Description
Bacon Wrapped Dates with Goat Cheese are a quick and easy appetizer! Make them with dairy free cream cheese and they become Paleo Bacon Wrapped Dates. They are great movie night snacks or the perfect salty sweet snack food for a party.
Ingredients
Scale
- 16 medjool dates
- 4 ounces plain goat cheese
- 8 slices of thin cut bacon, each slice cut in half so the slices are shorter (not thinner)
- 16 toothpicks
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Slice the dates down the middle but not all the way through to the other side and remove the pit in each date.
- Stuff each date with a enough goat cheese to fill the inside space while still being able to press the date mostly closed.
- Wrap each stuffed date with a cut slice of bacon around the center and secure the bacon with a toothpick.
- Evenly space the bacon wrapped dates on your baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes.
- Remove the dates from the oven and use the toothpick to flip each date over to the over side.
- Return them to the oven and bake for another 8-10 minutes.
- Once finished baking, remove the dates from the oven and let cool for 5 minutes before serving. (You can transfer the dates to a paper towel to absorb the excess bacon grease or serve as is.) Enjoy!
Keywords: bacon wrapped dates with goat cheese, paleo bacon wrapped dates, whole30 bacon wrapped dates,
