Football Friday: Cream Cheese Filled Dates Wrapped in Bacon

Welcome back to Football Friday

and the Game Day Recipe~

• 8 oz cream cheese, softened
• 1 T honey
• 1/3 cup chopped toasted pecans
• 15-20 dates
• 9-10 slices of bacon, cut in half
• Extra honey for drizzling
• Toothpicks
• In large bowl, beat cream cheese until creamy
• Beat in honey until smooth
• Fold in toasted chopped pecans
• Cut a small slit in dates
• Do not cut through
• Using you finger, open dates up slightly
• Fill each date with cream cheese mixture
• Set aside
• Fry bacon slices until crisp
• Remove bacon from pan
• Drain on paper towels
• When cool enough to handle
• Wrap a half slice of bacon
• Around each filled date
• Arrange dates, seam side down

On microwaveable safe serving plate

Microwave on high for 25 seconds

Remove from microwave

Drizzle honey over bacon wrapped dates

Place toothpick into each date

Serve immediately.