Date & Nut Truffles

I got a huge package of dates from Trader Joes, thinking I could just snack on them plain. I tried a few and I wasn't too crazy about them (maybe they were just poor quality dates, I don't know). So I started searching out recipes to make with them and found these truffled energy bites from Sally's Baking Addiction. I really like the carob-based energy bites that you can find at health food stores, so I thought this would be a good alternative. But...something is just off about them. There is no added sweetener in this recipe, so they are not sweet at all. They taste nutty. Virtuous. While they look pretty on a plate they are just kind of blah. I rolled them in ground flax seeds, which doesn't necessarily add anything, taste-wise, to them. They aren't terrible, though. Just boring.