"I love this recipe and have made it many times for the holidays. However, I've tweaked it a lot to make it to my taste. The recipe calls for too much sugar, since dates are already sweet. I only used one quarter of the sugar. Secondly, I added about 1/4 tsp. of salt to balance the sugar. Lastly, before stirring in the rice cereal, I added the zest of one orange, and juice of half the orange. I also rolled it in almond flour instead of coconut or powdered sugar.....it helps balance the sweetness and makes it completely "unsticky" to eat!