Hi all! Last spring my husband and my daughter, Misha, planted a little garden in our backyard. Tomatoes, green peppers, some herbs, and at Misha’s request … jalapeno peppers. The jalapenos came in a 4-pack (!), and now that harvest time is here, we have a bumper crop! But what to do with so many jalapenos? This is not an item we really cook with much at our house, so I turned to my favorite website … tastefullysimple.com.
I clicked on the recipe index and typed “jalapeno peppers” into the search field, and ta da! More than 20 recipes popped up. So today we are going to try Dawn Onuffer’s (FL) recipe for Wahoo! Bacon Jalapeno Poppers. They feature Fiesta Party Dip Mix®, Wahoo! Chili® and bacon … three of my favorite things. To lighten this up, I’m going to use light cream cheese and turkey bacon.
Wahoo! Bacon Jalepeno Poppers
- Yield: 12 (12 Servings)
- Cook: 25 mins
A spicy treat lightened up with cream cheese and turkey bacon.
Ingredients
- 6 medium jalapeno peppers
- 4 oz. cream cheese softened
- 1/2-1 tsp. Fiesta Party Dip Mix®
- 2 Tbsp. Chedder cheese Shredded
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 Tbsp. Wahoo! Chili
- 6 slices bacon cut in half, crosswise
Instructions
- Cut jalapenos in half lengthwise and remove the stem, membranes and seeds. In a small bowl, combine the cream cheese, Fiesta Party Dip Mix and shredded cheddar cheese. In separate small bowl, combine brown sugar and Wahoo! Chili.
Fill each jalapeno half with the cream cheese mixture and wrap a bacon slice around each jalapeno half; roll jalapenos in the brown sugar mixture. Place on a foil-lined baking sheet and bake in 350° oven for 25-30 minutes or until bacon is crisp. Makes 12 jalapeno poppers.
!Tips & Hints
•Turkey bacon is ... well ... turkey bacon. Next time I will use regular bacon - although my testers LOVED these and did not complain about the turkey bacon at all. My own hang-up, I guess!
•I used light (Neufchatel) cream cheese, and that worked great.
•I had a lot of the brown sugar/Wahoo mixture leftover - next time I will cut that in half.
- Cooking Method: Bake
Wahoo is right! Can’t wait to try this! SIDE NOTE – best way to calm burning tastebuds is to drink milk or have a dairy product!
Oh my gosh! Can’t wait to try these! Thanks for sharing, Jane! I LOVE Jalapeno Poppers! Yummy!
These sound perfect for Sunday’s game snack! and with the cold we are going to get I think a batch of Wahoo chili may be on the menu too!
How HOT are these!?!
I have got to try these!
Good thing I know right where to get the ingredients!:-)
What great ideas! Love being able to just run to the cupboard and pull out the ingredients that I need (and use on a regular basis). Looking forward to all the exciting ideas to be shared on here.
Ooohh! My hubby would LOVE to munch on these on Saturday as he sits in his recliner watching football. Thanks!
We make a version of these all the time for tailgating parties! Here’s a tip to curb the heat… put them on a smoker like the Big Green Egg – they are soo yummy on the smoker – YUMO!!!
They also make popper holders, to hold the Jalapeno’s to grill on the grill!
A >super< easy way to cut the heat, boil your peppers first! After cutting and removing the stem and insides — Drop the peppers in the boiling water and stir with a spoon. The water should just cover the peppers. Stir the peppers a few times to make sure they heat evenly. Boil one for 3min then taste and if that's too hot, try another after boiling for 6min. It GREATLY reduces the heat. Trust me, I'm a huge heat wimp
P.S. Jane, I think the turkey bacon looks beautiful in your picture too! I wouldn't have guessed that!
All I can say is……..Yumm O!
I can’t wait to make these!
Hubby is going to be surprised this weekend!
Sounds great! Can’t wait to try it.
I am having a stampin up club meeting on sunday, I think I will try these. They sound YUMMY!! I think I will try boiling them too as I am not a real spicy person. Thanks Jane..
We are excited to try these today, and more excited that I don’t even need to go to the store, I have all the ingredients right here!
I am not a jalapeno fan (or to be completely honest, a “hot”/spicy fan) but I must say they look delicious. My husband loves jalapenos so, I might just have to make these for him! And Jeannie is right, I don’t even need to go grocery shopping…even more of a reason to surprise my husband with a little spicy appetizer. Thanks, Brenda for the suggestion on how to cut the “heat” – wouldn’t he be surprised if I started snacking along.
Usually stripping the stem, seeds and ribs does the trick with Jalapenos, they are not a really hot pepper. Any pepper will work as long as it can hold the goodies. I grew Jalapenos this year also, some were hot, some were not, but you cannot beat the flavor. Thanks for the great recipe and comments!
I love this recipe with any of the dips, but I used artichoke and spinach and was the hit of the party..
That looks delish! I think I need to find some jalapeno peppers and make that for a sunday football game day treat
Also, can I just say… your Daughter looks like a younger version of Jessie Pito!
Thanks for the blog, I love it!
We do a similar version with Vidalia Onion Dressing. Just stuff the peppers with light cream cheese, wrap with bacon & drizzle with Vidalia Onion and bake. They are fantabulous!!! I cut the peppers & bacon into thirds for “bite size”
My host, Nicole Zartman shared this with me years ago.
Wow these look fantastic….definately going to talk about them at my parties and have them on Sunday afternoon watching some FB myself! I am getting hungry reading all these yummy ideas…thanks everyone!
I too had an over abundance of jalapeno peppers this past fall. I froze most of them whole and plan on making this recipe for the Super Bowl. Thanks for sharing!