Smoky Cheddar Bacon Pepper Poppers

 

 

Do you love Jalapenos? Bacon? Smoked Cheddar Cheese?

Then these slightly sweet Pepper Poppers are for you!!

 

The amount of heat is up to you. Whether you leave in the seeds or take them all out. If you keep them in you will want something cold to drink right after eating one, but in my opinion they are best with most of the seeds in. I like them spicy!

 

2/3 cup smoked cheddar cheese, shredded

3 Tablespoons Bacon Bits



¾ cup cream cheese, softened

2 teaspoons brown sugar

1 Tablespoon horseradish

½ teaspoon dried onion flakes

Freshly Cracked Black Pepper

12-15 Jalapenos, halved

bacon strips for wrapping

 

In a bowl combine the first 6 ingredients and mix well.

 

Slice peppers in half (wear gloves) and take out the seeds you don't want and discard.

 

Stuff the peppers with the cream cheese mixture and wrap with a piece of bacon. Secure with a toothpick. I trimmed a lot of the fat off of the bacon so it took about 1 piece for each pepper half.

 

Refrigerate until the cream cheese is hard again.

 

Brown Sugar Glaze:

1/3 cup brown sugar

1 Tablespoon (approximately) water

Worcestershire Sauce

liquid smoke flavoring

 

In a small bowl combine the glaze ingredients adding just enough water to make a medium syrup and just enough of the Worcestershire Sauce and liquid smoke to add flavor.

 

Grill until bacon is cooked and brush with the brown sugar glaze the last few minutes on the grill.

 

Enjoy!

 

Are you enjoying the Fall weather? It has been gorgeous outside the last few days and I trimmed some Bittersweet Berries from along the edge of the woods tonight to add the Fall Décor outside. They bring back so many good memories from when I was a young(er) girl. :) Tomorrow I have plans to work outside doing some catching up in the landscaping and possibly planting a few bushes.

 

 

I'm playing nurse maid for my second son. A painful sprained ankle, sigh. Poor guy, everything like that seems to happen to him (or so he says). But he puts everything he's got into everything he does so I guess an injury can be expected now and then? He's hoping it lasts till soccer is over, that's what he was playing when it happened and it is his least favorite sport. Not sure about his way of thinking but we'll wait and see. :)

 

♥Blessings!♥