Ooooo Jalapeno Poppers with BACON

While perusing Pinterest, I came across this wonderful picture of the infamous Jalapeno Popper that had bacon and using crescent roll dough for the shell. Ooooooo this looked so good. I tried them immediately. Here is the link to the original recipe on the blog Hellohue http://www.hellohue.com/2011/01/pop-em-like-theyre-hot.html.

Now, I had the crescent rolls dough, cream cheese and uncooked bacon in the fridge but no fresh jalapenos and I did not want to go to the store. I know, lazy but dammit the store is annoying and we all can admit that we try to avoid it as much as possible for one small item. Plus, I just don't come home with that one item. It is usually a few more goodies I see and have to have.

OK back to the subject, I had jarred Jalapenos in the fridge too. They are a little spicy but I thought why not. I also had the pre-cooked bacon that you can just heat up in the microwave. (I kind of suck at cooking bacon for some reason) I am set to try this out my way.

 I rolled out my crescent roll dough out and looked at it. Those triangles suck and are awkward. To make four triangles out of two just seemed hard to pinch together to make the poppers. (I tried and failed) How the hell did she manage to do it; I thought to myself and sat there staring at the pesky triangles. I then had this idea, I decided to just pinch the two triangle dough pieces together and I got the rectangle to cut into 6 squares. One cut down the middle, length wise and two from top to bottom. Well, this seems easier. I cut up my bacon into chopped pieces and began to create these gems. Here are pics of the process.

Above you can see where I had pinched the crescent roll triangles together and my cuts. I then added the cream cheese, jalapeno, and bacon.

Then I took each corner and pulled up to the center and pinched together.

I pinched the seamed together as well.

I placed them on the cookie sheet about and 3/4 to an inch apart. I then followed the time and temperature for the crescent rolls to cook in the oven. That is 350 between 10-15 minutes but I go about 12 minutes or until golden brown.

This is what they look like finished. They were a huge success and warning: very addicting. You just can't have one. My first batch I think I ate all but 5 of them. I had to make myself stop.

I would love to try it with the fresh ingredients and someday I will. But for now I will go for the jarred jalapenos and pre-cooked bacon. Quick, easy and a great appetizer for a party. They will go quick, so make a lot.