a Christmas custom in the family. Is it a cookie or candy? It’s a cookie, according to Grandma Ziegler, and it tastes better than sweets. Enjoy with a coffee cup. They taste good. Do not store in the refrigerator; instead, keep in an airtight container.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 20 mins |
| Servings: | 36 |
| Yield: | 36 cookies |
Ingredients
- 1 cup shredded coconut, or as needed
- 1 cup white sugar
- ½ cup margarine, softened
- 2 eggs, beaten
- ½ cup chopped pecans
- ½ pound chopped dates
- 2 ½ cups crispy rice cereal (such as Rice Krispies®)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Place coconut in a shallow bowl.
- Stir sugar, margarine, and eggs together in a heavy skillet on the stove, with the burner off. Add pecans and dates. Cook over medium heat, stirring continuously, until thickened, about 10 minutes.
- Stir in rice cereal and vanilla extract. Remove from the heat and quickly roll mixture into 1-inch balls. Roll balls in coconut to coat and place on waxed paper to cool.
- These set up fast so have your area ready and all ingredients measured out.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 93 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 13 g |
| Cholesterol | 10 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1 g |
| Sodium | 54 mg |
| Sugars | 11 g |
| Fat | 5 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Note to self – very very HOT! Let cool before attempting to roll! Add drops of cool water if the dough isn’t sticky enough to grab the coconut.
4.4.20 These really are somewhere between a cookie and candy, but they are delectable (seriously)! I used cocoa krispies (what I had on hand), and although the recipe tells you to work quickly, you do have to allow the mixture to cool down a bit because they’re just too hot to roll in your hands coming right out of the skillet. And even cooled a bit, I had no difficulty rolling, a 1-inch cookie scoop worked great in shaping them. I’ve had this recipe saved for quite a while, and I’m so glad I finally got around to making it. Thanks for sharing Grandma Ziegler’s recipe, it was good.