Last Tuesday afternoon I found myself madly cramming raw almonds into a handful of pitted medjool dates before repeatedly shoveling them into my mouth. What else is new, right?
Oh wait, I forgot to mention it was 3pm and I was approximately 8 hours into a 3 day juice cleanse. I know.
See, I’d just gotten back from Napa where I’d been spoiled rotten with good food & wine for 3 days straight. A fellow blogger on the trip told me about this fabulous, one-week juice cleanse she goes on whenever she’s overindulged, and while I knew 5 days without solid food would never fly, surely I could make it a measly 3 days in order to cleanse my olive oil-drenched soul, right?
Wrong. So wrong! In fact it seemed I most definitely could not make it a measly 3 days, as evidenced by the juice cleanse killer carnage taking place just EIGHT HOURS in.
Just like Joey doesn’t share food – Kristin does not do hungry!
Besides a ravenous appetite and huge distaste for liquid celery, one thing I took away from my half-day cleanse was realizing how ridiculously delicious crunchy almonds stuffed inside chewy-sweet dates taste. And not just when you’ve been drinking beet juice all day either.
A few days later I began to wonder how this delectable combo would taste if it were wrapped in salty bacon then baked until warm & chewy. Bacon-Wrapped Almond-Stuffed Dates were immediately prepped, baked, and popped. These babies are mind melting!
Bacon-Wrapped Almond-Stuffed Dates
Ingredients
- 20 pitted medjool dates
- 40 raw almonds
- 10 slices center-cut bacon each sliced cut in half
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a baking sheet with foil then place a cooling rack on top and spray with nonstick spray.
- Push 1 almond into each opening of each date. Wrap with half a slice of bacon then place seam side down on the cooling wrack. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until bacon is crispy.
Nutrition
Chewy, salty, sweet, incredibly rich and decadent, Bacon-Wrapped Almond-Stuffed Dates are perfect for a party, as an appetizer, or when you’re simply starving after trying to convince yourself that you can live on juice for more than a day. You will LOVE them!
Oh, another benefit of my short-lived juice cleanse? Discovering that ginger makes any juice better. Really! I like ginger as much as the next gal, but don’t like things too gingery. A 1/4″ sliver added to a refreshing glass of Apple Carrot juice though? Perfection! (Here’s the juicer I have, btw!)
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These are to die for with cream cheese to dip them in!!!
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Michelle @ Brown Eyed Baker 08.03.2012
Yummm! I have made these before, but with cheese in the middle instead of nuts. SO delicious! No one can get enough!
Construction Equipment Houston 08.02.2012
I had something very similar to this at a tapas place in Chicago… I love dates with bacon!!!
Brandie (another Iowa girl) 08.02.2012
My husband and I call these hot dates. Also had them in a tapas restaurant in Vancouver, B.C. with reduced balsamic drizzled on top and sprinkled with crumbled blue cheese. This is one of the greatest apps I’ve had ever.
Alexa 08.01.2012
Throw some blue cheese or goat cheese in there too for a really delicious taste!
Tracy 08.01.2012
I had to do a double take and ask “Am I on the right blog?!?” A juice cleanse definitely doesn’t seem your style!
The dates sound delicious!
Iowa Girl Eats 08.01.2012
It definitely wasn’t! Love to juice, just not LIVE on juice!
Jaime D. 08.01.2012
Yummy!! You should also try goat cheese stuffed dates wrapped in prosciutto. I make these often for parties and random dinners and everyone always gobbles them up!
Ashley @ Coffee Cake and Cardio 08.01.2012
You crack me up!! I think these dates sound way better than a juice fast. Happy Wednesday
Heather {ModernMealsforTwo} 08.01.2012
Lol! I’ve considered a juice cleanse but I fear it will end the exact way it did for you. I hate being hungry! Let’s just get healthy the old fashioned way – lots of veggies and lean protein :)
Carrie @ Season It Already! 08.01.2012
I’ve made these before for a Wine Tasting and they are a hit! Especially with a bold Syrah or Zinfandel (red, of course).
Mollie 08.01.2012
I love juicing! I haven’t done a cleanse yet. Mainly I do it for breakfast a few days a week. I use the Omega Vert and LOVE it!!
Lauren 08.01.2012
pretty sure that would be amazing with goat cheese… mmm