NMFL’s Habanero Peaches

These are so great, an awesome taste of sweet, spicy, and salty. These were a collaboration I came up with from my friend Joshpae's Cream Cheese Stuffed and Bacon Wrapped Habaneros and my Friend Jenna's Bacon Wrapped Peaches.

Start out by soaking 12 toothpicks in water, large ones if possible, about 6 inches is best. Soak for about 20 minutes so that when you put these on the BBQ, the toothpicks don't burn up.


Ingredients

1 habanero pepper

½ package softened cream cheese

2 peaches

12 pieces of bacon

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Place bacon on a cookie sheet and bake for approx 10-15 minutes. You want the bacon to start browning but it needs to be pliable enough to wrap the peaches. 

Put 1 whole habanero in a food processor. Pulse on high until it is chopped very small. Add softened cream cheese and blend together. Scoop into small zip lock bag.

Cut each peach into 6 pieces. I tried cutting them into quarters and into eighths (As picture shows) but sixths seemed to work the best. Use a spoon and scoop out middle of each piece of peach, making it like a little boat. (Again, see picture.)

 Fill each piece with the habanero cream cheese by cutting a corner off of the zip lock bag and squeezing it in.

Wrap each peach piece with bacon and connect the ends together with one of the soaked toothpicks. After all 12 pieces are filled and wrapped, BBQ on med/high for 7-10 minutes until bacon is cooked crisp (as desired) and peaches are soft.

 Serve and enjoy.