Football Friday: Cream Cheese Filled Dates Wrapped in Bacon Recipe

Ingredients

• 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
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