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No Bake Date Drops

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Submitted by madgee75

No bake date drops, chewy stovetop cookies made by cooking chopped dates with butter and eggs, then folding in crispy rice cereal and chopped nuts for a quick treat.

YIELD

42 servings

PREP

10 min

COOK

10 min

READY

30 min

These no-bake date drops are a Midwest church-cookbook classic for good reason. No oven, six ingredients, ready in about half an hour. The chopped dates cook down with butter and beaten eggs into a thick, caramelly base that gets folded with crispy rice cereal and nuts for serious textural contrast.

The key technique here is the gentle stovetop cooking. Low heat and constant stirring is what keeps the eggs from scrambling and what melts the dates into a smooth, glossy mass instead of separate sticky chunks. Walk away even for thirty seconds and you’ll have sweet scrambled eggs.

Dates are the natural sweetener doing all the heavy work here. There’s no added sugar at all, since Medjool or Deglet Noor dates bring plenty of caramel-toffee sweetness on their own. Chop them small so they melt evenly into the egg mixture.

The cereal is the brilliant part. Once folded into the warm date mixture, the crisp rice softens slightly on the outside while keeping a satisfying crunch in the center, giving these cookies their signature chewy-crunchy texture.

Let the mixture cool until just barely warm before rolling, otherwise it sticks to your hands. A small bowl of cold water nearby for wetting your palms helps a lot.

Kitchen Tips

  • Use scissors dipped in warm water to chop sticky dates cleanly.
  • Toast the nuts in a dry pan first for deeper, more aromatic flavor.
  • Roll the finished cookies in shredded coconut or powdered sugar for a finish.
  • Store layered with waxed paper in an airtight tin so they don’t stick together.

Variations

  • Use pecans or walnuts for the nuts, depending on what’s in the pantry.
  • Add a pinch of cinnamon or a tablespoon of cocoa for a flavor twist.
  • Swap rice cereal for crushed cornflakes for a different texture.

Ingredients

2 2
LARGE LARGE EGGS
beaten
79
CUP ML MARGARINE
½ 226.8
POUND G DATE
1 ½ 355
½ 118
CUP ML NUTS
chopped
1 5
TEASPOON ML VANILLA EXTRACT

Directions

Combine eggs, margarine, and CHOPPED Dates.

Cook over low heat, stirring constantly.

Boil 2 minutes. remove from heat and add cereal and nuts and vanilla.

Cool, shape into 42 cookies.

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 12g (0.4 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 45 51% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 3g 4%
Saturated Fat 0g 2%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 10mg 3%
Sodium 33mg 1%
Total Carbohydrate 2g 2%
Dietary Fiber 1g 2%
Sugars g
Protein 2g
Vitamin A 2% Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 1% Iron 1%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
 

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