Lil Smokies The easiest appetizer EVER

barbecue sauce

🥗Healthier: homemade barbecue sauce

💰Cheaper: ketchup + vinegar

Homemade sauce can reduce sugar and preservatives.

brown sugar

🥗Healthier: coconut sugar

💰Cheaper: white sugar

Coconut sugar is less processed but more expensive.

mustard

🥗Healthier: honey mustard

💰Cheaper: yellow mustard

Honey mustard adds sweetness but is pricier.

Roll out the crescent rolls and separate them into triangles, there should be eight per package.

Cut each triangle into three lengths, resulting in 24 pieces.

Take a little smokie and start on the large side of the triangle, rolling it up.

Optionally, split a smokie and add a piece of cheese before rolling it up.

Prepare a mixture of brown sugar, smoky paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, and cayenne in a bowl.

Cut the bacon strips into four pieces each.

Roll each little smokie tightly in a piece of bacon and then roll it in the brown sugar mixture.

Place the bacon-wrapped smokies on a foil-lined baking sheet for easier cleanup.

Bake in the oven at 400°F for 20-25 minutes, checking for doneness as the bacon may take longer than the crescent rolls.

For the crescent roll-wrapped smokies, bake at 400°F for about 10 minutes.

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