No-Bake Date Snowballs
By Today's Parent
* PLUS cook time: 5 minutes, Chill time: 30 minutes
Recipe by Eshun Mott, Photo by Andrew Grinton
Ingredients
-
1 1/4 cups
chopped pitted
dates
-
1/4 cup
honey
-
1/4 cup
orange juice
-
2 tbsp
unsalted
butter
-
1/8 tsp
ground
cinnamon
-
pinch
salt
-
2 1/2 cups
crisp
rice cereal
-
1/2 cup
toasted
sesame seeds
Instructions
- Combine dates, honey, orange juice, butter, cinnamon and salt in a small pot over medium heat. Bring to a gentle simmer and cook, stirring, for 5 min or until mixture is thick and shiny and reduced to just more than 1 cup. Scrape into a bowl, add rice cereal and stir until fully combined.
- Place bowl in the refrigerator for 30 min or until cooled to room temperature.
- Use a spoon to scoop out bite-sized balls (about the size of a cherry).
- Put sesame seeds in a shallow bowl and roll balls in them to coat. Chill in the refrigerator until completely firm.
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 42,
- Protein
- 1 g,
- Carbohydrates
- 8 g,
- Fat
- 1 g,
- Fibre
- 1 g,
- Sodium
- 20 mg.