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Candied Dates
December 4, 2015 by Shelby 4 Comments
Make these Candied Dates for your cookie tray this year without turning on the oven! These no bake treats have the sweetness of dates with the crunch of Rice Krispies. Coated with coconut or walnuts these treats will be guaranteed to become a family favorite.
Every year at the holidays one of many things I would look forward to were all the different goodies on the cookie tray. Candied Dates are one of the treats that my Great Aunt Helga would make. Every time I make them myself I think of my Nanny’s sister.
Made on the stove-top, this recipe is very easy and quick to put together, and it really does taste like candy! My great aunt and I had a rocky relationship…
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