Bacon-Wrapped Dates (Stuffed with Cheese)

Ingredients:

• 20 pitted dates

• 1 pound bacon (preferable standard thickness, NOT thick)

• 1 Block Cream Cheese

• 20 toothpicks

• Crumble blue cheese to taste (around 1/4 cup)

Directions:

• Preheat your smoker or oven to 400 degrees F

• Cut bacon in half

• Mix cream cheese and blue cheese together

• Add cream cheese mixture to a sandwich ziplock bag

• Snip a small section of one of the corners of the ziplock bag

• Fill dates with cream cheese mixture

• Wrap with bacon and secure with a toothpick

• Place wrapped dates on a wire rack and place the wire rack on top of tinfoil lined baking sheet.

• Place in the smoker or oven for 20-25 minutes or until bacon is brown and cooked through

• Remove from oven and let cool for 5 minutes

ENJOY!