Salted chocolate and date caramels

Date caramels

• 350 g pitted dates
• 500 g boiling water
• 30 g coconut oil
• 1 pinch sea salt flakes plus extra for sprinkling
• 1 tsp natural vanilla extract or scraped seeds of ½ vanilla pod

Ganache

• 100 g dark chocolate in pieces
• 80 g cream