Rancho Meladuco — Organic Medjool Dates

Soft, caramel-sweet organic Medjools — the whole-food sweetener that's also a snack.

Hand-picked and hand-packed in California's Coachella Valley, these are prime large-to-jumbo Medjool dates: soft, juicy, and tasting more like caramel than fruit. Nothing like the dry, shriveled dates in a supermarket tub. Bon Appétit called them the world's best dates.

Dates are one of the few sweet foods that bring real nutrition with them — fiber, potassium, magnesium and natural sugars that come packaged with everything that slows them down. They're what you reach for instead of candy, and what you blend into a smoothie instead of sugar or syrup.

Who this is for

• You're cutting refined sugar and still want something sweet
• You need fast, clean fuel before a workout or on a long day
• You bake or blend and want a whole-food sweetener — date paste, energy balls, smoothies
• Expecting mothers — dates are traditionally eaten in the last weeks of pregnancy
• You want a gift that isn't another candle

Sizes

• 1 lb Box — roughly 16–20 whole Medjools, hand-packed
• Mini 4-Date Box — four whole dates, pocket-sized. Lunchboxes, the car, the gym bag, or a small thank-you.

Whole dates with pits. Store cool; refrigerate to keep them soft for months. USDA Certified Organic.

Rancho Meladuco is a family date farm in the Coachella Valley, growing and packing every box by hand.