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 or as needed confectioners' sugar

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.

Nutrition

Calories: 140.53kcal
Fat: 7.06g
Saturated Fat: 0.99g
Trans Fat: 0.69g
Monounsaturated Fat: 3.67g
Polyunsaturated Fat: 2.12g
Carbohydrates: 20.17g
Fiber: 1.10g
Sugar: 17.25g
Protein: 0.71g
Sodium: 30.82mg
Calcium: 9.60mg
Potassium: 87.68mg
Iron: 0.77mg
Vitamin A: 0.80µg
Vitamin C: 0.05mg

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