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Smoked Pickle Poppers

Smoked Pickle Poppers

Smoked Pickle Poppers will have you huddled in a corner snarfing these down with cream cheese and pickle juice running down your chin! I should know - there's an Instagram story with me doing just that!
Dill pickle halves, string cheese or cream cheese, ground chuck, cheddar cheese - then wrapped in bacon and sprinkled with BBQ seasoning! They're like Jalapeno Poppers BUT WITH PICKLES!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Course Appetizer
Cuisine American
Servings 8 people
Calories 531 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
  

  • 8 dill pickle halves
  • 4 sticks string cheese
  • 4 oz cream cheese
  • 1 lb ground chuck
  • 2 cups medium cheddar cheese shredded
  • 1 lb bacon thin or regular cut
  • 2 tbsp bbq seasoning

Instructions
 

  • Preheat your smoker to 225º
  • Lay out pickle halves onto a cutting board and scoop out seeds (save in a bowl)
    8 dill pickle halves
  • Slice cream cheese into a rectangle and smush a slice into the pickle cavern. (Or trim and lay a piece of string cheese inside). If using just string cheese or just cream cheese - double the amount.
    4 sticks string cheese, 4 oz cream cheese
  • In a medium bowl, mix together ground chuck and shredded cheddar cheese. Divide into 8 sections
    1 lb ground chuck, 2 cups medium cheddar cheese
  • Mash 1 section of ground chuck mixture on top of pickle and completely cover the cheese
  • Wrap each pickle in two slices of bacon
    1 lb bacon
  • Sprinkle wrapped pickles heavily with your favorite bbq seasoning
    2 tbsp bbq seasoning
  • Smoke at 225º for 40 min
  • While pickles are smoking, in a blender, mix pickle insides with 1/2 cup ranch and blend on high for 20 seconds to make pickle ranch
  • Turn up smoker to 375º and smoke for another 20 min
  • Remove pickle poppers from smoker. Dip in dill pickle ranch and devour!

Notes

**We are not dietitians and recommend you seek a nutritionist for exact nutritional information. The information in the nutrition box are calculated through a program and there is room for error. If you need an accurate count, I recommend running the ingredients through your favorite nutrition calculator.**

Nutrition

Serving: 1halfCalories: 531kcalCarbohydrates: 6gProtein: 26gFat: 44gSaturated Fat: 18gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 17gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 108mgSodium: 1228mgPotassium: 425mgFiber: 1gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 528IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 335mgIron: 3mg
Keyword pickles, smoked, smoker, traeger
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