This easy, sweet, and savory dish makes a good appetizer or side dish.

Bake these treats in the RV oven, or a cast-iron dutch oven over a fire. No matter how you cook them, people will gobble them up!

Ingredients 

10 slices Bacon, thin-sliced

20 Medjool dates

Your choice in any combination (if desired):

4 ounces Bleu, goat, or feta cheese

4 ounces Nuts: try almonds, walnuts, or pistachios

4 ounces Chocolate chips

4 ounces Fruit: try pomegranate, cranberries, etc.

To taste Fresh-ground pepper

To taste Sea salt flakes

To taste Warmed honey, drizzle after baking

Bacon Wrap

• This is optional: pre-bake the bacon until slightly cooked. This will help the final bacon be a bit more crispy.

• Cut each bacon slice in half

Stuffed

• Choose your preferred items for stuffing. Or, don’t stuff them at all. Just bacon and date is lovely!

• Chop or crumble any large items so they fit nicely in the pit space.

Dates

• Cut each date in half lengthwise, unless both apply:

• They are pre-pitted (I don’t like to trust anyone else to do this)

• You are not stuffing them

• Add whatever stuffing you decide to use, then press them back together

• Wrap a half-slice of bacon around each date and secure with a toothpick

Baked

• Bake at 400 degrees for 5-7 minutes, flipping each date about halfway through