Rice Bubble and Date Delight

My working-class grandmother used to make this slice, and I thought it was the best thing ever when I was a littlie. It’s hard to believe that it has been a quarter of a century since Nan departed this world. This easy recipe requires no baking.


Rice Bubble and Date Delight

110g butter
220g chopped dates
1 cup brown sugar
2 cups Rice Bubbles (can use a little bit more if you like a lighter slice)
extra desiccated coconut
A tray suitable for slices (approx. 28.5cm x 18cm x 2cm) (one of the most useful items in the kitchen)

Put the butter, dates and sugar in a saucepan.
Heat it gently while stirring and squashing the dates with the spoon, till the mix is pretty thick and the dates have lost much of their form, a few minutes.
Add the Rice Bubbles and mix gently.
Grease the tray and sprinkle it with coconut.
Turn out the mix onto the tray and smooth it flat.
Sprinkle with more coconut.
Leave to set in fridge.
Turn out onto a board and cut into rectangles.