Mini Bell Pepper Poppers: A Creative Twist on Jalapeno Poppers

I'm going to make these with baby bell peppers, they're kind of sweet and the way I'm gonna add the heat is with this fresno chili so the heat is gonna go into the cream cheese and cheddar cheese filling and then you're going to get this sweetness from the baby bell peppers. So right down the middle, keeping the top on that's how you're going to eat them.

To start making these mini bell pepper poppers, we need to take all the seeds out of the baby bells and we're not taking out the seeds because they're spicy, we're just taking out the seeds because we want that creamy filling not crunchy. So there's a couple things that need to be chopped into the filling, so we're gonna chop up this fresno chili. This fresno is not quite as spicy as a jalapeno, it's a little bit sweeter.

I think every fourth of july has involved a volleyball game, but it's not going to involve a volleyball game this year because it's raining. I love playing volleyball, I don't care so much about winning, I just want to play and have fun and have it volley back and forth, but some of these people they really want to win. I think Lisa is a little bit like that, she has played plenty of volleyball games with us and she wants to win very funny.

To make the filling, we've got some cream cheese already softened, it's going to make it much easier to mix together. We're also using two different kinds of cheeses in the filling, the creamy cream cheese and then the sharp cheddar. Let's chop up some bacon that I made earlier, I want them chopped up enough so that when I put this mixture into a pastry bag, I don't stop up the hole. I love the smokiness of the bacon, it adds a great flavor to the filling.

This is our filling just need to mix it together and add a little bit of milk, I think that should loosen it up just enough right now. We just want to get all the cheese and the bacon and the pepper mixed together. Let's get these mini bell pepper poppers stuffed with this creamy stuffing, but the way to do that is you're going to put all of this in a pastry bag.

The easiest way to fill a pastry bag is to get yourself a smaller vase, this is going to help the pastry bag hold up and if you don't have a pastry bag, you can use a plastic bag and just snip off the corner. Go ahead and get it in, make sure you get all that filling in there. I'm going to give the pan a little spray that way it won't stick, and I like to spray over the sink all the time otherwise it goes everywhere.

I'll grab the pastry bag take the bag with a very big opening and really close it off, you want to get as much of that filling down to the bottom as possible. Now it's time to give it a little snip snip, you want it big enough to make sure all the filling comes out but not too big that it goes everywhere. So you're going to grab one of these and just get a little bit down the middle because what's going to happen is once you get them in the oven it's all going to spread out and it will fill up as it melts.

Filled with that yummy cheesy filling, we'll get the poppers in 400 degrees for 20 minutes. Today's menu is a colorful explosion of flavor like just look at these baby bell pepper poppers, I'm going to plate them up hopefully one will cool off in time so I can try one. They look so yummy, so I'll just get all these guys plated they're just starting to cool off enough so I might be able to taste one.

Okay, I just have to try one, I couldn't wait any longer. That's good, sweet spicy smoky, that's what we were going for.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enmini bell pepper poppers this is my way of updating a jalapeno popper so i'm gonna make these with the baby bell peppers they're kind of sweet and the way i'm gonna add the heat is with this fresno chili so the heat is gonna go into the cream cheese and cheddar cheese filling and then you're going to get this sweetness from the baby bell peppers so right down the middle keeping the top on that's how you're going to eat them so we're going to take all the seeds out of the baby bells and we're not taking out the seeds because they're spicy we're just taking out the seeds because we want that creamy filling not crunchy so there's a couple things that need to be chopped into the filling so we're gonna chop up this fresno chili so this fresno is not quite as spicy as a jalapeno a little bit sweeter i think every fourth of july has involved a volleyball game it's not going to involve a volleyball game this year because it's raining i love playing volleyball i don't care so much about winning i just want to play and have fun and have it volley back and forth but some of these people they really want to win i think lisa's a little bit like that she has played plenty of volleyball games with us and she wants to win very funny this is going to go in the filling which is going to have cream cheese sharp cheddar cheese and some bacon so let me get a bowl and make the filling we've got some cream cheese already softened it's going to make it much easier to mix together get the chili peppers in and i like putting two different kinds of cheeses in we got the creamy cream cheese and then the sharp cheddar let's chop up some bacon that i made earlier i want them chopped up enough so that when i put this mixture into a pastry bag i don't stop up the hole i love the smokiness the saltiness of bacon okay this is our filling just need to mix it together add a little bit of milk i think that should loosen it up just enough right now i just want to get all the cheese and the bacon and the pepper mixed together get a little salt and pepper in here let's get these mini baby bell pepper poppers stuffed with this creamy stuffing but the way to do that is you're going to put all of this in a pastry bag and the easiest way to fill a pastry bag is to get yourself a smaller vase and this is going to help the pastry bag hold up and if you don't have a pastry bag you can use a plastic bag and just snip off the corner go ahead and get it in make sure you get all that filling in there i'm going to give the pan a little spray that way it won't stick and i like to spray over the sink all the time otherwise it goes everywhere so i'll grab the pastry bag take the bag with a very big opening and really close it off you want to get as much of that filling down to the bottom as possible now it's time to give it a little snip snip you want it big enough to make sure all the filling comes out but not too big that it goes everywhere so you're going to grab one of these and just get a little bit down the middle because what's going to happen is once you get them in the oven it's all going to spread out and it will fill up as it melts filled up that yummy cheesy filling and we'll get the poppers in 400 degrees for 20 minutes oh yeah today's menu is a colorful explosion of flavor like just look at these baby bell pepper poppers i'm going to plate them up hopefully one will cool off in time so i can try one they look so yummy so i'll just get all these guys plated they're just starting to cool off enough so i might be able to taste one okay i just i have to try one i can't i can't wait any longer that's good sweet spicy smoky youmini bell pepper poppers this is my way of updating a jalapeno popper so i'm gonna make these with the baby bell peppers they're kind of sweet and the way i'm gonna add the heat is with this fresno chili so the heat is gonna go into the cream cheese and cheddar cheese filling and then you're going to get this sweetness from the baby bell peppers so right down the middle keeping the top on that's how you're going to eat them so we're going to take all the seeds out of the baby bells and we're not taking out the seeds because they're spicy we're just taking out the seeds because we want that creamy filling not crunchy so there's a couple things that need to be chopped into the filling so we're gonna chop up this fresno chili so this fresno is not quite as spicy as a jalapeno a little bit sweeter i think every fourth of july has involved a volleyball game it's not going to involve a volleyball game this year because it's raining i love playing volleyball i don't care so much about winning i just want to play and have fun and have it volley back and forth but some of these people they really want to win i think lisa's a little bit like that she has played plenty of volleyball games with us and she wants to win very funny this is going to go in the filling which is going to have cream cheese sharp cheddar cheese and some bacon so let me get a bowl and make the filling we've got some cream cheese already softened it's going to make it much easier to mix together get the chili peppers in and i like putting two different kinds of cheeses in we got the creamy cream cheese and then the sharp cheddar let's chop up some bacon that i made earlier i want them chopped up enough so that when i put this mixture into a pastry bag i don't stop up the hole i love the smokiness the saltiness of bacon okay this is our filling just need to mix it together add a little bit of milk i think that should loosen it up just enough right now i just want to get all the cheese and the bacon and the pepper mixed together get a little salt and pepper in here let's get these mini baby bell pepper poppers stuffed with this creamy stuffing but the way to do that is you're going to put all of this in a pastry bag and the easiest way to fill a pastry bag is to get yourself a smaller vase and this is going to help the pastry bag hold up and if you don't have a pastry bag you can use a plastic bag and just snip off the corner go ahead and get it in make sure you get all that filling in there i'm going to give the pan a little spray that way it won't stick and i like to spray over the sink all the time otherwise it goes everywhere so i'll grab the pastry bag take the bag with a very big opening and really close it off you want to get as much of that filling down to the bottom as possible now it's time to give it a little snip snip you want it big enough to make sure all the filling comes out but not too big that it goes everywhere so you're going to grab one of these and just get a little bit down the middle because what's going to happen is once you get them in the oven it's all going to spread out and it will fill up as it melts filled up that yummy cheesy filling and we'll get the poppers in 400 degrees for 20 minutes oh yeah today's menu is a colorful explosion of flavor like just look at these baby bell pepper poppers i'm going to plate them up hopefully one will cool off in time so i can try one they look so yummy so i'll just get all these guys plated they're just starting to cool off enough so i might be able to taste one okay i just i have to try one i can't i can't wait any longer that's good sweet spicy smoky you\n"