i've made them once before. the recipe is very easy to make and i love that they're no bake. my family and friends have given it rave reviews so this recipe will definitely be a staple for the holidays.
A lot of people of complaning that the ball don't hold together very well but mind did just fine. I used pitted medjool dates and chopped them myself. Those dates are nice and soft and that's probably why mine fared better than most. The recipie is very sweet. I wonder if you could increase the dates and reduce the sugar.
These are FABULOUS!!!!!!!!!! I can't wait to take these to a cookie swap tomorrow!!! These taste VERY similar to a cookie my mother makes every Christmas...and these were easier to make...and tasted just as good! I am so excited to have this recipe! It was so easy to make!!! I am going to try making it with cranberries and apricots too!
I exchanged Rice crispies for corn flakes and alway use less butter than what is called for!!! Delicious!!!!
A lot of work I liked the combination of flavors and since the recipe says easy and fast I chose to make a batch. Well they're not that easy or fast. While combining the ingredients is indeed a cinch squeezing and forming these into balls is a headache. Every time I squeezed one into a ball in my hand a soon as I opened my hand the ball (more of a log) was dismantled. Some also just disintegrated when I set them down. I ended up discarding the last half cup or so since I was tired of trying to shape them. And if your hands become sore like mine do this recipe is not for you. Pros: Taste good Cons: do not stay in shape well
I really enjoy the flavour but find these cookies really hard (as in rock hard) to bite into. Any tips for keeping them soft? (Softer?) Thanks!
The men LOVE these I have shared these at two different x-mas exchanges. Both times I was asked for the recipe by attendees as their husbands loved these cookies. Pros: easy Cons: sticky hands
don't roll them I got tired of making balls of these. They didn't seem to hold together very well so I mashed them into a flat slab and covered with plastic and put them in the frig. Later I cut them in squares and they were still pretty. They are pretty sweet though. Pros: taste good and are a little unusual Cons: hard to roll
Award winning? I made these because the recipe was "award winning" and the other comments said they were simple to make. And how can you go wrong with dates and coconut and butter? But this recipe has too much sugar (the dates & cereal are plenty sweet) and the results are unappealing both in taste and appearance (although mine did stay soft and chewy and not too hard as others here said). I put them on the Christmas cookie plates I gave to friends and family. All declared them OK but not nearly up to the standards of the other cookies on the plate. Will definitely not make these again. Pros: One pot few ingredients Cons: Too sweet taste only OK
