Ingredients

1 cup pitted dates (about 5 ounces)
1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 cup walnuts
1 teaspoon orange zest
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Pinch fine salt
4 whole graham crackers, broken into pieces
Colored sanding sugar, for rolling

Directions

Put the dates, brown sugar and butter in a microwave-safe medium bowl and cover. Microwave on high in 1-minute increments, stirring in between, until the butter has melted.

Transfer the mixture to a food processor and pulse until smooth. Add the walnuts, orange zest, vanilla, salt and graham crackers and pulse until the mixture comes together into a stiff and slightly tacky ball. Scoop heaping teaspoonfuls of dough and roll them into balls. Refrigerate the balls until firm, about 1 hour.

Roll the chilled balls in sanding sugar. The sticky toffee balls can be refrigerated for up to 3 days.