Date-Nut Balls

Prep Time:
15 mins

Cook Time:
10 mins

Additional Time:
5 mins

Total Time:
30 mins

Servings:
48

Yield:
4 dozen balls

Ingredients

Directions

Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir dates and white sugar in melted butter until thick and golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat.

Stir crispy rice cereal and pecans into hot date mixture. Let cool until easily handled, 5 to 10 minutes.

Form mixture into small balls with your hands.

Pour confectioners' sugar into a resealable plastic bag; add date-nut balls, seal the bag, and lightly shake until well-coated.

Cook’s Note

This is an easy recipe. It just takes a little time to chop the dates and nuts. Be sure to pack the mixture firmly into balls — I feel like I'm squeezing the life out of them. If you make them firm, it does make them better, in my opinion. It is also a messy task, but they are so good it is worth it.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)