Name: Date Balls with Pecans
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 8 oz package chopped pitted dates; 1 cup white sugar; ½ cup margarine; 3 cups crispy rice cereal; 1 cup chopped pecans; 1 tsp vanilla extract; ½ cup confectioners' sugar

Date Balls with Pecans

Tiffany Robertson Modified: November 12, 2023

How To Make Date Balls With Pecans

Our date balls recipe makes two dozen that can serve a small gathering during the holidays. It mixes crispy rice cereals, dates, and chopped pecans.

Preparation: 20 minutes

Cooking: 5 minutes

Total: 25 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

8ozpackage chopped pitted dates
1cupwhite sugar
½cupmargarine
3cupscrispy rice cereal
1cupchopped pecans
1tspvanilla extract
½cupconfectioners’ sugaror as needed

Instructions

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.