Healthy Jalapeno Poppers!

I've just recently become a fan of jalapeno poppers, thanks to Buffalo Wild Wings who had a great appetizer this fall.  These little babies are much healthier, which makes them even more amazing!  If you haven't discovered wonton wrappers in the produce section of the grocery store, you're missing out.  These little squares make great little pockets and bake up nicely in muffin tins for little cups (I'll be sharing a recipe for this!).  They have the wonton wrappers and then they have the egg roll wrappers (larger squares)..which are good for making chimichangas (I'll get to that recipe later too!).  I got mine from Walmart, they're by the salad mixes and salsas in the produce chiller.  This is another little treat you're going to want to take to parties...everyone will love them!

 First you'll need to soften cream cheese by letting it come to room temperature.  When that's ready you can then dice some jalapenos.  I just bought a jar of jalapeno slices and diced them up, but if you make this in the summer you could use some fresh jalapenos.

Then sprinkle in some bacon pieces (everything's better with bacon, right?!) and shredded cheddar cheese.  Mixing time, since the cream cheese is soft, you can just use a spatula.  If after mixing, you notice you don't see a speck of each thing added to the cream cheese, then add some more!

Here's your popper filling!  Ok, so I kind of had both hands busy while putting these little things together, so I didn't get a picture of the wonton filling process, oops!  But it's super simple.  I used a regular spoon and got a scoop of the mixture that was about half of the spoon, then dolloped it in the middle of the wonton square.  (Have a cup of water near by so you can easily seal the wonton and move on to the next.)  Dip you're finger in water and get two of the edges, connected by a corner, wet.  Then fold the opposite corner over and press edges together, making a little triangle.  After you've used all your filling, place poppers on a sprayed cookie sheet.  To get a crisp, golden brown top, give a quite spray of cooking spray to the tops of the poppers.

Heat oven to 375 and bake for 15 minutes.

I served mine with sweet and sour sauce that you can get in the Asian food section at Walmart.

Since their baked and not fried, you can enjoy a few more with out all the grease!  I bet you can't eat just one!

Jalapeno Poppers

   16 Wonton wrappers

   4 oz cream cheese, softened (I used the reduced fat kind)

   1 1/2 Tbsp jalapenos, finely chopped (I didn't use an exact measurement)

   1 Tbsp bacon bits (again, I didn't use a measurement, just sprinkled some in)

   1/4 c shredded cheese (approximate)

   Sweet and Sour sauce

1.  Preheat oven to 375.  Spray cookie sheet with cooking spray.

2.  Mix cream cheese, jalapenos, cheese and bacon together.

3.  Place Tbsp of mixture in wonton wrapper.  Dip fingertip in water and wet 2 edges of the wrapper, fold over to form a triangle and press to seal.

4.  Spray lightly with cooking spray for crispy golden brown.

5.  Bake for 15 minutes.

6.  Serve with sweet and sour sauce and ENJOY!!!

Thanks to Pinching Your Pennies for this delicious little snack!  The recipe you'll find on the linked site is a smaller portion than mine, but I was making mine for a party.

Happy baking!