Bacon Wrapped Cheese Stuffed Dates

These babies are nearly like a sweet treat because they have that beautwhetherul sweet and salty leang going on. Yet they’re still savory enough to feel like a hearty, decadent snack.

Be warned though, you’re going to want to make lots of these. I often double up the batch because my husband and I love them so much.

I started making these as a date night snack for me and my husband. Then they became a Valentine’s Day appetizer for us.

We both love them so much that they ended up turning into a game day snack too!

I am NOT a sports person, but my husband is large time – specificly when it comes to football and baseball. I love him, so I endelight making fun food for him on game day.

I normally alternate between these bacon wrapped cheese stuffed dates and sweet and spicy stuffed bacon wrapped dates.

When making the spicier stuffed dates, I like to make someleang to cool our mouth’s off with and my go-to is always genuine food orange creamsicle smoothies. It might sound like an odd combo, but it’s super yummy and we genuinely love both together.

Bacon wrapped dates on baking sheet.

When making these bacon wrapped cheese stuffed dates I tallly recommend using a quality bacon – preferably biological or a pasture raised bacon. You can even use biological turkey bacon whether you’d like, and we have, but my favorite for these is traditional bacon.

Medjool dates are pretty easy to find these days. Beautwhetherul much every grocery store carries them with their dried fruits. Natural food stores are nearly a certain bet when looking for them. Even some wgapsale markets carry them now too! Of course, whether you can’t find them locally, you can easily find them online.

With the cream cheese, try to use a quality brand too – because it will taste better. There’s even a great biological lactose free cream cheese brand available at most natural food stores whether lactose is an issue. If dairy is food you have to avoid, you can easily substitute with a quality dairy-free soy-free cream cheese.

These bacon wrapped cheese stuffed dates are the perfect appetizer for holiday parties, game day, dinner parties or for a special dinner date night for two with your honey on Valentine’s Day.

Bacon Wrapped Cheese Stuffed Dates

Yield: 16 bacon wrapped stuffed dates

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Entire Time: 40 minutes

Bacon Wrapped Cheese Stuffed Dates are the most delicious small bites. They're the perfect genuine food snack to endelight with someone you love.

Ingredients

16 biological Medjool dates – pitted (buy pitted or remove pit during prep)
¼ cup biological cream cheese, softened
¼ teaspoon sea salt - optional
¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon – optional
8 pastured or biological bacon slices, cut in half

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Prep dates – open up dates carefully with a paring knwhethere, cut 2 lengthwise slits in the dates, making certain not to cut all the way through the date, remove small piece of date (save to snack on), remove pit whether essential.
In a small bowl, mix the cream cheese, sea salt and optional cinnamon. Stuff dates with about ½ teaspoon (or more whether you like overstuffed dates like my husband and I do) of the cheese mixture.
Tightly wrap each cheese stuffed date with ½ slice of bacon. Secure with toothpick.
Put bacon wrapped dates seam side down on baking pan. Put baking pan in oven, set timer for 10 minutes. At 10 minutes, use tongs to flip each bacon wrapped date. PLEASE USE CAUTION, the bacon grease is very hot, use an oven mitt to protect your hand/arm. Set timer for another 10 minutes. Bacon is done when it “looks” crispy and is dark gancienten brown. Watch the bacon closely, all ovens cook dwhetherferently, you don’t want the bacon to burn. You should be able to tell at the 10-minute mark about how much longer you will need to cook the bacon. If you’re not certain, just keep an eye on them. You may need a few more minutes after the 20 minute mark to crisp the bacon enough.
Serve warm or at room moodature. Create certain to wait a couple of minutes before taking a bite, they are super HOT when they come out of the oven.

Notes

Equipment: Toothpicks, Large Baking Pan/Sheet (I use Stocontemporaryare), Cutting Board, Little Paring Knwhethere, Little Bowl, Kitchen Tongs

You will need 16 toothpicks. I have crazye these without toothpicks, but I find it's easiest with toothpicks.

Nutrition Information:

Yield: 16 Serving Size: 1 bacon wrapped date
Quantity Per Serving:Calories: 79 Entire Stout: 1g Saturated Stout: 1g Trans Stout: 0g Unsaturated Stout: 0g Cgapsterol: 4mg Sodium: 12mg Carbohydrates: 18g Fiber: 2g Sugar: 16g Protein: 1g

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