Teach me about dates!

[Gliblet]

I love dates - for snacking, with cheese, I love those sort of squishy nakd style bars - but I have no idea which ones to buy. We have a lot of multicultural options for food shopping locally so the variety on offer is utterly bewildering. Some are lighter in colour, some darker, some firmer and 'drier', some squishy and more moist, but I never know what I'm going to get until I open the packet and try one. Anyone know enough to educate me a bit?

Medjool dates are delicious.

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/11298/grammas-date-squares/

This is delicious

You say you have a lot of multicultural options, and often with Turkish or Middle Eastern shops they sell medjool dates at the counter for five for £1 or whatever, so you don't need to commit to a whole box. They're the ones you want IMO.

Medjool. I buy many boxes from Lidl or Aldi every Christmas and somehow they are always gone by Easter.

Deglet Noor dates are also lovely and slightly less sweet than Medjool dates if those are too sweet for your tastes