Date Balls

I tweaked a bit as I made these for my son and his girlfriend. They both are vegetarian and also “clean” eaters. I used coconut sugar in place of white sugar and had raw cashews so used them. Also they’re gluten free so used gluten free brown rice crisp. The only powdered sugar I had was swerve brand. And just enough for most of the balls. But to be honest delicious without the sugar coating! Made exactly 2 dozen (I did try one)PS: first squeeze the “balls” to stick well then you can roll into balls

I experienced frustration when the mixture would not adhere and form balls. I set it aside. I used some butter and marshmallows to finish before this went into the garbage. I will brush with powdered sugar. Too many rice krispies at 3 cups...scale down!

I tried something a little different, I didnt have dates so I used figs ( they say they can incorporate each other, also I had colored rice krispies. I also put a little powder sugar in my coconut. They taste good.

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 a pan like one reviewer suggested: nope, fell apart. Pressed it into mini cupcake tins: nope, fell apart. Refrigerated it in the the hopes that the fat would solidify to bell hold everything together: nope, fell apart. As I was about to chuck it out in frustration, I remember that dates are naturally sticky, so I threw the mixture into a food processor and voila! Sticky dough perfect for rolling. It wasn’t nearly as crunchy as before, so next time I’ll try processing everything but the crispies, then mix those in by hand afterwards. Also, my personal preference is they are still way too sweet. I’ll try cutting sugar back even more.