Better Than Fried Jalapeno Poppers

• 6 jalapeno peppers
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 teaspoon uncle dan's original ranch dressing mix
• fully cooked bacon, crumbles (like Hormel)

1. With gloves, snap off the top cap and stem and with a small knife slice peppers in half lengthwise.
2. Carefully take a teaspoon and scrape out seeds and membranes leaving the top intact so filling will not bake out of it.
3. Mix cream cheese and dry ranch mix with a hand mixer on medium speed.
4. Fill each pepper with the cream cheese mixture level to the top of the pepper.
5. Put bacon in a shallow bowl and press each cheese filled pepper cheese side down into the bacon and remove excess.
6. Place on a foil lined cookie sheet.
7. Bake 420 degrees for 20 minutes.
8. Serve hot or cold.

peppers, cream cheese, uncle dans original, fully cooked bacon

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/better-than-fried-jalapeno-poppers-298003 (may not work)