Healthy Date Balls

This is very similar to already-posted recipes, but with healthier ingredients. I experimented with my favorite no-bake cookie recipe and was delighted to find that there's almost no difference in taste!! I can't keep my hands off these! By the way, the dates I use are whole pitted dates, that I "dice" with a scissors. I'm not sure if the pre-chopped, flour coated version would work.

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Serves: 12
• Yields: 4 dozen

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup  brown rice syrup
• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 1  pinch salt
• 8  ounces dates, chopped
• 3  cups  brown  Rice Krispies
• 1  cup unsweetened dried shredded coconut

Directions

1. In a medium saucepan, combine syrup, butter, salt, and dates.
2. Heat to boiling; boil and stir constantly for five minutes.
3. Remove from heat; gently stir in cereal.
4. Immediately (you need to work it while warm) begin to roll into 1 1/2 inch balls; butter your hands to prevent sticking.
5. Roll each ball in coconut and cool on wax paper.