March Madness Spicy Stuffed Dates
Spicy dates stuffed with blue cheese and a spicy glaze that will get your attention. Sweet, salty, spicy and DELICIOUS. Throw these together in 15 minutes.
March Madness is here! While I enjoy football, having lived in Kentucky growing up, I’m really more of a basketball fan. When Kentucky is playing, my husband likes to watch the games at home, so appetizers are a must. Here’s a quick and easy one that you can eat hot or at room temperature that will have people raving. Dates stuffed with almost anything will be fabulous, but blue cheese stuffed dates are much better than I was expecting. When cooked, the dates develop a caramel like sweetness that’s hard to resist. Even folks that don’t love blue cheese, were amazed at how delicious these were.
If you want to take these to the next level, add the slightly spicy glaze I found at Striped Spatula. The first time I made them, I didn’t make nearly enough so this time, I doubled the recipe and still we ate every single one. They’re pretty hard to resist. In fact, they’re so good, that you can leave off the bacon.
These are great to serve for a March Madness party because you can make them in advance and they’re just as good once they’ve reached room temperature. These might be good enough to help if your team doesn’t make it to the next level. Good luck whoever you’re cheering for.
Adapted from Striped Spatula
Spicy Stuffed Dates
Spicy dates stuffed with blue cheese and a spicy glaze that will get your attention. Sweet, salty, spicy and DELICIOUS. Throw these together in 15 minutes.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 4-6 1x
- Category: appetizer
Ingredients
- 24 Dates, pitted
- ¼–½ cup blue cheese
- 12 slices Bacon
- 3 tablespoons pure mable syrup
- 1 tablespoon sriracha
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400º. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper and place a wire rack inside the baking sheet.
- Fill each date with blue cheese and press together. Wrap with ½ a bacon slice depending on the size of your dates. Secure with toothpick and place on wire rack.
- Combine maple syrup and sriracha and brush over each date. Bake for 15 minutes, until bacon is cooked, remove and brush with remaining sauce. Continue to cook for about 5 minutes until bacon is crisp.
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