Jalapeño Poppers

5 from 7 votes

The perfect easy appetizer for New Year's Eve, tailgating parties, or the big game, this Jalapeño Popper recipe is a spicy, cheesy home run!

Prep Time15

Cook Time15

Total Time30

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: Amercian

Total Cost: $3.94 recipe / $0.66 serving

Servings: (2 poppers each)

Calories: 149kcal

Author: Beth Moncel

Equipment

Sheet Pan
Parchment Paper

Ingredients

2 oz. bacon about 2 slices, (56g) $0.74
6 jalapeños 3 inches long, $1.44*
4 oz. cream cheese room-temperature, (113g) $1.04
½ cup cheddar cheese shredded, (57g) $1.10
1 green onion sliced, $0.10
1 tsp everything bagel seasoning about 3.5g, $0.10**
¼ tsp garlic powder about 0.5g, $0.02

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 425ºF. Cook the bacon in a skillet over medium heat until it is brown and crispy. Remove it from the pan and let it cool on a paper-towel-lined plate.
Slice the jalapeños in half lengthwise and then use a spoon to scoop out the seeds and white ribs, being careful not to tear or puncture the peppers.
Once the bacon is cool, crumble it into tiny pieces and reserve about 1 tablespoon to use as a topping. Add the bacon to a bowl with the cream cheese, shredded cheddar (reserve a small amount for topping as well), sliced green onion, Everything bagel seasoning, and garlic powder. Mix the ingredients together until they're evenly combined.
Divide the cheese filling between the 12 pepper halves and then spread it out to fill and smooth out the top.
Place the filled peppers on a large parchment-lined baking sheet then sprinkle the reserved crumbled bacon and cheddar cheese over the top.
Bake the peppers for 15 minutes or just until the cheese is melted and slightly bubbly. Avoid over-baking the peppers or else they'll become too soft to pick up and enjoy. Allow the poppers to cool just enough to handle, then serve and enjoy!

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Notes

*Look for medium-sized jalapeños that are about 3 inches long. If your peppers are larger, you'll likely need more cream cheese to fill them.

**For seasoning, I use garlic powder, Everything Bagel Seasoning, and green onions. They're flavorful, but not so complicated that you lose the flavor of the jalapeños and bacon. If you don't have Everything Bagel Seasoning you can increase the garlic powder in the recipe to ½ tsp (1g), and add ⅛ tsp of both salt and pepper (a pinch of each).

Nutrition

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