Smoked Pickle Poppers

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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

Cook Time 1

Total Time 1 15

Course Appetizer

Cuisine American

Servings 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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