One more awesome Super Bowl appetizer recipe:
Freeper Poppers
20 fresh jalapenos
tub of Fat Free Philadelphia cream cheese
20 slices of bacon cut in half- pork or turkey
Package finely shredded sharp cheddar cheese
toothpicks
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
WEARING RUBBER OR PLASTIC GLOVES slice them in half lengthwise. Remove all seeds and use a paring knife to remove all the veins. ALL of them. Using a small spoon, spread about a tablespoon of cream cheese in each of the jalapeno boats. Pack as much cheddar cheese on top of the jalapeno as possible and wrap a half slice of bacon around and secure with a toothpick. Take a cookie sheet that has been lightly sprayed with plain cooking spray and line the little soldiers up with the cheese facing upward. Cook for about 20 minutes and keep an eye on them afterwards until they are cooked to your liking. The bacon will cook to a nice crispy brown and it happens pretty fast after 20 minutes so def keep an eye on them.
The fat free cream cheese is a necessity as the regular melts out but with the ff, the cheese stays in place and is not greasy. Depending on how many people you have, you may want to do more than 20. I grew jalapenos last summer and had to come up with something to use the bushels of peppers we picked and I made these for cocktail hour for weeks. If you don’t get all the veins out, they may be too spicy. I even make these for breakfast sometimes. They go very well with scrambled eggs.