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They do look nice!
I am a bit put off as I really don't like the taste of dates in any way shape or form... sorry!
Have you ever had coconut cakes... Bolinho de Coco to give them their Goan name. I didn't have these in Goa (did have a lot of regional dishes though) but was given a book on Goan cuisine when I got back. I have really enjoyed making the recipes from the book over the years and the coconut cakes were especially good.
Funny thing, some years afterwards I was taken to an Asian multi-cultural restaurant in Orlando Florida, and they served what I would swear were the same coconut cakes as a dessert.
Happy to share recipe if you like? They are very light and you may need a spice grinder to get the right consistency of the dessicated coconut unless you can buy it fine (I used to be able to buy it ready fine-ground in London and Portsmouth).