How to Make Bacon Wrapped Dates with Maple Chili Glaze (Devils on Horseback)

goat cheese

🥗Healthier: cream cheese

💰Cheaper: ricotta cheese

Cream cheese provides a similar texture at a lower cost.

bacon

🥗Healthier: turkey bacon

💰Cheaper: pork belly

Turkey bacon is lower in fat, while pork belly is often cheaper.

Cut a slit in each Medjool date and remove the pit.

Stuff each date with about a half teaspoon of goat cheese.

Add a roasted salted almond into the center of each stuffed date and close them up.

Trim the ends of the bacon if needed and cut the slices in half crosswise.

Wrap each date in a piece of bacon and secure with a toothpick.

Prepare a large baking sheet by covering it in aluminum foil for easier cleanup.

Place the wrapped dates on the baking sheet and bake in the oven for 10 minutes.

Remove the pan from the oven and flip each date over, then bake for an additional 10 minutes.

In the meantime, prepare the maple glaze by mixing maple syrup, fresh rosemary, and Aleppo pepper (or red pepper flakes).

Brush each date with the maple glaze and return the pan to the oven for 5 minutes.

Remove the pan from the oven and flip the dates over again, brushing them with more glaze.

Transfer the dates to a serving platter immediately after removing them from the oven and brush with any remaining glaze.

Sprinkle each date with flaky sea salt before serving.

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