Super Simple Bacon-Wrapped Dates

Last night I was craving something good. Something really good. Then I remembered a post on a blog I follow called A Nutritionist Eats. The author recently wrote about goat-cheese stuffed bacon-wrapped dates. Wow! While I’m not eating much dairy lately, I usually have bacon and dates on hand. So I made a simpler version.

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SUPER SIMPLE BACON-WRAPPED DATES
Inspired by A Nutritionist Eats

Ingredients:

• Dates (I used Medjool)
• Bacon (I used an organic, no nitrate added version; U.S. Wellness Meats makes a Whole30 approved bacon.)

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with aluminum foil or parchment paper.
2. Cut each date in half and remove the pit. (NOTE: Most recipes I found involve wrapping a whole date, but I used half a date for each piece. I thought the crispy-to-caramelly ratio was better that way.)
3. Wrap each half date in a half slice of bacon; continue until you have “enough” (like that’s even possible).
4. Arranged wrapped dates seam-side down on the baking sheet.
5. Bake 20-25 minutes or until the bacon is brown and crispy.

Enjoy! And believe me, you will.

Tagged as: Bacon, Dates, Gluten-Free, Pork