Date Balls - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (8 ounce) package chopped pitted dates
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup margarine
3 cups crispy rice cereal
1 cup chopped pecans
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar, or as needed

Preparation

Cook and stir dates, sugar, and margarine in a large saucepan over low heat until sugar dissolves; remove from heat. Fold crispy rice cereal, pecans, and vanilla extract into the date mixture until evenly mixed.
Grease your hands with margarine. Roll date mixture into 1-inch balls.
Spread confectioners' sugar into a shallow dish; roll date balls in confectioners' sugar to coat.