Bacon Wrapped Cream Cheese Peppers

Knock, Knock.  Who's there?
Bacon.
Bacon, who?
I'm bacon a cake for your birthday...


Over the weekend, I threw a birthday party for the husband.  Main ingredients: Meat, Bourbon, Bacon, Friends, Family, Giant Tissue Paper Flowers, etc. etc.    We made many small plates to snack on and this was one of the favorites.  This is an easy, quick and great appetizer for your favorite bacon lover.

Here's what you need:
Some small sweet peppers, halved and seeded
plain cream cheese
bacon, center cut
small tooth picks
(that's it, how easy!)



Get your peppers washed, etc. etc.

Cut in half and pull out the seeds.

Stuff with plain cream cheese.

Get some center cut bacon, cut in half.

Wrap each pepper with half a piece of bacon, then skewer with a toothpick.  Place in a oven safe pan.

Brown on the stove-top at medium-high heat.  While browning, pre-heat oven to 400 degrees.  

Keep browning and flipping.

Brown all sides.

Keep browning....mmmm, crispy bacon....

Once good and browned, put the whole pan into the oven.  Keep in the oven for about 10 minutes until bacon is fully cooked.

Once cooked through, plate up and warn people these are "HOT, HOT, HOT"....

Delicious.