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These 4-Ingredient Cowboys on Horseback Are Impossible To Stop Eating

Name: These 4-Ingredient Cowboys on Horseback Are Impossible To Stop Eating
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 8 ounces cream cheese, softened; 1/2 cup (2 ounces) shredded Colby Jack cheese; 12 medium jalapeños, halved lengthwise and seeded; 12 slices bacon, halved crosswise

These 4-ingredient “cowboys on horseback” amp up the classic jalapeño popper with bacon—they’re so good you’ll want to shout, “yee-haw!”

45 min total 20 min prep 25 min cook 12 144 cal

Ingredients

12 serv.

8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup (2 ounces) shredded Colby Jack cheese
12 medium jalapeños, halved lengthwise and seeded
12 slices bacon, halved crosswise

Instructions

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1 Line a large baking sheet with aluminum foil.
2 In a medium bowl, stir the cream cheese and Colby Jack cheese until combined.
3 Stuff each jalapeño half with 1 scant tablespoon of the filling, smoothing so it’s flush with edges. Then wrap each filled jalapeño half tightly with half a slice of bacon, spiraling from one end to the other. Leave some of the filling exposed so it can brown a little.
4 Put the cowboys on horseback on the baking sheet cut-sides-up. Bake until the bacon is rendered and the jalapeños are tender, 25 to 30 minutes. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving—otherwise the cheese will be blazing hot. Refrigerate leftovers in an airtight container for up to 3 days. Love the recipe? Leave us stars and a comment below!