Chocolate Chip Dip

Ingredients
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup (6 ounces) miniature semisweet chocolate chips
Graham cracker sticks

Directions
In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until light and fluffy. Add the sugars and vanilla; beat until smooth. Stir in chocolate chips. Serve with graham cracker sticks. Yield: 2 cups.

Bacon-Wrapped Jalapenos

Yield: 40 appetizers

Prep Time: 20 minutes | Bake Time: 20 to 30 minutes

20 whole, fresh jalapeños
2 8-oz blocks of cream cheese, softened at room temperature
1 to 2 pounds of bacon

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Place a wire rack on a baking sheet and set aside.

2. Cut the jalapeños in half, lengthwise. Remove the seeds and membranes. Stuff each jalapeño half with cream cheese. Wrap each jalapeño half with bacon. Secure with a toothpick.

3. Bake in the preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes. If after 20 minutes the bacon doesn’t look brown enough, turn on the broiler for a couple of minutes to finish. Just keep a close eye so they don’t burn! Serve immediately or at room temperature.

http://www.browneyedbaker.com/2011/01/27/cream-cheese-stuffed-bacon-wrapped-jalapenos/

Poblano Stuffed with Chorizo, Shrimp and Rice

Cook Time: 45 min
Level: Intermediate
Yield: 6 stuffed peppers

Ingredients
1 tablespoon oil
1/2 pound Mexican-style chorizo
1/2 red bell pepper, diced
1/2 green bell pepper, diced
1 jalapeno, minced
1 red onion, diced
2 tablespoons garlic, minced
1 cup short-grain rice
1 cup low-sodium chicken stock
1/2 cup white wine
1/2 cup water
4 large, fresh poblano chiles
1 pound shrimp, shelled, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
3/4 cup Cheddar, shredded
3/4 cup Jack cheese, shredded

Directions
In a medium saucepan, heat oil and chorizo, cook for 3 minutes. Add peppers, jalapeno, onions and garlic. Cook until translucent, then add rice and cook until all the grains of the rice are coated with oil. Add all liquids and stir over high heat for 3 minutes, cover and reduce heat to low. Check rice for doneness after 20 minutes.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

Place poblano chiles on baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool. Once cool, cut top 1/4 of chile off and remove ribs and seeds.

When rice is finished cooking, fluff with fork and stir in shrimp. Stuff chiles with 1/6 of the rice mixture. Place all the chiles on baking sheet and place into oven for 10 minutes. Remove from oven, mix cheeses together and cover pepper with cheese. Broil for 3 minutes to melt and brown the cheese.


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Bacon Wrapped Pineapple Bites!

Prep Time 15 Minutes
Cook Time 25 Minutes
Difficulty Easy
Servings: 15

Ingredients

• 1 pound Bacon
• 1 can Chunked Pineapple (large Chunks)
• ½ cups Brown Sugar

Preparation Instructions

Set your oven to 375F.

Cut the pound of bacon in half. Put the brown sugar in a shallow bowl. Take a half a slice of bacon and dredge it through the brown sugar. Put a chunk of pineapple on one end of the bacon slice and roll up. Secure with a toothpick.

I put a cookie cooling rack into a foil-lined jelly roll pan. Lay the bacon pineapple bundles onto the rack.

Bake for at least 25 minutes, or until the bacon looks brown and crispy. Sometimes I pop them under the broiler for the last few minutes just to get them really crisp. But watch out – the sugar will burn!

Try to wait for them to cool slighty – only because the tasty goodness will burn your lips if it’s too hot! Enjoy.

GLAZED BBQ MEATBALLS

Servings: 12 servings

Prep Time: 5 min. Cook Time: 15 min.

Ingredients:
1 cup CATTLEMEN'S® Award Winning Classic Barbecue Sauce
1/4 cup FRENCH'S® Worcestershire Sauce
1/4 cup molasses or honey
36 (1 inch) frozen meatballs, unthawed
1 cup CATTLEMEN'S® Award Winning Classic Barbecue Sauce
1/4 cup FRENCH'S® Worcestershire Sauce
1/4 cup molasses or honey
36 (1 inch) frozen meatballs

Steps:
1.COMBINE barbecue sauce, Worcestershire and molasses in large skillet. Heat to a boil.
2.STIR in meatballs. Simmer, covered, about 10 min. until meatballs are heated through. Stir often.
3.SERVE meatballs with party picks.

Tips:
•Tip: This recipe can easily be doubled and heated in a slow cooker for a party buffet.

Recipe source: www.cattlemensbbqsauce.com

Burger-potato Bites

Ingredients

16 large frozen French-fried waffle-cut potatoes (1/3 of a 22-oz. pkg.)
1 lb. ground beef or turkey
2 to 3 tsp. grilling seasoning blend
4 slices cheddar cheese, cut into quarters (4 oz.)
4 cherry tomatoes, sliced
Mustard, ketchup, dairy sour cream, and/or dill pickle slices

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with foil. Evenly space potatoes on baking sheet. Bake potatoes for 18 to 20 minutes or until crisp and lightly browned. Remove from oven. Adjust oven racks and preheat broiler.

2. Meanwhile, in a medium bowl combine meat and seasoning. Form into sixteen 1-ounce mini burgers (about 2 tablespoons). In a 12-inch skillet cook burgers, uncovered, over medium-high heat for 5 minutes or until temperature registers 160 degrees F on an instant-read thermometer, turning burgers once halfway through cooking. Drain fat. Top each potato with a burger, cheese quarter, and tomato slice. Broil 4 to 5 inches from heat for 1 to 2 minutes or until cheese is melted and tomato begins to brown. Serve with mustard, ketchup, sour cream, and/or pickles. Makes 16 snacks.

http://www.bhg.com/recipe/beef/burger-potato-bites/