superbowl snack success

Superbowl snacks were a joint effort in our house this year. My husband will use any excuse to smoke something- so he was more than happy to whip up these stuffed jalepenos. They need a special name but as of now we will call them "smoked, cream cheese stuffed, bacon wrapped jalepenos" That doesnt work does it? hmm.....                                                      

 Ingredients: jalepenos, cream cheese, and bacon.

1. Cut jalepenos in half

2. fill with cream cheese

3. wrap with bacon

It takes about 1lb of bacon per lb of jalepenos, and probably 6 oz cream cheese. Stick a toothpick through them to hold them together. Jim soaked his hickory chips in beer and used charcoals to set up the smoker. He then smoked them for about 2 hours.

.......and voila!

Bacon is so beautiful, they call it meat candy for a reason. Somewhat labor intensive but worth it, especially if you have someone else doing most of the work. I think trying some more gourmet fillings would be great, maybe some herbed cheeses, or something sweet like dates, yum!

My snack choice: lemon chow

Discovered via pinterest this is a lemon version of the traditional peanut butter/chocolate treat. Check out the recipe here.

 I had never made the other version before, but this was very easy. I only made a half batch and it was plenty. Lemon desserts are so refreshing and delish! If you like lemon bars you'll love this.

On an unrelated note, I was recently notified that picnik.com is shutting down April 19th, which is very sad, but until that time they are allowing everyone to use all the website's features for free- including the premium features that were reserved for paying members in the past. It is a really great website. I will be sad to see it go.

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