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These little Jalapeno Poppers are wrapped in bacon and have a little extra kick to them with a hint of adobo and smoked paprika. It’s heat to the max with these little beauties.

Jalapeno Bacon Poppers on a cookie sheet

These little bites are the perfect appetizer for parties and game day. Jalapeno peppers, cream cheese and bacon are combined for a spicy appetizer that will make all your guests so happy.

Welcome to Day #4 of Appetizer Week, a multi-blogger event co-hosted by myself and Kristen from Frugal Antics of a Harried Homemaker.

With the big football game coming up, we wanted to make sure you had plenty of ideas for your game day spread. Each day we will be dishing up a different set of appetizers. We hope you enjoy this fabulous group of recipes.

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Okay, I have to warn you now. These suckers have some serious kick.

We like spicy food here at the Bee household. We like heat that builds.

Not only jalapeno poppers, they are jalapeno poppers with spicy cream cheese. I used a small amount of chipotle in adobo sauce diced up super fine then I hit it with some smoked paprika.

I know you’re thinking we’re nuts right now, and we are, but in this case we’re also rocking some kick-butt football food.

Make a plain jane batch for all your wussy little friends, then make a batch of these for your cool friends. They’ll love you.

Just make sure you have lots of beverages nearby for the wussies pretending to be cool kids. There’s one at every party.

Jalapeno poppers stuffed with cheese and wrapped in bacon

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What’s your favourite appetizer?

  • I tend to dig hot appetizers like this one.
  • I’m not a huge fan of cold appetizers for some reason.
  • I tend to be the same way with sandwiches too. I’m weird like that.

Jalapeno Bacon Poppers on parchment paper on a cookie sheet

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Jalapeno poppers stuffed with cheese and wrapped in bacon
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Jalapeno Bacon Poppers
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Total Time
45 mins
 

These little jalapeno poppers are wrapped in bacon and have a little extra kick to them with a hint of adobo and smoked paprika. It's heat to the max with these little beauties.

Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
Keyword: jalapeno bacon popper, jalapeno poppers
Servings: 16
Calories: 113 kcal
Author: Kim Beaulieu
Ingredients
US Customary - Metric
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  2. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper, set aside.

  3. Cut jalapeno peppers in half, lengthwise. Scrape seeds and core out and discard. 

  4. In a small bowl combine cream cheese, chipotle pepper in adobo, smoked paprika, salt and pepper. Mix well.
  5. With a small spoon smooth the mixture into the inside of each jalapeno. Wrap each piece with a strip of bacon. Secure with a toothpick.
  6. Pop in the oven for 20 to 30 minutes, depending on the size of your peppers. Mine were done in about 25 this time around.
  7. Remove from the oven.
  8. Serve with a big old spicy smile.

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Recipe Notes

You can totally tailor these to you own taste. We love heat so these work for use. If you need to dial it back you can leave out the chipotle in adobo and the smoked paprika.

 

These are also really good if you cook bacon and chop it into tiny pieces to put in the cream cheese. We also like tiny little bits of other peppers in ours, so we finely dice red or green peppers to add in.

 

Nutritional information is a rough estimate. Results can vary depending on ingredients and products. 

 

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Nutrition Facts
Jalapeno Bacon Poppers
Amount Per Serving
Calories 113 Calories from Fat 90
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 10g 15%
Saturated Fat 4g 20%
Cholesterol 24mg 8%
Sodium 243mg 10%
Potassium 94mg 3%
Total Carbohydrates 1g 0%
Sugars 1g
Protein 2g 4%
Vitamin A 9.3%
Vitamin C 20.9%
Calcium 1.8%
Iron 1.5%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Jalapeno Bacon Poppers served on a red plate

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Comments

    • I was scarfing them at rapid speed. So good. I love the added hit of chipotle, just takes them over the edge. I love spice that builds. It’s like an addiction.

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    • People underestimate salt. It’s great fore everything, seasoning things, tenderizing things and heightening the taste of sweets.

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  5. If I could only have one spice in my cupboard I think I’d choose pepper. I use it in just about everything. Fresh-ground of course, cause I’m all fancy like that!

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    • Ha, you’re a giver. This totally cracked me up. I wish we could nosh together some day. Oh the party we could throw.

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  7. Make mine a double batch!! Mmmmm. Chepoodle Poppers
    I don’t think I’ve seen a recipe for poppers that didn’t include some kind of meat- bacon doesn’t count that is a condiment.

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    • Those are both great basics though. We use them a ton. I have a weakness for pink salt. Can’t help myself.

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  16. My favorite spice is Saffron but I would have to rob a bank to use it as often as I would like. 🙂
    I’m also very fond of fresh ginger.

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  25. Cinnamon- real cinnamon. I just discovered I’ve been using cassia, the cheap knockoff for cinnamon all my life, and now after trying real cinnamon I want to use it on everything! It’s so very delicious, spicy, has medicinal benefits and knocks the socks off the crud I’ve been eating as “cinnamon” this whole time!!

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    • There is nothing like good quality cinnamon. My new fave is the roasted saigon cinnamon. Can’t get enough of it.

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  26. So many spices, so little thyme! Right now I am loving my homemade apple pie spice in all sorts of sweet things and fenugreek in savory applications!

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  30. ohhh i love spicy things. my favorite spice is any kind of pepper. Love that spice block, it’s so cool. Thanks for this lovely giveaway oppty!

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    • I love red pepper flakes but not a black pepper fan. Not sure why.

      It’s pretty cool. A friend makes them and I am in awe. I’m putting one or three on my Christmas list. And you’re welcome. This was fun.

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  34. Yummers! I love me some Jalapeno Poppers! These looks fantastic! Thanks for organizing this appetizer week. I can’t wait to try out some of these amazing recipes!

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  36. Made Jalapeno Poppers last night, but didn’t use the bacon and spices. NOW I wanna make them again using this recipe! Sounds yummy and we all like the ‘heat’ too! Thanx for sharing.

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  37. I made these tonight and couldn’t enjoy only because my lame self cannot tolerate spiciness and didn’t take out the seeds lol. Easy top make and flavorful but will remove the seeds lol. Great super bowl recipe!

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    • Oh you poor girl. I know some people can tolerate them, some can’t. Mario Batali leaves seeds in everything, apparently the dude has high heat tolerance. So bummed for you though. Let me know how it goes next time you make them. And seriously, even us peeps who cook for a living make mistakes from time to time. I once forgot flour in a banana bread. Happens to the best of us. Hope you enjoyed the game. xx

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    • Hi Mariel. I’m so happy we did this. I’ve been so sick this past week I still need to visit and share. But I’m SO looking forward to getting to know all the girls. I love tailgating. It’s the best food ever. Hope you get a chance to try these. I’m all about bacon. Any chance to wrap it around something I’m doing it.

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  39. A wonderful snack! My husband, father and brother are wildly ecstatic about it! They ask to cook again! Their enthusiastic eyes say “thank you” to me, and I say “thanks” to you! Share with us again such recipes, I did not eat anything like that! Yummy!

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