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This cheese spread recipe is made from a base of cream cheese and cheddar and loaded with bits of spicy jalapenos and crispy bacon!
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Get yo’ crackers ready. I have a cheese spread that is just made for…spreading?
Anyway, I just wanted to say thank you all for the kind words you left about me moving again. I whined, you read, then you commented and told me that I’m very entertaining when I whine. Aaaaand, now my husband hates you.
“But my blog readers love it when I whine! It’s part of my charm! What do you mean you don’t think it’s very attractive? Why would your ears be bleeding? I don’t understand why you don’t love me anymore.”
All that up there pretty much sums up what it’s like to be married to me. With a side of bug-killing and garbage-taking-outing. I’m a lady. I don’t deal with that kind of thing.
So, I’m all over the place here. Let’s just talk about the food and ignore everything I typed up above, shall we? Purrrrrfect, said in the voice of my dead cat. (No, seriously. Let’s just talk about the food now.)
We have bacon. Because bacon. We have jalapenos. Pickled ones, because 1) I’m a sissy and 2) I’m obsessed with all things pickled at the moment. Then we have cream cheese and cheddar cheese and a little bit of mayo, but if you’re a mayo hater then you can just swap in some Greek yogurt or extra cream cheese or whatever your little heart desires.
This whips up pretty quickly, especially if you’re a cheater and you use one of those bags of bacon crumbles instead of real, live, honest to goodness bacon. Desperate times, though. I get it. Use yo’ crumbles. I won’t judge.
This is great on crackers, obvi, but it’s also good spread on a cheeseburger, a bagel, your face, your baby’s toes, and a spoon.
I’m a cheese spread recipe lover and my other go to recipe is this Pimento Cheese! It’s great on crackers or in a grilled cheese.
Bacon Jalapeno Cheese Spread
Ingredients
- 4 ounces cheddar grated
- 4 ounces pepper jack grated
- 2 ounces cream cheese room temperature
- 3 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 2 strips bacon cooked and crumbled
- 3 tablespoons diced pickled jalapenos
- 1/2 teaspoon juice from jar of jalapenos
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a medium bowl and stir well to combine.
- Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes to allow the flavors to meld.
- Serve with crackers.
Nutrition Information:
Bibs @ Tasteometer says
I want, I want, I want.
Love this, it’s quick and easy – my preferred way these days.
Lindsay @ Life, Love and Sugar says
omg, this dip is so happening. And yes, I’ll be shortcutting it with the bacon bits. They live in my fridge at all times. Along with pickled jalapeños. YUM! Pinned!
shelly (cookies and cups) says
Mind if I dive head first into that? no? k..
Jennie @themessybakerblog says
Bacon makes everything better. I’m so sorry to hear that you have to move again. Packing is the worst. Maybe packing with a side of this dip could make the experience a bit more tolerable. I’m thinking this dip and football deserve each other.
Karen says
How about spread inside a tortilla with some shredded lettuce.better than those wraps you buy for parties.
Karly says
@Karen,
Delicious!
Liz says
Nice Recipe. Thank you.
Elizabeth @ Confessions of a Baking Queen says
This on a bagel sounds amaze balls!!
Angie | Big Bear's Wife says
I’ll bring tons of crackers and you bring the spread… scratch that… I’ll bring two spoons and you bring the spread!
Julie @ HostessAtHeart says
I can’t wait to try this out on some friends! I am always looking for new dips and this sounds so good!
Matt Robinson says
What an awesome idea, Karly. I’m imagining all the possibilities here.
Chelsea says
Okay my crackers are SO ready!! This looks and sounds so awesome Karly. I love all the flavors and especially the jalopeno and bacon combo! Pinned 🙂
Ashton says
OMG. I don’t even remember anything you said before “spread on a cheeseburger.” Because that’s genius and needs to happen in my house stat. Like now.
Belinda@themoonblushbaker says
This looks so good, I could eat it straight up…. or even stuff it in a grilled cheese for that extra cheesy hit
Erin | The Law Student's Wife says
Any negative feelings your husband, a dead cat, the mailman, or anything with/without a pulse might have towards you will be immediately remedied by this spread. I can’t even deal!
Taylor @ Food Faith Fitness says
This post is all over the place. And I <3 it!
Plus, bacon, jalapeno and cheese? I don't go no crackers ready because I am going in face first! Pinned!