are an easy sweet-and-savory appetizer that feels right at home on a restaurant menu. Soft, naturally sweet dates are filled with creamy Brie, warmed until the cheese is melty, then finished with hot honey and crunchy pistachios. The combination of sweet dates, rich cheese, spicy honey, and salty nuts makes every bite incredibly satisfying. Serve them as an elegant appetizer for a dinner party, add them to a Mediterranean-inspired grazing board, or make them part of your Greek Restaurant Night at home. They take just a few simple ingredients to create a seriously impressive bite.

Why These Brie-Stuffed Dates Are So Good

There’s something about the combination of warm Brie, naturally sweet dates, crunchy pistachios, and spicy hot honey that feels far more elaborate than it actually is. The flavors balance each other beautifully: creamy and salty, sweet and spicy, soft and crunchy.

We especially love these for a Greek or Mediterranean-inspired Restaurant Night because they can be prepared ahead and quickly warmed just before serving. Arrange them on a platter, drizzle with hot honey, scatter over the pistachios, and you have an appetizer that looks like it came straight from a restaurant.

They are also wonderfully versatile. Serve them as a small appetizer before dinner, add them to a grazing board, or make them part of a larger Mediterranean spread with hummus, whipped feta, pita, olives, and fresh fruit.

Think Like a Restaurant

One of our favorite ways to approach entertaining is to take a few simple ingredients and make them feel special through presentation. These dates are a perfect example. You don’t need complicated techniques or a long ingredient list—just a few flavorful components, warmed and plated beautifully.

And if you already have homemade hot honey in your kitchen, this is an especially easy appetizer to pull together. The same hot honey can then make its way into other appetizers, main dishes, desserts, and drinks, giving you another building block for your All Spiced Out flavor library.

Be sure to check out our what to do with hot honey and easy snacks to make in 5 minutes for entertaining tips to make hosting easier.

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Why You’ll Love This Recipe

• Only a handful of ingredients: Dates, Brie, pistachios, and hot honey create an impressive appetizer with very little effort.
• Sweet, savory, creamy, crunchy, and spicy: Every bite has a combination of textures and flavors.
• Restaurant-style presentation: They look elegant enough for a dinner party but are incredibly easy to make.
• Fast appetizer: No complicated cooking or pastry work required.
• Perfect for entertaining: Make a platter for parties, date nights, holidays, or a Mediterranean-inspired dinner.
• Easy to customize: Try different nuts, cheeses, herbs, or flavored honey.
• Fits your flavor ecosystem: This one recipe connects dates, pistachios, Brie, and hot honey into one signature appetizer.

Ingredients used in Brie Stuffed Dates

• Brie Cheese – a wheel of Brie cheese, ours was from Costco, a Kirkland Signature Double Cream 600g, but smaller wheels will work too. You can bake or even microwave the Brie to melt it enough to use it in this recipe. Follow the package instructions for baking, according to the size of the wheel of Brie that you have. You can refer to our baked Brie with dates and pistachios for our baking method.
• Dates – Choose Medjool dates
• Pistachios – chopped
• Hot Honey – prepared store bought or homemade hot honey, or if you don’t have any, the recipe is very easy, and only takes about 5 minutes.

You can prepare the hot honey recipes in advance so that it’s easier to assemble these when you’re ready to make them

If you’re a regular shopper at Costco like we are, you can find Brie, Medjool dates, pistachios and honey in large quantities, perfect for entertaining.

Not to mention, you can get Kalamata olives, feta, lemons, and flatbread for a Mediterranean-style dinner. You can get everything you need for restaurant-inspired Greek Night at Home.

Then, the next day you can transform the leftovers into Greek-Inspired Breakfast and Brunch.

Recommended Equipment

You’ll need a sturdy cutting board and knife to prep the dates. A baking sheet for the oven to bake the Brie and then warm the stuffed dates.

Cutting Board

Serrated Knife

Baking Sheet

These convenient pre-cut parchment paper sheets are also handy.

How to Make Brie-Stuffed Dates

This is a simple dessert that feels decadent.

STEP 1 — Remove Pits

Preheat oven to 375℉. Use a serrated knife to cut through the center of the dates, but not all the way through. Remove the pits (also called stones) from each Medjool date.

STEP 2 — Fill Dates With Brie

Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper. Arrange the dates on top of the parchment paper, leaving some space around each one.

Use a teaspoon to add Brie to the center of each date. Fill with a generous teaspoon of Brie. You can use a previously baked Brie that is still warm, or you can even remove the packaging and microwave Brie to get it soft enough to work with.

STEP 3 — Sprinkle on Pistachios

Add a topping of chopped pistachios to each Brie-stuffed date.

STEP 4 — Bake Brie-Stuffed Dates

Bake for 6 minutes or so, until the Brie is soft and melted.

STEP 5 — Top With Hot Honey

Remove warm dates from oven and transfer them to a serving plate. Drizzle hot honey (or honey if you prefer a milder flavor) over top of each Brie-stuffed date. Serve while warm but not too hot. Enjoy!

Tips for the Best Brie-Stuffed Dates

• Use soft, plump dates. Medjool dates are ideal because they are large, naturally soft, and easy to stuff.
• Buy pitted dates when possible. If your dates still contain pits, slice them lengthwise and remove the pit before filling.
• Don’t overfill the dates. A small piece of Brie is enough. The cheese will soften and spread as it warms.
• Leave the Brie rind on or remove it. Both work. Removing the rind gives you an especially smooth, creamy filling, while leaving it on adds a little more Brie character.
• Warm them just until the Brie softens. You don’t need to cook the dates for long. The goal is warm, tender dates and soft, melty cheese.
• Add the hot honey after warming. Drizzling it over the warm dates keeps the honey glossy and lets the spicy-sweet flavor stand out.
• Add pistachios at the end. Chopped pistachios provide a wonderful contrast to the soft dates and Brie. They also make the appetizer look beautiful.
• Use flaky sea salt if you like. A tiny sprinkle of flaky sea salt over the finished dates makes the sweet and spicy flavors pop.
• Think Like a Restaurant: Arrange the stuffed dates on a serving platter rather than simply placing them in a bowl. Drizzle hot honey over the entire platter, scatter pistachios around the dates, and finish with a few flakes of sea salt.
• Make them part of a spread. Serve alongside pita, olives, grapes, crackers, whipped feta, hummus, or other Mediterranean-inspired appetizers for an easy restaurant-style grazing experience.

What to Serve With Brie-Stuffed Dates

Brie-stuffed dates are delightful as part of a hot honey appetizer board with the following:

• hot honey
• baked brie with hot honey, dates and pistachios
• whipped feta dip with hot honey and pistachios
• baked garlic with hot honey
• whipped hot honey butter
• grilled halloumi with hot honey and pistachios
• Instant Pot Greek honey lemon cake
• Fruit and yogurt parfait
• Slow cooker chocolate fondue and what to dip in chocolate fondue

This Mediterranean appetizer is perfect as a holiday appetizer for Thanksgiving and Christmas, as well as an easy party appetizer for any occasion.

For more easy entertaining, check out our simple 2-ingredient snacks to make in 5 minutes, and our Ultimate Dip and Snack Guide.

Storage Tips

Keep any extra stuffed dates in the fridge in an airtight container, for up to three days.

More Stuffed Date Recipes and Ideas

• Dubai Chocolate inspired
• Chocolate and Orange
• Chocolate Covered Dates
• Peanut Butter Stuffed Dates
• Nutella Stuffed Dates
• Cream Cheese or Labneh Stuffed Dates

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Perfect for a holiday gathering, this Hot Honey Appetizer Board is simple to prepare and full of Mediterranean-inspired flavors. And, check out our 25 delicious Ideas for What To Do With Hot Honey!

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Brie-Stuffed Dates With Hot Honey and Pistachios

Susan & Björn

Sweet dates stuffed with creamy Brie, warmed until melty, then drizzled with hot honey and finished with crunchy pistachios. This easy sweet and savory appetizer is perfect for entertaining, grazing boards, and restaurant-style dinner nights at home.

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servingsServings 6

Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 15 minutes mins

Course Appetizer

Cuisine Greek

Calories 225 kcal

Fiber 4 g

Carbohydrates 43 g

Equipment

Cutting Board

Serrated Knife

Baking Sheet

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 12 Medjool Dates
• ▢ ½ Cup Brie Cheese, melted, can use oven to bake until melted, or microwave
• ▢ ¼ Cup Pistachios, chopped
• ▢ ⅛ Cup Hot Honey, or honey if you prefer a milder flavor

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Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 375℉. Use a serrated knife to cut through the center of the dates. Remove the pits (also called stones) from each Medjool date.
  
• Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper. Arrange the dates on top of the parchment paper, leaving some space around each one. You can use a previously baked Brie that is still warm, or remove the packaging and microwave the Brie in 15-30 second bursts to get it soft enough to work with.

  Use a teaspoon to add Brie to the center of each date. Fill with a generous teaspoon of Brie.
  
• Add a topping of chopped pistachios to each Brie-stuffed date.
  
• Bake for 6 minutes or so, until the brie is soft and melted.
  
• Remove warm dates from oven and transfer them to a serving plate. Drizzle hot honey (or honey) over top of each Brie-stuffed date. Serve while warm but not too hot. Enjoy!
  

Nutrition

Calories: 225kcal Carbohydrates: 43g Fiber: 4g Net Carbohydrates: 40g Protein: 4g Fat: 6g Saturated Fat: 2g Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g Monounsaturated Fat: 2g Cholesterol: 12mg Sodium: 77mg Potassium: 410mg Sugar: 38g Vitamin A: 165IU Vitamin C: 0.3mg Calcium: 59mg Iron: 1mg

Note

This recipe is provided for informational purposes only. The above nutritional values are estimates and should only be used as a guide. Please use proper food safety practices, always use a food thermometer to ensure safe cooking temperature, and consult a professional if you have dietary restrictions or allergies.

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