My brother’s mom-in-law introduced me to these ever so moreish, melt in the mouth treats. They are seriously addictive and I truly have to limit myself to just a couple at a time. They also make a great gift idea for your Christmas hampers.
Date Balls
Ingredients
250g butter
2 cups sugar
500g pkt dates chopped
2 eggs beaten
1½ pkts Marie biscuits crumbed
2 tsp vanilla essence
Coconut for coating
Method
- Melt the butter, sugar and dates together in a pot until combined. Remove from the heat to cool.
- Add the eggs.
- Add the vanilla essence.
- Add the Marie biscuits and mix well.
- Form into walnut sized balls.
- Roll in coconut.
- Refrigerate.
Submitted by: Raë Smit, Pretoria
The Complete Book 
This looks really simple and sounds so delicious. I love dates. The coconut mut add the interesting flavour to it 🙂
Hi Tes, these really are fabulous!
And Rita keeps putting on weight… These are lovely and my husband loves coconut!! 😛
You are so funny Rita 😀 – I must admit though that with these super yummy little date balls, both my husband and I battle to have only a couple at a time!
With a good dollop of booze added, these would be wonderful Xmas treats!
Absolutely! 😉
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looks good. are the eggs raw?
The eggs cook in the heat of the melted butter, sugar and dates. Hope you enjoy them. Have a super day. 🙂 xo
Looks easy abd taaty
These are very addictive! Hope you got to make them. Have a super day. 🙂
I love date balls and should really try to make them myself. Easy enough. Thanks for the recipe!
These really are super easy to make and to save time, you can press them into a dish and cut them into squares. Have a super day and thanks for stopping by. 🙂 xo
Ah, thanks. Great tip to cut them into squares – even faster to make before I gobble them all up 😉 Thanks for visiting my page.
It can be a little tedious rolling the balls. Have a super day. 🙂 xo
Hi. How long can this stay for?
If you store them in the fridge, they will last a good couple of weeks. 🙂
Hi, how many dateballs comes out?
It all depends on how big you roll then or how thick you pack them into a container to slice into square but you should get a good few dozen with rolling them. Have a super day and hope you enjoy these when you make them. 🙂 xo
Silly question but if I don’t want to use dates what else would you suggest?
Hi Julie, I guess you could replace the dates with raisins – soak them in hot water first though. Not sure you will get the same texture. Hope that helps. Have a super day. 🙂
Looks very yummy
They are very moreish Avril. Have a super day. 🙂
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