Sticky Chickoo Date Shake Rolls

Ooey gooey sticky date rolls made with chickoo (sapota)!

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Sticky Chickoo Date Shake Rolls

I love a good chikoo shake! Growing up, it was my favorite summer/fall time treat! It’s made by blending milk, vanilla ice cream, cardamom, walnuts (optional), and chikoo together! Sapota, also known as sapodilla or chikoo, is a tropical fruit native to Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean, but it's widely grown and enjoyed in South Asia, especially in India! It has brown, rough skin with a soft, grainy, sweet pulp that’s often compared to brown sugar or caramel! We never found fresh sapota near us, so we always used frozen from the Indian store. However, recently, I got dried chikoo powder, and it tastes just as good, this is what I used to give that chikoo caramel flavor to these rolls.

My first version of these rolls had a VERY thick layer of date chikoo filling, which was delicious but kind of made the texture weird. I also opted to add imitation vanilla into the dough to give it that ice cream-like vanilla flavor! My final version has thin swirls of date and chikoo paste and soft, fluffy dough with a smattering of walnuts to provide a nice texture.

I topped mine with a glaze, but if you want to keep it low-sugar, you can 100% skip the glaze and the brown sugar in the filling! The glaze makes these rolls closer to Cinnabon-style rolls!

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Try these roll recipes instead:

• Magic Mulberry Rolls

• Dirty Chai Cinnamon Rolls