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Rice Krispie Date Balls
This is an absolutely tasty treat that comes together in an instant - butter, sugar and dates are melted to a goo and in go some nuts and rice krispies... Once cooled, these are rolled into delicious morsels. Will be great to pack as a dessert for kids' lunchboxes or to serve as an after school snack . This is also a recipe that can be made with your kids (you can enlist their help to roll it into small balls once it has cooled down a bit). These tasted awesome when slightly warm and when cooled they become a bit chewy, but remain tasty.

RICE KRISPIE DATE BALLS


Ingredients: (makes 15 one inch balls)
Rice Krispies cereal - 1.25 cups
Dates - 3 to 4 oz, pitted and chopped
Sugar - half cup or slightly lesser if the dates are very sweet
Butter - 3 tbsp
Walnuts - 2 tbsp, chopped (you could add more, or even substitute with other nuts) - optional

Method:
1) In a saucepan, melt together the butter and sugar on a low-medium flame. Then add the finely chopped dates and continue to stir and cook until the dates melt into the butter, sugar mixture and it's a brown gooey mix (about 7 to 9 minutes)

2) Add the chopped walnuts (if using), followed by the rice krispies and stir until well coated and mixed.


3) Pour out onto a pan/plate and allow to cool just until you can touch/handle it without burning yourself. Roll into balls and the yummy snack is ready.


Isn't that easy?

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Hershey's Premier Chocolate and Rasberry Creme cookies

6 T butter softened
1/3 C butter flavored shortening
1/2 C Brown sugar
1/2 C Granulated sugar
1 egg
1- 1/2 t vanilla
1- 1/3 flour
1/2 baking soda
1/2 t salt
1 cup Hershey's Dark Chocolate baking pieces filled with Raspberry Creme
1/2 cup black walnut pieces (if you don't like nuts, change raspberry creeme to 1 and 1/3 Cup

heat oven to 350 F
Beat butter and shortening in large bowl add both sugars.. beat.. add egg and vanilla beat add flour baking soda and salt. stir in nuts and chocolate bits.

drop by spoonfuls on ungreased cooking pan. cook 10-12 minutes. until edges are brown.

When I cooked these, the middle almost looked undercooked. I over cooked the first batch, thinking my oven was off.. I was wrong.. that makes them hard.. cook the way it says,, and let cool on pan.. they are wonderful...