Little Taste of Heaven Peppers

UPDATE: We made these the other night, and we did it much healthier and they were still every bit as good, maybe even better!
Instead of wrapping the peppers in bacon I just used a little bit of pre-cooked bacon (the kind you buy in the grocery store, already cooked) and a little shredded cheese on top of the pepper and cooked that way. SO YUMMY!


These have become one of my FAVORITE snacks! Of course, we make the fat free kind LOL!

Ingredients:
8 jalapeno peppers
about 1 oz smoked gouda (or regular gouda) cheese
8 slices bacon

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Wearing gloves, cut peppers in half lengthwise and remove seeds.
3. Slice cheese into very small sticks (about 1 inch long, 1/8 inch wide)
4. Place one slice of cheese into each jalapeno half.
5. Cut bacon slices in half. Wrap one half piece of bacon around each jalapeno stuffed with cheese (start on top, wrap around, and end on top of pepper).
6. Cook for about 15 minutes until cheese is melted and bacon is cooked.