Blue Cheese Bacon-Wrapped Dates - Recipes - Hasty Bake Charcoal Grills

Ingredients

• ½ lb dates – preferably pitted
• Hasty-Bake Rub and Spice
• Blue cheese – we used Maytag
• 2 fresh jalapenos
• ½ lb bacon
• Pecan wood, 1-2 fist size chunks (dry, not soaked)
• Toothpicks
• Prep your Hasty-Bake for grilling – no heat deflector
• Wash dates, split in half, if not pitted, remove the seeds – set aside
• Place jalapenos on the grill directly over the flame and char – 5-10 mins
• Pull jalapenos from grill, remove the waxy skin and set aside to cool
• By hand, stuff the pitted dates dates with blue cheese, enough that you’ll get a good bite, but not too much where it melts all over the grill
• Once the jalapenos have cooled, cut into small strips that are about the size of the length of the date to place inside dates on top of blue cheese
• Add 1-2 pieces of pecan wood directly into fire. Place dates on cooking grills over the flame 20 mins, flipping half way through. Bacon should be mostly cooked with a nice crisp.
• Remove from grill, let cool slightly, and ENJOY!
• Recipe type: Grill
• By: Tracy Meadows