Bacon Cheeseburger Stuffed Jalapeño Poppers. Possibly the most delicious snack ever created! There may not be many words that go better together in a sentence. Whether this is for a party, dinner, snack, or lunch – you won’t be disappointed with this easy recipe packed with TONS of flavor. These don’t require much time to prep and once you get them on the smoker, you have time to go back about your day doing what you need to or setting up for the rest of the party or get-together.    

Pro Tip: Here’s the link for the seasoning!

Let’s Prep:

It’s almost bacon time!

If you love bacon – you’ll love my Body by Bacon shirt in my store! Preparation for this recipe is really easy. Start by seasoning and cooking ground beef and set aside – would you believe me if I told you that’s the hardest part of the preparation? Believe it! After your ground beef is cooked it’s time to gather all of your ingredients and cooking tools (knives, etc) and let’s get to work. Slice your jalapeños length wise. You don’t need to slice through the stem, but just next to it. This helps with presentation to see the long stem sticking out of the top. It won’t do anything else, so if you can’t keep it on, or they don’t have those at the store, don’t worry about it.   Next thing you’re going to want to do is to take a spoon or a paring knife and scrape out the seeds and vein from the pepper. This is where the vast majority of the heat in a jalapeno pepper resides, so do this to your heat preference however you’ll at a minimum need to remove the majority to allow for the fillings to be added. Fill one side of the pepper to capacity with cooked ground beef, the other side with a piece of cheddar cheese. I used a block of cheese for this, you could use shredded in a pinch, however you’re going to be able to get much more cheese inside the cavity of the pepper with a piece cut from a block.    

Let’s Cook:

Time to start thinking about how delicious this is going to be!

Now that you’ve got your peppers filled it’s time to wrap in bacon and get them cooking! The trick to making the best possible tasting, and looking treat is to make sure your bacon is wrapped properly. For these I used 2 slices of bacon for the large jalapeños in the recipe, however you can adjust down to 1 if your peppers are smaller. If using 2 pieces it’s important that the slices overlap at the end to keep the pieces of bacon together. Finally when you have them all wrapped the way you want, have the end of the bacon on the bottom, where the pepper’s weight will be resting on it. This will allow the bacon to cook without curling, and your end result will look awesome! Season the outside of your poppers with your favorite BBQ Rub or Seasoning and you’re all set. Make sure to get all sides to ensure even flavor. When done, make sure the bacon is at the bottom like mentioned above.   Cook according to the time and temperature in the recipe instructions below and you’re off to the races! NOTE: if you want to cook this in an oven, instead of a smoker cook at 400F in your oven until the bacon is crisp to your liking, then glaze at the end.  

Let’s Eat:

Almost time for that bacon, cheese & jalapeno deliciousness!

After you’ve let your poppers cook for the required amount of time, and you’ve glazed them with your favorite BBQ Sauce, it’ll be tempting to dive in and take a bite. Be careful here and be sure to let them rest. Remember you’ve got hot bacon and melted, molten cheese on the inside. Allow them to rest for about 5-10 minutes after coming off of the smoker to not have any burnt tongues or mouths, and be ready to enjoy.   Recommendations for dipping sauce would be a simple ranch dressing, or a blue cheese would be great too.   If you try this recipe, or are going to – leave me a comment below and let me know!        

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