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No Bake Date and Nut Cookies Crunchy Sweet Treat #OurFamilyTable

March 7, 2021 Filed Under: Desserts

No Bake Date and Nut Cookies are a healthy gluten free snack made with cereal, nuts and dried fruit.

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A few years ago, I came across this recipe for my Grandma Ruth’s Porcupine Cookies on a 3×5 card in my mother’s writing. I asked Mom at the time about them and she didn’t remember them either. Phew it wasn’t just me!

I took the original recipe and made some healthier swaps them healthier. Then, I changed the name from Porcupine Cookies to the more accurate, and SEO friendly, “Date and Nut Cookies”.

These are great when you want a little something sweet but don’t feel like heating the house. It also helps use up that stale cereal at the bottom of the box that no one wants to eat.

If you eat them immediately they are nice and crispy thanks to the cereal. If you let them sit for awhile though the cereal absorbs the moisture from the honey and fruit and loses its crunch. They are still good, just different upon standing.

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No Bake Date and Nut Cookies

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No Bake Date and Nut Cookies: aka Porcupine Cookies are simple gluten free date and nut balls with rice krispies and coconut.
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Ingredients
  

  • ½ cup dates chopped
  • 1 large egg
  • ½ cup honey maple syrup, agave or sugar
  • ½ cup nuts or seeds chopped
  • 1 cup crispy rice cereal
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • ½ cup unsweetened shredded coconut

Instructions
 

  • In a saucepan combine dates, egg and sweetener. Cook over LOW heat for about 5 minutes until dates soften and mixture is thick and sticky. Let cool.
  • Add nuts, cereal and rice. Roll into balls then roll in coconut.

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Until next time, happy eating!
~Audrey

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Comments

  1. Cindy @CindysRecipesAndWritings

    August 3, 2017 at 5:46 am

    I like the addition of nuts or seeds too! Kicking crispies up a notch!

    Reply
    • Audrey

      August 3, 2017 at 9:26 am

      Anything is better with nuts or seeds in it. Well almost anything.

  2. Wendy Klik

    August 3, 2017 at 6:35 am

    I like that there is no heat source needed at all for these cookies.

    Reply
    • Audrey

      August 3, 2017 at 9:27 am

      Aside from the few minutes cooking on the stove, which doesn’t heat up the house too much (unless you have all the lights on to shoot a video)

  3. Lisa Kerhin

    March 8, 2021 at 11:15 am

    I love the simplicity of the recipe and the addition of nuts. YUM

    Reply

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