How to Make Awesome Jalapeno or Pepper Poppers Without Frying Them

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By MommyTeach
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Mmmmm.. that is all I can say.

This is a perfect dish to serve as hors d'oeuvres at a party or at your home for your family. From my simple instructions you will be able to make this and you will love it!

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

pack of bacon
peppers or jalapenos
skewers
vegetable cream cheese
generic maple syrup
ziplock bags
plates
tablespoon
BBQ or oven
baking pan (optional)
refrigerator

Step 1

First either get peppers or jalapenos from the market, grocery store or your garden and get your flavored vegetable or similarly delicious cream cheese. Prepare a ziplock bag and your grill or oven as well as baking pan and or plates ready. Take out the bacon from your fridge which has already been thawed. Remember to purchase as much bacon to wrap the peppers with. You can use two slices per pepper or just one slice per pepper. You can cut the peppers in lengthwise pieces following the natural lines of the pepper or you can use the pepper as is as the container. Start your grill or oven.
Step 2

Put the generic maple syrup into your ziplock bag and throw the bacon slices in there. You are marinating the bacon in the maple syrup. Put enough syrup in the bag to soak the bacon slices. I think a third of a cup will suffice for two medium sized bags of bacon. Squish the mix into the bacon and then put it in the refrigerator to marinate.
Step 3

Now, clean out your peppers or jalapenos by scooping out the stem with the seeds and the insides. Wash them thoroughly. Then taking your tablespoon shove a generous amount of cream cheese and stuff your peppers. This will take some time depending on how many peppers and what size you want your hors d'ouevres to be.
Step 4

Now take the well marinated bacon slices out of the fridge and the bag and begin wrapping each of your stuffed peppers. This will require swift wrapping and pushing the ends of the slices slightly into the wider part of the bacon. Manuever the bacon slices so the peppers and stuffing stay put and use the skewers you have on hand (I use two for the whole peppers) and push it through the pepper and bacon to make the bacon stay.
Step 5

Put the poppers on the grill and grill until the bacon becomes crispy. If you do not have a grill, use your oven and bake at 375 degrees in a baking dish or pan for twenty minutes. If the bacon is crispy you got it just right.