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Cooked bacon-wrapped jalapeño poppers topped with golden breadcrumbs and garnished with fresh parsley, served on a white platter.

Jalapeño Poppers

Perfect crispy, creamy jalapeño poppers with bacon, cheese, and a secret maple syrup twist.
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Resting Time 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings: 12 poppers
Course: Appetizer, Snack
Cuisine: American, Tex-Mex
Calories: 120
Ingredients Equipment Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 6 large Jalapeño peppers - Medium size halved and seeded
  • 8 oz Cream cheese - Room temperature
  • 1 cup Sharp cheddar cheese - Shredded
  • ½ teaspoon Garlic powder - For seasoning
  • ½ teaspoon Onion powder - For seasoning
  • To taste Salt - To taste
  • To taste Black pepper - To taste
  • 12 slices Bacon - Thin sliced
  • ½ cup Panko breadcrumbs - For coating
  • ¼ cup All-purpose flour - For dredging
  • 2 Eggs - Beaten for coating
  • ½ teaspoon Maple syrup - Secret ingredient mix into cream cheese

Equipment

  • 1 Sharp paring knife (For cutting peppers cleanly)
  • 1 Small spoon (For scooping seeds and filling)
  • 1 Large baking sheet (For baking poppers)
  • 1 wire cooling rack (Optional, helps keep crispy)
  • Several Toothpicks (To secure bacon around peppers)

Method
 

  1. Cut jalapeños in half, remove seeds, rinse and dry well
    Halved red and yellow bell peppers cleaned and deseeded, arranged on a towel with stems still attached.
  2. Mix cream cheese, cheddar, spices, and maple syrup
    A mixing bowl with a creamy cheese filling being stirred, containing shredded cheddar cheese folded into the mixture.
  3. Stuff each pepper half with cheese filling
    Mini bell peppers halved and stuffed with cream cheese filling, wrapped in strips of raw bacon, arranged on a baking tray ready to cook.
  4. Wrap peppers with bacon and secure with toothpicks
    Ingredients on a marble surface, including two bowls of breadcrumbs, three brown eggs, and a small plate of bacon-wrapped jalapeños coated in breadcrumbs.
  5. Dredge in flour, dip in eggs, coat with panko breadcrumbs
    A plate of baked jalapeño poppers, halved and stuffed with a creamy cheese filling, topped with crispy golden breadcrumbs and bits of bacon.
  6. Bake at 400°F for 20-25 minutes until bacon is crispy
    Cooked bacon-wrapped jalapeño poppers topped with golden breadcrumbs and garnished with fresh parsley, served on a white platter.

Nutrition

Serving: 45gCalories: 120kcalCarbohydrates: 4gProtein: 6gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 3.5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.5gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 25mgSodium: 350mgPotassium: 100mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 350IUVitamin C: 12mgCalcium: 80mgIron: 0.7mg

Notes

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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