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Date Balls
Melaniemg2000
"A holiday tradition. My mother made these date balls every year at Christmas time. They may be stored in a plastic or glass container. If the weather is warm, keep them in the refrigerator. Make sure balls are cooled thoroughly before storing."
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Ingredients
25 m servings 146 calsOriginal recipe yields 24 servings (2 dozen cookies)
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- Cook and stir dates, sugar, and margarine in a large saucepan over low heat until sugar dissolves; remove from heat. Fold crispy rice cereal, pecans, and vanilla extract into the date mixture until evenly mixed.
- Grease your hands with margarine. Roll date mixture into 1-inch balls.
- Spread confectioners' sugar into a shallow dish; roll date balls in confectioners' sugar to coat.
Nutrition Facts
Per Serving: 146 calories; 7.1 g fat; 21.5 g carbohydrates; 0.9 g protein; 0 mg cholesterol; 71 mg sodium. Full nutrition
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Most helpful positive review
10/3/2016
I followed the advice of other commenters and reduced the rice crispies to 1 cup. I also changed out the margarine for butter. Finally, I bought chipped pecans because the chopped ones at my s...
Most helpful critical review
12/22/2012
After struggling to form balls from the resulting mixture, I found other recipes that scaled the ingredients differently. Reduce the crispy rice cereal to only one cup, and you should have very ...
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12/22/2012
After struggling to form balls from the resulting mixture, I found other recipes that scaled the ingredients differently. Reduce the crispy rice cereal to only one cup, and you should have very ...
10/3/2016
I followed the advice of other commenters and reduced the rice crispies to 1 cup. I also changed out the margarine for butter. Finally, I bought chipped pecans because the chopped ones at my s...
12/17/2017
3 stars for frustration level. Read the reviews and scaled sugar back to 3/4 cup, crispies to one cup, and I still had the crumbliness going on when trying to form the balls. Pressed it into ...
12/17/2015
Unable to roll into balls. Not sure what happened. I'm going to melt marshmallows and pour over dry mixture to see if they can form into balls.
1/19/2015
after misplacing my usual Date Ball recipe, I gave this one a try. very tasty, but like others the mixture is too dry. I aborted trying to roll it into balls after the second one and pressed it ...
12/16/2012
My husband said they tasted exactly like the cookies his grandmother made when he was a little boy. :)
1/2/2018
Agree, they wouldn't stick to form any ball. Ingredients listed are not the right ratio. I found another recipe online that worked.
1/18/2017
Made it just the way it is shown once, and once with about 3/4 cup sugar. Was thoroughly enjoyed both ways.