Cut open 5 pounds of dates, remove the seeds, then fill it with fondant; form them in original shape and lay them in granulated sugar; sift off the sugar and they are ready for use. You can make them vanilla, strawberry or chocolate by coloring and flavoring the fondant before filling the dates.
CREAM ALMOND DATES.
Proceed as with above, only when you have placed the fondant in the date put a blanched almond in the fondant, so it will show.
WOODLAND CREAM DATES.
Open 5 pounds dates and remove the seeds, then grind 2 pounds hickory nuts or pecan meats and stuff the dates and close them, then dip them in fondant; use the smallest dates you can. Also dip the above goods in chocolate. They are nice and sell well.
COCOANUT BALLS, SANDED.
Place in kettle