Sukkari KitKat
Sukkari dates filled with KitKat and coated in KitKat.
Ingredients: Sukkari dates, KitKat: milk chocolate and wafer, Contains milk and wheat.
Dates guide
Date sweets
Our date sweets are Sukkari chocolate dates, every one filled and coated, in these kinds: KitKat, Flake, Nutella and Oreo. Beside them, two bakes served with coffee: Ghraiba with almonds and olive oil, and Qassim Kleija. Here is what is in each, how it comes, and what it costs.
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Chocolate-covered dates: Sukkari filled and coated
Sukkari dates, every one of them filled and coated, in these kinds: KitKat, Flake, Nutella and Oreo. They come in a card box of nine to thirty-two pieces, or a tin of nine.
Sukkari Flake
Sukkari dates filled with Flake and coated in Hershey's chocolate.
Ingredients: Sukkari dates, Flake: milk chocolate, Hershey's chocolate, Contains milk.
Sukkari Nutella
Sukkari dates filled with Nutella biscuits and coated in Nutella.
Ingredients: Sukkari dates, Nutella biscuits, Nutella, Contains hazelnuts, milk and wheat.
Sukkari Oreo
Sukkari dates filled with Oreo and coated in Hershey's chocolate.
Ingredients: Sukkari dates, Oreo biscuits, Hershey's chocolate, Contains wheat and milk.
KitKat, Flake, Hershey’s, Nutella and Oreo are trademarks of their owners. We name them because they are ingredients of these products, and we do not use their logos.
Chocolate date boxes and prices
The boxes and prices are the same for every kind:
| Box | Price |
|---|---|
| 9 pieces — card box | SAR 37 |
| 9 pieces — tin | SAR 48 |
| 18 pieces — card box | SAR 67 |
| 32 pieces — card box | SAR 97 |
The struck-through price is the everyday price; the one before it is the current offer price.
We deliver inside Jeddah; order from the basket or on WhatsApp.
Ghraiba with almonds and olive oil
Ghraiba kneaded with organic whole-grain wheat flour, sweetened with organic cane sugar, with olive oil in place of ghee. Ghraiba is at heart a crumbly almond biscuit, and this one stays true to that: almonds to hold the texture, and ingredients you can count on one hand. Each piece is shaped one by one and set in its own paper inside a box that opens before a guest, with the dallah.
Two staples the old household stored, and nothing besides: what comes down from the palm, and what is reaped from the field. This Ghraiba comes from the wheat; the rest of the shop comes from the palm.
Ingredients:
- Organic wheat flour — whole grain
- Organic cane sugar
- Almonds
- Olive oil instead of ghee
- Contains gluten — wheat flour
- Contains nuts — almonds
Older than the recipe
Ghraiba is a crumbly biscuit whose origin is ground almond, and a recipe close to it is written in the oldest Arabic cookbook to reach us, from the tenth century CE. Even its name is disputed: some say Turkish, some Arabic, some Persian, and no one has settled on an answer.
Named together
Dates and wheat never part in what the ancients said about provisions: they are counted together whenever the staples are counted, and stored together in the same house. Setting Ghraiba beside dates is not a way of arranging a tray, but bringing the two staples together in their place. And in Arabic, burr and birr are written alike: wheat that is stored, and the kindness shown to a guest.
What we changed
The familiar Ghraiba is ghee, sugar and white flour. This one is olive oil instead of ghee, organic whole-grain wheat flour instead of white, and organic cane sugar in moderation — there is sugar in it, and we say so as it is — with almonds to hold it together. Ingredients you can count on one hand, and a taste unlike ghee Ghraiba.
Served with Saudi coffee in the majlis.
A box is SAR 96 (usually SAR 129) today.
Qassim Kleija
Kleija is one of Qassim's bakes, served with coffee, and Buraydah holds a festival in its name. This is Kleija with date syrup, in a 1 kg box.
Dates for sweets at home: Mufattal Everyday
If you make date sweets yourself, there is the Everyday grade of Sukkari Mufattal: Dates that are small or broke during sorting. The taste is all there; the looks are not. Meant for cooking, sweets and juices, and for anyone who eats dates every day without photographing them. Selling them under their right name is more honest than slipping them into a box marked “Premium”.
It is sold by the kilo and by the carton: 1 kg: SAR 23, 3 kg: SAR 65.
Questions
Questions people ask
Which chocolate dates do you have?
Sukkari KitKat: Sukkari dates filled with KitKat and coated in KitKat; Sukkari Flake: Sukkari dates filled with Flake and coated in Hershey's chocolate; Sukkari Nutella: Sukkari dates filled with Nutella biscuits and coated in Nutella; Sukkari Oreo: Sukkari dates filled with Oreo and coated in Hershey's chocolate.
Do you have Nutella-stuffed dates?
Yes, Sukkari Nutella: Sukkari dates filled with Nutella biscuits and coated in Nutella.
How much are the chocolate dates?
The same for every kind: 9 pieces — card box: SAR 37 (usually SAR 50); 9 pieces — tin: SAR 48 (usually SAR 65); 18 pieces — card box: SAR 67 (usually SAR 90); 32 pieces — card box: SAR 97 (usually SAR 130).
What is in the chocolate dates?
Sukkari KitKat: Sukkari dates, KitKat: milk chocolate and wafer, Contains milk and wheat; Sukkari Flake: Sukkari dates, Flake: milk chocolate, Hershey's chocolate, Contains milk; Sukkari Nutella: Sukkari dates, Nutella biscuits, Nutella, Contains hazelnuts, milk and wheat; Sukkari Oreo: Sukkari dates, Oreo biscuits, Hershey's chocolate, Contains wheat and milk.
What is in the Ghraiba?
Organic wheat flour — whole grain, Organic cane sugar, Almonds, Olive oil instead of ghee, Contains gluten — wheat flour, Contains nuts — almonds. There is sugar in it, and we say so as it is: organic cane sugar.
Is the Ghraiba made from dates?
No. This Ghraiba comes from the wheat; the rest of the shop comes from the palm. Its ingredients are organic whole-grain wheat flour, organic cane sugar, almonds and olive oil. It is served with coffee, beside the dates.
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